Fresno’s Honorary Consul to Armenia Berj K. Apkarian raises the country’s flag at the annual Armenian genocide commemoration and flag-raising ceremony at Fresno City Hall on April 24, 2025.

Fresno’s Honorary Consul to Armenia Berj K. Apkarian raises the country’s flag at the annual Armenian genocide commemoration and flag-raising ceremony at Fresno City Hall on April 24, 2025.

In 2021 then-President Joe Biden gave official U.S. recognition to the Armenian Genocide, straining relations with Turkey’s government, which has always denied such an event occurred.

The flag raising was one of several events of commemoration in Fresno on Monday. Flowers were laid at the Armenian Genocide Monument at Fresno State where a religious service was scheduled for 6: ...

FITCHBURG — Area residents who are part of the local Armenian diaspora, and those who love the country of Armenia, are invited to a flag raising of the Armenian flag at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 24 ...

The Armenian flag flies above Fresno City Hall during the annual Armenian genocide commemoration and flag raising ceremony on Friday, April 22, 2022. CRAIG KOHLRUSS [email protected] ...

April 24 marks 109 years since the Armenian Genocide. A flag-raising ceremony was held Wednesday morning at Fresno City Hall.

The Armenian flag, right, waves in the wind outside Fresno City Hall after a flag-raising ceremony in remembrance of the 1915 Armenian genocide, Wednesday, April 24, 2024 in Fresno.