Posts Tagged ‘Armenian Genocide’

Three Armenian Khatchkars (cross stone) on Sevan peninsula on Lake Sevan.

Armenian Khachkars on Lake Sevan

Dzidzernagapert or Tsitsernakaberd, “fortress of small swallows” in Armenian, (Armenian: Ծիծեռնակաբերդ, Russian: Цицернакабéрд) is a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide; it is located on a hill overlooking Yerevan, Armenia. Every year on April 24, hundreds of thousands of Armenians gather here to remember the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide that took place in the Ottoman Empire carried out by the Turkish government. More on Wikipedia

Dzidzernagapert / Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial

I really wonder how the 1.5 million martyrs are feeling today!!!

This one was shot on the eve of the Armenian Genocide Commemoration, on 23rd of April 2009.

Armenian Genocide Memorial in Bikfaya, Lebanon

I do have shot some more on this day, I’ll post those later on.