Syria: Yolla Ghandour praying the rosary at the tomb of her son. She is Syrian-Armenian Catholic and mother of three, lives in Aleppo, which saw some of the worst fighting of the Syrian civil war. Her 19-year-old son, Krikor, who died in the fighting.» …They told me that Krikor was wounded, and that he’d been taken to a hospital. I rushed to his side, praying to St. Sharbel: ‘I have given you my son. I do not want to find him dead.’ But, inside, I was nearly sure that he had died.’ …»

Syria: Yolla Ghandour praying the rosary at the tomb of her son. She is Syrian-Armenian Catholic and mother of three, lives in Aleppo, which saw some of the worst fighting of the Syrian civil war. Her 19-year-old son, Krikor, who died in the fighting.» …They told me that Krikor was wounded, and that he’d been taken to a hospital. I rushed to his side, praying to St. Sharbel: ‘I have given you my son. I do not want to find him dead.’ But, inside, I was nearly sure that he had died.’ …»