The first time the Genocide was publicly voiced was after the political thaw of the Soviet Union, in early 60-s. In 1965, the Armenian Church obtained the right of officially marking the memory of the Victims of the Genocide. By the Pontifical Encyclical of Vazgen I, the year 1965 was proclaimed as ''the year of mourning and prayer''. The Monument of Holy Martyrs in the courtyard of the Mother Cathedral is the first monument in Armenia dedicated to the memory of martyrs of Genocide. It contains corpses brought from Der Zor. In spite the fact, that the Soviet citizen who was detached from the Church, basically did not understand the steps of Mother See, however, the buried memory of Genocide burst its sprigs in people, and sometimes a public movement may become unmanageable...
