Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day - April 24th, 2025
A Day of Remembrance: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day on April 24th, 2025 As we approach April 24th, 2025, Armenians around the world are preparing to commemorate a solemn yet significant holiday - Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day . This day marks the devastating anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, a tragic event that occurred over a century ago, and yet its impact still resonates deeply in the hearts of Armenian communities worldwide. A Brief History In 1915, during World War I, the Ottoman Empire, led by the Young Turk government, perpetrated a systematic and deliberate massacre of Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks. The atrocities, which lasted from 1915 to 1923, resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians, with many more displaced and forced into exile. This brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing was the first modern genocide, and it paved the way for future atrocities, including the Holocaust. "I am confident that the whole history of the human race ...