ArmInfo.The traditional torchlight march in memory of the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 started from the Republic Square in Yerevan. Thousands of participants in the march, which this year is held under the slogan "Zartnir, lao!" (Wake up, my son>) with torches and flags, went to the Tsitsernakaberd memorial complex.
The traditional march in memory of the victims began at 19:15, which symbolizes the year of massacres of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey. The organizers of the march are the Armenian Youth Union of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun and the Student Union of the ARF "Nikol Agbalyan". A message spread a few days earlier by the organizers said: "The torchlight march is a symbol of our rebirth, our just struggle and unity. This year it is even more important. The Armenian people, Armenia and Artsakh are going through the most difficult times in their history.
By participating in the march, we will show the world that we are the owner of our Homeland, that we will not tolerate denial, betrayal. " It should be noted that the 2nd and 3rd Presidents of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan, confirmed their participation in the torchlight march a few days earlier. Today, a torchlight march in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide was also held in Aleppo. An march was held in Israel near the Turkish Embassy, the participants of which condemned Turkey for denying the historical fact of the Armenian Genocide and the latter's participation in the Artsakh war of 2020.
According to the Chancellery of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, on April 24 at 10:30 a.m., a liturgy to commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide will be held at the Church of St. Gayane in Etchmiadzin.
The Torchlight March in Armenia in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 has been running since 2000.