ARMENIA REVERES THE MEMORY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS

ArmInfo
2009-04-24 11:07:00

ArmInfo. Today, Armenian of the hole world mark the 94th anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire in 1915-1923.

Mass arrests of the Armenian intellectuals, the religious, economic
and political elite started on April 24, 1915, that led to complete
extermination of numerous eminent figures of the Armenian culture.

Full-scale extermination of the Armenian elite over the whole country
started just from Constantinople arrests. This inhuman action aimed
at decapitation of the Armenians.

‘I am sure there is no such a sinister episode in the whole human
history.

The orders on deportation of the Armenian families in 1915 were just a
death sentence for the whole nation’, US ambassador to Turkey of that
time Henry Morgenthau wrote in his memorials. Hundreds of thousand
Armenians lost their motherland and dispersed over the whole world
just as a result of the Genocide.

The Armenian Genocide is the first Genocide of XX Century. It has
been recognized and condemned by many countries of the world and
influential international organizations.

An endless flow of the people moves to Tsitsernakaberd Memorial from
early April 24 morning to lay flowers to the Eternal Fire. President of
Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, top officials of the republic, representatives
of international organizations, as well as foreign diplomats accredited
in Armenia will also lay wreathes to the Eternal Fire. A memorial
liturgy will be served in the Cathedral of the Mother See of Holy
Echmiadzin.