Yerevan residents pay tribute to memory of genocide victims with torchlight procession

In Yerevan, activists held a torchlight procession dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.

The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that every year on April 23 and 24, residents of Armenia hold events to pay tribute to memory of the people who fell victim to the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.

The torchlight procession was organized by the Youth Union and the “Nikol Aghbalyan” Student Union, the “News.am” reports. Anyone wishing could carry a torch to the “Tsitsernakaberd” memorial complex, symbolizing the struggle for the recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide.

In 2023, events in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide were also held. Stories of ancestors who survived the genocide are passed down in Armenian families from generation to generation, participants in the memorial events emphasize.

In particular, Arakel Ovsepyan noted that his grandfather served in a church. “When the pogroms began, the priest told him to ring the bells. From the bell tower, he saw the Turks throwing his mother and sister into the gorge. 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,” Arakel Ovsepyan said.