Armenia Commemorates Victims Of Ottoman-Era Killings Amid Coronavirus Lockdown April 23, 2020 at 9:19 pm Updated: February 1st, 2021 at 1:57 pm News Armenian News Tweet Share Reddit +1 Pocket LinkedIn Armenia turned off street lights and church bells range across the country late April 23 in an altered commemoration to the victims of the World War I-era massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire.