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| Yerevan residents honor the memory of the victims of the 1915 genocide with a torchlight procession |
| 2025-04-24 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] Activists in Yerevan organized a torchlight procession to mark the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. As the Caucasian Knot" wrote , every year on April 23 and 24, residents of Armenia hold events in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. Thus, on April 23, 2024, activists in Yerevan organized a torchlight procession in memory of the victims of the genocide. The events of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire were recognized as the Armenian genocide by more than 30 countries, including Russia. The Turkish authorities do not consider those events to be genocide, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report " The Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire ." Today, a torchlight procession dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide began in Yerevan’s Republic Square, News.am reports. The event was organized by the Youth Union and the Nikol Agbalyan Student Union. Everyone was able to take part in the procession and carry a torch to the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex, symbolizing the struggle for recognition and condemnation of the genocide, the publication writes. Let us recall that in 2023, events in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide were also held. The stories of ancestors who survived the genocide are passed down in Armenian families from generation to generation, participants in the memorial events told the "Caucasian Knot" at the time. In particular, Arakel Hovsepyan reported that his grandfather was a deacon in a church. "When the pogroms began, the priest ordered him to ring the bells. From the bell tower, he saw the Turks throwing his mother and sister into a ravine. Another group of Turks locked the priest in the church and set it on fire. My grandfather jumped from the bell tower and ran home, where he saw his father and two brothers hanged," he said. |
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