Museum of Christian Art inaugurated in Chambésy

(Latsis Foundation) - The ‘Museum of Christian Art’ at the Orthodox Centre of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambésy, Geneva, was inaugurated on February 3rd 2011, in the presence of His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. In his welcome speech the Metropolitan Bishop of Switzerland His Reverence Ieremias, Director of the Centre, referred to the history of its foundation and the important contribution of the former Bishop of Switzerland His Reverence Damaskinos in its early years of operation. His Reverence Ieremias said that the aim of the Museum was to establish itself as an internationally recognised centre for the presentation of religious and other works of art linked with the traditions and culture of Orthodoxy, complementing the work of the Orthodox Centree.