Khachkar Moved from ROA to NY To Be Displayed at Metropolitan Museum

KHACHKAR MOVED FROM ARMENIA TO NEW YORK TO BE DISPLAYED AT
METROLPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

NEW YORK, MAY 5, ARMENIANS TODAY – NOYAN TAPAN. The State History
Museum of Armenia sent a 909-kg khachkar to New York for a long-term
display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This is the only khachkar
currently on display in the U.S.

The installation of the khachkar once created in Lori marz was
organized and supervized by Helen Evans, while the Hagop Kevorkian Fund
provided financial support for its transportation and installation. H.
Evans together with Jack Sultanian, Jr. from the Metrapolitan Museum
had visited Armenia to choose a khachkar under the supervision of the
ministry of education and the History Museum and in consultation with
the RA president’s office.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS