Ambassador to Armenia commemorates the 350th anniversary of Abbot Mechitar’s birth

(ANSA) - ROMA, 31 MAR - The Italian Ambassador to Yerevan, Alessandro Ferranti, attended the presentation at the Museum of Literature and Art of the commemorative coin minted by the Central Bank of Armenia for the 350th anniversary of the birth of Abbot Mechitar of Sebaste, an 18th-century Armenian monk and reformer, founder of the Mechitarist Congregation, and a key figure in the cultural dialogue between Armenia and Italy. The ceremony was followed by the opening of a temporary exhibition o...

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