A minute’s silence will be observed in Armenia and on Monday, September 27, at 11am, to pay tribute to the victims of the 44-day war unleashed by Azerbaijan against the Artsakh Republic last year.
Prior to that, a requiem mass is set to be held at Armenian churches for the repose of the souls of the war martyrs.
A minute’s silence will also be observed in Artsakh at 11:30am. All churches of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church will offer a requiem mass for the fallen heroes at 10:30am.
In the early morning of 27 September 2020, Azerbaijan launched a large-scale offensive along the Artsakh-Azerbaijan contact line. The war lasted 44 days, ending on November 10 with a statement on Artsakh’s capitulation. The Armenian side has thousands of casualties, hundreds of prisoners of war and missing persons.
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