Army Day (Armenian: Բանակի օր) is a public holiday in Armenia and previously also in the Republic of Artsakh[1] celebrated on 28 January.
Usually officials visit Yerablur memorial to pay homage to the fallen Armenian soldiers who lost their life defending the homeland.
Flowers are laid at the graves of notable military leaders such as, Vazgen Sargsyan and Andranik Ozanyan.
[4] During the Army Day celebrations in 2019, the village of Rind in the Vayots Dzor Province unveiled and raised the largest known Armenian Flag in the country.
[5][6] In 2021, a rally was held on Republic Square in Yerevan to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.