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Museum leaders head to Greece to return handwritten 10th-century Gospel manuscript

Priceless artifact taken during World War I

By WND News Services
Published October 3, 2022 at 1:34pm

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(CHRISTIAN HEADLINES) – Museum of the Bible leaders from Washington, D.C., are heading to Greece to formally return a 10th-century handwritten Gospel manuscript.

The manuscript, known as "Evangelistary Manuscript 220," was one of many artifacts and priceless pieces stolen from the Theotokos Eikosiphoinissa Monastery in Greece during World War I. Bulgarian troops allegedly took the manuscript in 1917.

According to The Christian Post, in 2011, the Museum of the Bible bought the manuscript at a Christie's auction. In 2020, the museum said they would return the manuscript, but Greece said the museum could display it until October 2021.

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