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For the first time in 2000 years, a Pope comes to Cyprus on a pilgrimage in the footsteps of Apostles Paul, Barnabas and Mark to visit Pafos where in 45 AD they converted the Roman Proconsul Sergius Paulus to Christianity.

The Pope, Bishop of…

The stamps from this series feature two different examples of traditional Cypriot popular crafts, a continuation of the series circulated last year.
The €0,41 cent stamp depicts the art of basket weaving, the making of baskets and other everyday…

In order to handle the massive problems caused by the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, with 200.000 Greek Cypriots displaced in their own country, the Government of the Republic of Cyprus set up a “Special Refugee Fund”. To support the Fund…

In order to handle the massive problems caused by the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, with 200.000 Greek Cypriots displaced in their own country, the Government of the Republic of Cyprus set up a “Special Refugee Fund”. To support the Fund…

In order to handle the massive problems caused by the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, with 200.000 Greek Cypriots displaced in their own country, the Government of the Republic of Cyprus set up a “Special Refugee Fund”. To support the Fund…

In order to handle the massive problems caused by the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, with 200.000 Greek Cypriots displaced in their own country, the Government of the Republic of Cyprus set up a “Special Refugee Fund”. To support the Fund…

In order to handle the massive problems caused by the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, with 200.000 Greek Cypriots displaced in their own country, the Government of the Republic of Cyprus set up a “Special Refugee Fund”. To support the Fund…

Ιt is said that in the Garden of Gethsemane, on the Mount of Olives, in Jerusalem, that there exists an olive tree from Christ’s time. This is not improbable since it is known that olive trees existed since antiquity and that olive oil was…

Τhe seasons occur as a result of the yearly revolution of the earth around the sun and the tilt of the earth’s axis relative to the plane of revolution.

The four seasons divide the year into quarters which are marked by changes not only in…

Αutumn, the season from September’s equinox to December’s solstice, is when the leaves of deciduous trees begin to turn red, yellow and brown before falling and carpeting the ground below. The beauty of autumnal foliage is a sight to behold…