A wreath laying ceremony to commemorate the 1992 pogrom against Armenians in Sumgait was held in Moscow in the courtyard of the Holy Resurrection Armenian Church. Participating was a delegation from the RoA Embassy in Moscow headed by Ambassador Oleg Yesayan, members of the Armenian Union of Russia, representatives from various Armenian social and civic organizations and hundreds of local Armenians. Officiating at the requiem liturgy was Bishop Yezras Nersissyan, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Russia and New Nakhijevan.