Russian embassy in Armenia reports events in commemoration of Armenian Genocide victims
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.