ARKA News Agency, Armenia
March 23 2006

ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH LEADER HOSTS HERMITAGE DIRECTOR

YEREVAN, March 23. /ARKA/. Armenian Apostolic Church leader
Catholicos Garegin II received Hermitage Director Mikhail Piotrovski
on Wednesday, press service of St. Echmiadzin, Armenian Apostolic
Church seat, told ARKA News Agency.
Garegin II expressed appreciation of the Piotrovski family’s
contribution to Armenian national culture.
He also pointed out St. Echmiadzin’s Treasuries exhibition opened in
Hermitage in February as part of the Year of Armenia in Russia.
Piotrovski, in turn, said ties between Armenia and Russia have always
been close. `Wee are proud of the fact that the Year of Armenia in
Russia started with St. Echmiadzin’s sacred things demonstration in
St. Petersburg. M.V. -0–