ArmInfo. The Russian Embassy in Armenia spoke about the commemorative events held on the territory of the Russian Federation on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Armenian Genocide.
The message emphasizes that Russia carefully preserves the memory of the victims of the genocide of the fraternal Armenian people in the Ottoman Empire in 1915-1922.
"Every year on April 24, recognized by the State Duma of the Russian Federation as the day of remembrance for victims of the genocide, remembrance ceremonies, memorial and educational events are held in Russian regions, organized by the Armenian Apostolic Church, Armenian national cultural organizations and communities, which find a wide response in the hearts of all Russians.
On April 24, 2024, in the Cathedral of the Holy Transfiguration in Moscow, the Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Russia and New Nakhichevan, Archbishop Yezras Nersisyan, celebrated a liturgy dedicated to the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. A ceremony of laying flowers and wreaths took place at the Memorial to the Victims of the Armenian Genocide. A documentary photo exhibition has opened at the Kovcheg Museum, located on the territory of the church complex.
Commemorative events took place in the Kama Garden of St. Petersburg, where a prayer service, a performance by the choir of the Armenian Church of St. Petersburg and the laying of wreaths at the monument to Komitas took place. Participants in commemorative events in Rostov-on-Don visited the "Surb Harutyun" church, where a memorial service was held, and flowers were laid at the monument "No to Genocide!" A memorial service, a memorial event "We Remember and Demand," and screenings of the films "The Promise" and "The Scar" took place in Krasnodar. Also, 109 purple balloons were released into the sky as a sign of the undying memory of the victims of the tragic events of 109 years ago.
Memory of the victims of the tragic events of 1915-1922. honored in Yaroslavl, where over 200 people, including the chairman of the municipality S.G. Kalinin, took part in the funeral meeting at the Armenian temple "Surb Gevorg". On April 24, on the territory of the Church of the Nativity of Christ in Nizhnevartovsk, near the sacred khachkar, residents of the city, representatives of the Armenian diaspora, gathered to honor the memory of those who fell and were innocently killed in the terrible days of the genocide of the Armenian people. In Mineralnye Vody, on the territory of the Surb Khach church, a prayer service was held, after which a religious procession took place to the memorial khachkar dedicated to the memory of the victims of the genocide. Representatives of the regional Duma, municipality, and public organizations spoke with words of support.
In Vologda, representatives of the regional government, city administration, national and cultural public associations, the Assembly of Peoples of the Vologda Region, members of the Public Council of Vologda, schoolchildren and students of the city came to pay tribute to the victims of the genocide and lay flowers. The tragedy of 1915-1922 is deeply felt in the Republic of Crimea, in whose life the Armenian diaspora has played a large role since ancient times. The religious procession, traditional since 2020, took place in Simferopol, as well as a funeral meeting at the Surb Hakob church and the laying of flowers at the memorial to the victims of the Armenian Genocide. The memorial ceremony took place on the territory of the St. Sarkis temple in Feodosia, the participants of which were representatives of the Armenian community of the city, municipal authorities, and ordinary citizens," noted the Russian diplomatic mission in Armenia. At the same time, the embassy emphasized that they listed only a small part of the events dedicated to the memory victims of the Genocide of 1915-1922, carried out on the territory of the Russian Federation, which today is home to about 1 million Armenians, whose fate is closely intertwined with representatives of other nationalities, primarily Russians.
"The pain and sorrow of the Armenian people is fully shared by our entire multinational and multi-religious country, and the memory of those innocently killed and killed during those terrible events is carefully preserved both in historical documents and in the hearts of Russians," summed up the Russian Embassy in Armenia.