On February 27, Nobel Laureate, Doctors Without Borders co-founder, physician, former French Foreign Minister (2007-2010), member of the Aurora Prize Selection Committee Bernard Kouchner visited Mashtots Matenadaran. During the visit, Kouchner was accompanied by Alain Boinet, founder of Solidarités International, Patrice Franceschi, former Chairman of the Société des Explorateurs Français, and Nicolas Stanisch, executive director
By the decision of Pope Francis, the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship has declared February 27 in the calendar of the Catholic Church the remembrance day of the great Armenian theologian of the 10th century, Doctor of the Universal Church St. Gregory of Narek. Thus, that day will be included in all Catholic churches’ calendar,
On February 2, a delegation headed by Charles Personnaz, the Director of the National Heritage Institute (NIU) under the French Ministry of Culture, visited Mashtots Matenadaran. The guests toured the museum building, got acquainted with the Armenian manuscript heritage. During the visit, they also visited the restoration department of Matenadaran and got acquainted with the manuscript
