About The Armenian Flag
The origin of the Armenian flag is very old and there is no resemblance between the flag of ancient times and the one that is used today. Different Dynasties used different flags and the issue of a modern flag was raised in 1885, when the Armenian Students Association of Paris, wanting to participate to the funeral of Victor Hugo with a national flag, appealed to Father Alishan for a flag. Father Alishen was the first to implement three colors. His first flag was Red, Green and White. The flag was based solely on data from the Armenian Church calendar according to which the first Sunday of Easter is called "Red" Sunday, the second, "Green" Sunday, and the white just completed the color combination.
Father Alishan created a second classification of colors: yellow, red and green, taking it from the colors of the rainbow based on the premise that God gave the Armenian flag on the very day when the colors of the rainbow bathed the Ark of Noah on Mount Ararat. This flag was adopted by the Armenians and used during World War I.
Finally, seeing that the colors of Father Alishan were arbitrary, with no historic basis or value, the Government of the Independent Republic of Armenia selected the colors of the last period of the Rubenian Dynasty: red, blue and yellow, in which the yellow immediately was replaced by the orange, because it easily merged with the rest of the colors and presented a more pleasing composition.
According to a different interpretation, the flag represents the people of Armenia. The red stands for the blood shed by all Armenian soldiers, present and past. The orange stands for the fertile land and the farmers who work on it. The blue stands for the sky.
