The Armenian communities in Aleppo mark the 106th anniversary of the genocide committed against the Armenians by the Ottomans

Aleppo-Sana

Today, the Armenian communities in Aleppo commemorated the 106th anniversary of the genocide committed against the Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire by holding a candlelit parade with the participation of the heads of the Armenian Orthodox, Protestant and Catholic sects and a crowd of people led by the bronze band of the Syrian Armenian Cultural Youth Club.

The march started from the Syrian High School for Armenian Orthodox in the Al-Midan neighborhood and headed to the Armenian Orthodox cemetery, where the attendees participated in placing a wreath of flowers at the memorial to the martyrs of the Armenian massacres and lighting the torch on the monument.

And Archbishop Masis Zuboyan, Archbishop of the Armenian Orthodox in Aleppo, stated that the commemoration of the massacre committed by the Ottomans on its 106th anniversary is an evocation of the sacrifices of the peaceful Armenian people whose blood was shed at the hands of the Ottoman criminal.

He added: We recall today the tragedies that our people lived through, the persecution and injustice they suffered, and the massacres committed by the Turks against the innocent, indicating that the Syrian state was the warm embrace that brought the Armenian people together to live in safety, peace and love, in which it thanked the Syrian leadership and people, which recognized the massacres that were rightly committed last year. Armenians.

Rev. Harutyun Sulayman, head of the Armenian Protestant community in Aleppo, spoke about the massacres and massacres committed by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian people, the displacement of the people, theft of their property, crucifixion, pursuit, and mass massacres against women and children, stressing the demand for the legitimate rights of the stolen Armenian people, adding that our enemy today is a common one where the Turkish aggression robbed them. And the theft of the Syrian people's property and the abandonment of the people in the towns and cities they occupied, and therefore today we jointly demand the restoration of our stolen rights, pointing out that the Armenian people came to Syria, which embraced them and considered it their safe home, stressing the inevitability of the Syrian people’s victory over the aggression and the restoration of their stolen rights.

Archbishop Boutros Marayati, Archbishop of the Armenian Catholics in Aleppo, stated that the Armenians who lived through the massacres and extermination at the hands of the Ottomans a hundred and six years ago found in Syria a haven for them after they survived those massacres and today they live in the city of Aleppo as citizens enjoying their full rights as an integral part of its social fabric, as well as suffering with Its people are as a result of the devastation and destruction practiced by the Turkish enemy through its criminal tools and the stone and people have been affected, and today they are also defending with its people for the homeland and sacrificing their blood cheaply for every inch of the soil of our beloved Syria.

He added that our message today is to confirm that we are one people and sons of one nation, and that the martyr Khalid does not die.

SANA's camera monitored the views of a number of participants in the march, as Kevork Shahinian, a member of the Syrian Cultural Youth Club, stated that his participation in the march is an expression of condemnation and condemnation of the massacres committed against the Armenian people and a reminder of the blood of the martyrs that the Ottomans shed, stressing that justice will not die as long as there are demands for it and that we are Owners of the right and the land, and this right will not die no matter how long it takes.

Marment Akob explained that the genocide committed by the Ottoman criminal led to the martyrdom and displacement of more than a million and a half of the Armenian people, and today we are present and in all parts of the world to commemorate this memory and denounce this crime that continues against the people of Armenia and Syria. around the world.

For his part, Chris Basian said that commemorating the genocide today is a proof to the world that the Armenian people will not forget the massacres of the Ottoman occupier and they are more insistent on demanding the restoration of their stolen rights, and this is what I confirmed as Karbijian and said: I appeal to every human being who believes in justice, equality and the rights of the people to the need to shed light on the issue. Armenian recognition, compensation and apology to the Armenian people for their annexation and restoration of their land.