These were under the direction of their father for the music in the house of the Lord.
--- I Chronicles 25:6 (KJV)
A world-class musician sits within the
rubble of an iconic bombed-out cathedral, playing poignant music.
With his heart and sacred surroundings ravaged by the wounds of senseless war, cellist Sevak Avanesyn resiliently tuned his thoughts and talents to produce beauty. What he played -- a piece composed in the early 20th Century by a priest who once identified with this holy, now-suffering space. .
O God, our Help in ages past, when ruin surrounds us and the beauty of former times ceases to exist, grant us Your strength
to produce worshipful sounds amidst devastation.
*Artwork as seen on armenpress.am