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Lighted candles, flowers and a claim to recognise the Armenian Genocide… Pupils of Humanities stream of the ASPU Basic (High School) College joined the events organised in commemoration of the 99th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
The pupils were wearing symbolic clothing and said unanimously, ‘we are claimants;our eyes are not full of tears and blood, they are filled withfaith. Those who do not believe in the resurrection myth let them come to Armenia.’ The pupilalso presented documentary information about the Genocide, the response of different countries to the atrocious crime and the work to be done ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
“We need not mourn over the ashes of the past, we should understand and realisethat we were reborn from these ashes. This is the myth of resurrection,” said LusineTonoyan, a teacher of Armenian Language and Literature, who organised the commemorative event. She says it is the duty of each and every Armenian to learn the history of his nation and be a claimant.
The event was attended by pupils, teachers and lecturers of Armenian State Pedagogical University. Participating in the event was also AshotPiliposyan, Head of the Department of Armenian History, who said ‘every nation experiences ups and downs and deserves the history and the process intended for that nation.’ “Every nation has a path of survival, if the new generation is better than the previous one. Your speech has shown that our people and history are building eternity, paving the path to a brighter future,” he said.
Principal of the Basic College Naira Safarya, said open lessons were held in all classes on the eve of the 99th anniversary of the Genocide. On April 24, in accordance with a good tradition established at the college, the staff, pupils and parents will hold a march to the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex to pay tribute to the 1,5 million innocent Armenians killed in the Ottoman Empire in 1915.
“One should know the tragedy of his nation from an early age in order not to mourn over the fact but to become a claimant and form consciousness about future,” said Naira Safaryan.
Second-year students of the Faculty of History and Jurisprudence at the head of Methodist ArmineEprikyanassisted in the organisation of the event. The students had undergone their practice at the Basic College.
