Armenia marks Genocide day

Armenia, and Armenians world-wide, are today marking Armenian Genocide Day.

The country's political and religious leadership this morning visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial to pay their respects to the victims of the atrocities committed in Anatolia at the beginning of the 20th century which resulted in the deaths of large numbers of Armenians who were then living in the Ottoman Empire

The ceremony is taking place in a rainy Yerevan, in a somewhat different form than usual because of coronavirus. Normally on such occasions the officials will gather together for the ceremony, but this year each arrived separately.

Accompanied by live piano accompaniment, they laid wreaths at the memorial and then red roses at the eternal fire.

Armenia's Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan issued a special message to mark the occasion.

watch it here

source: commonspace.eu

photo: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, accompapanied by his wife Anna Hakobyan, at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial on 24 April 2020.

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