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MINISTER OSKANIAN VISITED MKHITARIAN CONGREGATION OF VENICE

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 22, ARMENPRESS: Armenian foreign minister Vartan Oskanian made a greeting speech at Let’s Save the Book scientific conference in Saint Lazarus island of Venice. According to foreign ministry press services, being the joint effort of Mkhitarian Congregation of Venice and local authorities, the conference hosts state officials, a representative of Austrian culture and science ministry, prominent scientists, experts in Armenian identity and university faculty and students.

The Mkhitarian Congregation was founded by Abbot Mkhitar, prominent Armenian scholar and theologian, who converted to the Roman Catholicism. In 1717, Abbot Mkhitar founded the renowned Congregation of scholar monks in Venice, on St. Lazarus Island. The monastery of Mkhitar developed a worldwide famous academy.

The purpose of the conference is to present features of Mkhitarian rich library, recovery projects of unique publications and books and prospects for opening a new library by the Veneto region.

The “Let’s Save the Book” project has spent $150,000 thus far to properly preserve about 200,000 books kept in the Mkhitarian library.

Today, minister Oskanian visited also Venice Center for Armenian Studies and Documentation which is located in Loggia del Temanza Palazzo, founded in 1777. The center conducts important work in Armenian medieval history, literature and art studies. Lectures are organized and works are conducted for the recovery and preservation of Armenian monuments. Part of this is funded by foreign ministry of Italy.

Minister Oskanian and the center authorities exchanged ideas on Armenian studies and protection of cultural values in Venice and agreed to attract the attention of international community to the issue.

Armenian foreign minister was hosted also at Murad Rafaelian College in Venice which was established in 1836 and has been located in Ka Zenobir famous palace since 50s of the same century. Prominent figures of Armenian culture, including Daniel Varujan, Petros Adamian, Vahram Papazian, Edgar Shahin and others studied in this school.

In the evening, an exhibition dedicated to 300 year long history of relations between Mkhitarian Congregation and Venice authorities opened which will run by the end of January, 2005.

These days, Armenian ship Cilicia also reached the coast of Saint Lazarus island closing the first stage of the journey. Minister Oskanian visited the ship and talked with the crew handing them souvenirs and medals of Armenian foreign ministry.

In the course of the whole visit to Italy, minister Oskanian was accompanies by Italian Ambassador to Armenia Marco Clemente.

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