Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who is in the US on a working visit, visited the Museum of the Bible in Washington.

The Prime Minister, accompanied by the museum’s CEO Aaron Ross, toured the museum and got acquainted with the exhibits. The museum also featured exhibits of Armenian Christian heritage, as well as the ancient Armenian Bible.

Prime Minister Pashinyan noted that he is impressed by the exhibits presented at the museum and presented the museum with a copy of Grigory of Narek's medieval Book of Lamentations.

It is one of the oldest copies of Grigor Narekatsi’s world-renowned prayer book “The Book of Lamentations.” The original was written in 1173 in Cilicia by the prominent scribe and painter Grigor Skevratsi, at the behest of the distinguished Armenian theologian Nerses Lambronatsi. The manuscript is preserved in the Matenadaran as one of the exceptional masterpieces of Armenian written and miniature art.