Austria Post released a commemorative stamp recently on the 200thanniversary of the establishment of the Mekhitarist congregation in Vienna.

The stamp was launched at the dinner hall of the Mekhitarist church in Vienna. Austrian religious leaders, diplomats, and leaders of the local Armenian community attended the event.

Abbot Fr. Boghos Kojanian presented the history of the Mekhitarist congregation, with a particular focus on the Mekhitarists of Vienna. The head of Austria Post Wolfgang Lesiak spoke next, highlighting the importance of the commemorative stamp, of which two million copies have been released. These stamps “will spread across the world as representatives of the Mekhitarist congregation and the Armenian people,” he said.

The 200th anniversary of the Mekhitarists of Vienna will be celebrated in Vienna in September, and in Yerevan in October, according to The Armenian Weekly.