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STAMP DEDICATED TO VIENNA MEKHITARIST ANNIVERSARY RELEASED BY AUSTRIA POST
http://www.armenianweekly.com/2011/06/01/stamp-dedicated-to-vienna-mkhitarist-anniversary-released-by-austria-post/
Wed, Jun 1 2011
VIENNA, Austria (A.W.)-Austria Post released a commemorative stamp
recently on the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the
Mekhitarist congregation in Vienna.
The commemorative stamp released on the 200th anniversary of the
establishment of the Mekhitarist congregation in Vienna.
The stamp was launched on May 12 at the dinner hall of the Mekhitarist
church in Vienna. Austrian religious leaders, diplomats, and leaders
of the local Armenian community attended the event.
Abbot Fr. Boghos Kojanian presented the history of the Mekhitarist
congregation, with a particular focus on the Mekhitarists of Vienna.
The head of Austria Post Wolfgang Lesiak spoke next, highlighting the
importance of the commemorative stamp, of which two million copies
have been released. These stamps "will spread across the world as
representatives of the Mekhitarist congregation and the Armenian
people," he said.
The 200th anniversary of the Mekhitarists of Vienna will be celebrated
in Vienna in September, and in Yerevan in October.
From: Baghdasarian
http://www.armenianweekly.com/2011/06/01/stamp-dedicated-to-vienna-mkhitarist-anniversary-released-by-austria-post/
Wed, Jun 1 2011
VIENNA, Austria (A.W.)-Austria Post released a commemorative stamp
recently on the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the
Mekhitarist congregation in Vienna.
The commemorative stamp released on the 200th anniversary of the
establishment of the Mekhitarist congregation in Vienna.
The stamp was launched on May 12 at the dinner hall of the Mekhitarist
church in Vienna. Austrian religious leaders, diplomats, and leaders
of the local Armenian community attended the event.
Abbot Fr. Boghos Kojanian presented the history of the Mekhitarist
congregation, with a particular focus on the Mekhitarists of Vienna.
The head of Austria Post Wolfgang Lesiak spoke next, highlighting the
importance of the commemorative stamp, of which two million copies
have been released. These stamps "will spread across the world as
representatives of the Mekhitarist congregation and the Armenian
people," he said.
The 200th anniversary of the Mekhitarists of Vienna will be celebrated
in Vienna in September, and in Yerevan in October.
From: Baghdasarian