1,500 torches were lit late on April 23 on the Republican Square in central Yerevan in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

The fire for the first torch was brought on a white armored personnel carrier, and the torchlight procession, organized by the Armenian Youth Federation and the ARF's Nikol Aghbalian Student Union, began its annual march to the Armenian Genocide Memorial.

Armenian clerics, with a huge cross above their heads, were in the front of the procession that was accompanied by drums beating. Tens of thousands of young people carried hundreds of national flags alongside a 30-meter long Armenian tricolor, sang patriotic songs and chanted "recognition."

After their arrival at the Memorial, a group of singers, including American Daniel Decker, German Kye Augaten, Bulgarian Tsvetan Tsvetkov, Finnish Inka and Moldavian Vitali Dani, sang the song "Adana," written by Decker, in 8 languages.