translator: i could never imagine this would happen. we have lived here for more than 1,000 years. we never thought we would be displaced. our houses are destroyed. we won t be able to come back. reporter: in town, the green of the single practiclastic chr tree breaks up the harm around it. just holding this mass requires armed soldiers at the door. translator: we need a guarantee of international protection. there is no safety. we cannot live in the area. today, we have no dignity. we are displaced in our own country. reporter: displaced but not disheartened. translator: we have to have hope in this life. if we don t have hope, then we are finished. reporter: the ancient hymns of one of the oldest christian communities are being sung here once again. a small act of life in a country that has seen so much death.