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    Emil Lazarian
  • 5 years ago
    • Categories: 2020

Traditional torchlight procession in Armenia canceled over COVID-19

Public Radio of Armenia

The traditional torchlight procession organized on the eve of the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day will not be held this year because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the ARF Youth Union informs.

“Due to the current situation in Armenia and the health risks, it is impossible to hold Genocide commemoration events in the traditional way this year,” the Union said in a statement, adding that the torchlight procession would also not be held in the traditional format.

Therefore, the ARF Youth Union and the Nikol Aghbalyan Student Union call on everyone to light and put candles on windowsills starting from 9 pm on April 23 and 24.

Prime Minister Nikol Pahsinyan said earlier that no public events would be allowed on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, as the country is battling to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS