Crimean Armenians will remember the victims of the Ottoman genocide

On April 24, the Armenians of Crimea will hold events in honor of the 108th anniversary of the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.

Traditionally, several hundred representatives of the Armenian diaspora of Crimea will come to the religious procession in Simferopol, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.

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As the head of the media relations department of the Crimean Armenian Society Lusine Maryanyan said on Radio Crimea, a scientific conference at KFU is dedicated to memorable events. Vernadsky. On Sunday, April 23, a film screening of the film “Live and Remember” will take place in Simferopol, and on April 24, a procession of the cross, a memorial service and the laying of flowers at the monument to the Victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire will take place on the territory of the Old Armenian Cemetery.

“The most tragic page in the history of the Armenian people, April 24, is approaching,” Maryanyan noted. – The Armenian genocide was carried out systematically and not in one year, but several years, but it is celebrated on April 24, since it was on this day, April 24, 1915, that more than 800 representatives of the Armenian intelligentsia were arrested and killed, that is, the goal was to behead the people, leave the people without leaders.

This date is celebrated by Armenians all over the world, and in Crimea, accordingly, the same way. We have a large diaspora, and on April 24, Armenians from all over the peninsula come to Simferopol. We have local national Armenian autonomies, they, in turn, also lay flowers at some monuments, khachkars - these are stone crosses. We invite all Crimeans to take part in commemorative events, as this date is very significant for Armenians. It was the genocide that became the reason for the resettlement of Armenians throughout the world - the genocide of 1915 became the reason that now there are much more Armenians living in the diaspora than in the territory of their historical homeland.”

In 1995, Russia adopted a statement condemning the genocide of the Armenian people and recognizing April 24 as the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. In 2005, the Supreme Council of Crimea adopted a resolution “On the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Tragedy of the Armenian People.”

Before the outbreak of World War I, the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire was about 2,5 million. From 1915 to 1922, as a result of deportation and systematic murders, according to various estimates, from 600 thousand to 1,5 million Armenians died. The Turkish government recognizes the fact of the mass death of Armenians, but opposes the use of the term “genocide” and believes that the deaths of the Armenians were not the result of a deliberate government policy, but a consequence of the civil war in the Ottoman Empire, of which the Turks were also victims.

In 2015, the Mother See of the Armenian Apostolic Church hosted a canonization ceremony for victims of the genocide. The decision to canonize the martyrs was made by the Council of Bishops of the Armenian Church in 2014. From now on, April 24 is celebrated in the church calendar as “The Day of Remembrance of the Holy Martyrs who fell during the Armenian Genocide for the Faith and the Fatherland.”