The traditional torchlight procession—on the eve of the 107th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide—has kicked off from the Republic Square, and its participants are marching through the streets of downtown Yerevan (PHOTOS).

The procession is jam-packed.

Second and third Presidents Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan are also taking part in this march.

The clergy are marching in front of the procession.

At Republic Square, the participants of the march set the flags of Azerbaijan and Turkey on fire, and the torches were lit from that fire.

Before the start of the torchlight procession, Ishkhan Saghatelyan—the National Assembly deputy speaker from the opposition "Armenia" Faction and a representative of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Dashnaktsutyun Party Supreme Body—delivered an address, noting that this procession, which has been held every year since 1999, has received a new meaning this year, as Armenians are now facing existential dangers.

"This is a decisive march of resistance," Saghatelyan said.

Also, he appealed to the Armenians living in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and the diaspora, calling for a united struggle.