Consul General Visits Armenian Patriarchate Museum in Istanbul

February 7, 2009

Consul General Sharon Wiener during tour of museum

On February 7, Consul General Sharon Wiener called on the Patriarchate and received a tour of its private collection from the Grand Sacristan, Archbishop Aram Ateşyan.  The museum contains artifacts documenting the religious history of Armenians in Anatolia, some dating back to the 13th century.