Traditional torchlight march in memory of victims of Armenian  Genocide started in Yerevan 

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.