Hayk Nazaryan - Speech at Spitakavor with English subtitles (25-08-2025)
03:00:00 25.08.2025
Speech #12
At Spitakavor
Today, through pilgrimage, we have come to Spitakavor, to Nzhdeh’s grave, in order to mark the 105th anniversary of the creation of the Davit Bekyan Oaths, which we can regard as the beginning of our ideological struggle in this modern world. It continues to inspire and serve as a foundation for all Armenian nationalists in whom the spirit of our race is awake.
Before coming here, to be honest, I had the intention of bringing Nzhdeh’s Selected Works and quoting a few good words, but then I realized—by doing that we would have to stay here for several nights, because the more we read his writings, the more we want to keep reading. However, I have also long understood that reading our Sparapet’s writings and merely quoting his words is not enough. Our movement was not created for that purpose. We must not only gives toasts in his name, we are obliged to continue his sacred work. That is precisely why, based on Nzhdeh’s ideas, three and a half years ago our newly-formed, youthful movement was established, since from the very beginning the goal was to build a movement that in the future would become the pillar of the future national state.
Nzhdeh began his struggle—against the Bolsheviks, the Turks, and the Armenian traitors—at the moment when the Armenian world was in a critical state. He understood better than anyone that there was no other path but that of an unwavering struggle. He knew that without Syunik, without our strong backbone, both the Armenian state and, in turn, the Armenian nation’s identity would vanish. As we see, history does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes, because once again our statehood stands at the brink of destruction.
Therefore, we are here today, in this sacred place, not only to simply pay tribute to the past, but also to revive the oath that our warrior predecessors gave 105 years ago. This is not merely a visit; this is the continuation of that sacred oath. When we look at Nzhdeh’s tombstone, we must feel that we still have much work to do, that we have a very important mission to accomplish.
Our enemies are trying to erase and destroy what Nzhdeh and those like him created, but we must show our enemies that all such attempts are doomed to failure, because Nzhdeh’s spirit has not died. The spirit of Nzhdeh is being reborn in every true Armenian who feels the call of duty toward the Fatherland. In this new era we are the heralds carrying his breath—the echo of his steps and deeds in our mountainous highland.
Our enemies fear our type the most—the type of Armenian who does not accept defeatism and does not tolerate with this shameful condition. They fear it because this type will fight to the end and never surrender. They slander us and cast all kinds of accusations against us simply because we carry Nzhdeh’s ideas. We only have one response to them: we are the political soldiers of the Armenian nation, and Garegin Nzhdeh is our guide. Whoever has a problem with this can go straight to hell.
At this moment the majority of our compatriots do not understand us, because they live in false hopes of peace and remain asleep in a deep slumber. Nevertheless, they will understand, when the sobering storm arrives, at which time we will be called by destiny. We, the Tseghakrons of the new generation, stand as revolutionaries in a world that will test us at every step. With every trial we endure, we will come forth stronger, more determined, and more unyielding. Our will shall become firmer, and our faith—unshakable. Nzhdeh said: “Nothing is impossible, when there is a strong and determined will, the spirit.” For us, this is not just a saying, but a scientific fact. We not only accept these words with our whole heart, but through our struggle we will put them to the test.
We cannot move according to which way the wind blows. We must remain loyal to our idea, our vision, our goal. Our steps and actions must be determined not by the sympathies or antipathies of the times, but by our obligation to serve the truth.
A century later, the land of Syunik calls us again, and we are obliged to respond to that call. We cannot allow what happened in Artsakh to be repeated in Syunik. We cannot witness the end of our independence. Our enemies think everything will end with Syunik. But we firmly declare: from Syunik will begin the Armenian vengeance. From Syunik will begin the Armenian awakening. From Syunik will begin the Armenian new rebirth.
What Nzhdeh dreamed of, we bear the responsibility to bring to life, and we are confident that we can do it, because the blood of Hayk Nahapet, Tigran the Great, Ashot the Iron, and yes—also of Nzhdeh—still flows in our veins. We have not lived and fought for millennia against tyrannies and enemies of mankind, only to today submit to slavery without a fight. If in the past we were a powerful state, that means in our genes we have the potential to become so again—we only need to reconnect with that inner strength.
Therefore, this struggle is not only a political and military struggle; it is, even more, a spiritual war. Thus, we must be spiritually prepared for every challenge—confident that in the end truth will triumph over lies, and light will triumph over darkness.
For this spiritual preparedness, the Davit Bekyan Oath has key significance, which, in my conviction, must be renewed for this new era. Nzhdeh said: “For the Fatherland—in the name of Davit Bek,” and we continue this tradition, calling out: “For the Statehood—in the name of Nzhdeh.”
Nzhdeh’s extraordinary example is in our minds, Nzhdeh’s glorious memory is in our hearts, and Nzhdeh’s blazing spirit is with us.
Armenian nation, arise! The time has come to become masters of your destiny, the time has come to forge a new history.
Long live our sacred struggle!
Long live our Armenian land!
Misht Hay!
— Hayk Nazaryan
August 25, 2025
