The following comic strip was prepared by illustrator Alik Arzoumanian for the Armenia Tree Project (ATP). Part two of this comic will be published next week.
Matthew Karanian’s photo (Ani City Walls and Church of the Holy Cross photos (C) 2016) was used in the comic with permission from the photographer.

Alik Arzoumanian is an illustrator living in Cambridge, Mass. She is also the Armenian kindergarten teacher at St. Stephen's Armenian Elementary School in Watertown, Mass. She illustrates and designs the Armenia Tree Project (ATP) children's newsletter. She has been published by Marshall Cavendish Children, Scholastic, Ladybird Books and Sterling Publishing, among others.