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English24|04|2015 - When Memory Rises ● Armenia
April 24 is a date that resonates in history.
It was this day, in 1915, that the first arrests were launched in Constantinople, starting the Armenian genocide, which claimed more than 1.5 million lives.
A century later, Armenians around the world converged on the capital Yerevan to commemorate the tragedy, which is still deeply alive in the collective memory.
Heavy rain fell that day on the capital Yerevan, without stopping.
Everyone came with his pain, paying tribute, dripping under "The tears of God" ...
It was this day, in 1915, that the first arrests were launched in Constantinople, starting the Armenian genocide, which claimed more than 1.5 million lives.
A century later, Armenians around the world converged on the capital Yerevan to commemorate the tragedy, which is still deeply alive in the collective memory.
Heavy rain fell that day on the capital Yerevan, without stopping.
Everyone came with his pain, paying tribute, dripping under "The tears of God" ...
Yerevan, Armenia.
Torrential rain fell on the city, interpreted as a divine sign. Armenians around the world are present on this day at the Genocide Memorial, waiting and gathering under the deluge.
Torrential rain fell on the city, interpreted as a divine sign. Armenians around the world are present on this day at the Genocide Memorial, waiting and gathering under the deluge.
Yerevan, Armenia.
From generation to generation, the memory is perpetuated.
From generation to generation, the memory is perpetuated.
Yerevan, Armenia.
Haghartsin, Armenia.
Haghartsin, Armenia.
Etchmiadzin, Armenia.
Church of Kond district, Yerevan.
Yerevan, Armenia.
Hundreds of thousands of people flock to the memorial to lay flowers in memory of their fallen.
Hundreds of thousands of people flock to the memorial to lay flowers in memory of their fallen.
Yerevan, Armenia.
Yerevan, Armenia.
Yerevan, Armenia.
Memorial of the genocide.
Memorial of the genocide.
Yerevan, Armenia.
Yerevan, Armenia.
Torchlight procession on the evening of April 24, 2015.
Torchlight procession on the evening of April 24, 2015.
Yerevan, Armenia.
Erdogan is considered the heir of the principal instigator of the genocide: Talaat Pasha. He is the biggest architect of state denialism currently in force in Turkey.
Erdogan is considered the heir of the principal instigator of the genocide: Talaat Pasha. He is the biggest architect of state denialism currently in force in Turkey.
Yerevan, Armenia.