VILNIUS. – A concert dedicated to the 97th year of the Armenian Genocide will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania on April 14.

The event is organized by the Armenian Embassy in Lithuania and will take place in one of the concert halls in Vilnius.

On that same day representatives of the Armenian Community will visit together the Armenian Chapel in Vilnius and will light candles and commemorate the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.

To note, the Armenian Genocide was recognized by number of states. Uruguay was the first state to accept the fact of Armenian Genocide in 1965, followed by Russia, France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Switzerland, Sweden, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina and 42 U.S. states.