Ancient Monastery Relics

In this video, Collections Curator Gary Lind-Sinanian shares two priceless items rescued from Armenian monasteries that now lie in ruins in the aftermath of the Genocide. The first is an inscribed iron doorknob from Tomarza's Sourp Astvatsatsin Monastery. The oldest book in our collection, the Garabed Gospel, was kept in Tomarza in the 18th and 19th centuries.