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Elizabeth, Queen consort to King George VI, was born Elizabeth-Bowes-Lyon and was the first commoner to marry into the House of Windsor. During the Second World War she became such a morale booster that Adolf Hitler called her the most dangerous…

The Royal Door (Panayia Church, Paralimni)

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was born in Genoa, Italy, but there is no evidence that he was Italian. From an early age he frequented seafarers, astronomers, geographers, and scientists in the city of Lisbon where keen debates took place with…

The Nativity scene illustrated on this stamp is reproduced from a gilded wood-carved icon forming part of the early 16th century iconostasis in the Church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary in the village of Kourdali. One of several paintings in the…

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded on 16th November 1945. In its ambitious goal to build peace in the minds of men, it did not consider it enough to build classrooms in devastated countries.…

As a people, Cypriots are very religious. Faith is very important to the Cypriots and the Church has a distinct place in society. The name day of the Archbishop is a state holiday for the schools, while the church is energetically involved in…

The designs for this set were made by children. However they are incapable of leading us to spiritual heights as true icons can do. Below, is a translation from the works of Odysseas Elytis: "Eternal Icon Showered in light You address our every…

The Church of the Holy Cross of Agiasmati, a single-aisle church with a steep pitched wooden roof, is situated north-west of the village of Platanistasa,in the Pitsilia area. It has preserved the most complete set of paintings in Cyprus by the 15th…

Tradition requires that gifts be exchanged during the Christmas period. Santa Claus brings the gifts on the eve of New Year. St. Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea had his name associated with carols, the gifts and the vassilopitta (type of cake),…

The twelve Olympian gods

ZEUS
The father of the Gods and the greatest one among them. The God of weather, protector of foreigners, family and fertility. He was also the god of lightning and of the sky.

HERA
The wife of the god Zeus. She was…