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Τhe 22c stamp illustrating details from the representation of the Birth of Christ originates from the 16th century icon belonging to the small shed like Church of Agios Nikolaos in the village of Klonari in Lemesos.

Nearly all the walls of the…

Τhe mural depicting the Birth of Christ comes from the Cathedral of Agios John the Theologian, in Lefkosia, the foundation stone of which was laid on 30th April 1662 by Archbishop Niceforos. The church is built in an area where an earlier monastery…

Both icons were among many items that were looted after the Turkish invasion of 1974 and only after a great deal of effort by the Republic of Cyprus and the Church were they repatriated from Germany in November 2008.

The 51c stamp depicts the…

Christmas is the most special time of the year for children. It is the time when Christmas stories are recited by the fireplace or enacted in pantomimes or nativity plays. It is a time of celebrations, of joys and anticipation as children await the…

Christopher Pissarides was born in 1948 in Lefkosia. After graduating from the Pancyprian Gymnasium, he continued his studies at the University of Essex and subsequently obtained his PhD from the London School of Economics.

In 2010 he became the…

Chrysoroyiatissa Monastery

In 1971 tourism in Cyprus was still in its infancy though Europeans and especially Britons were beginning to appreciate the good life that the island had to offer. Even so, tourist arrivals were still under 260,000 a year. The Turkish invasion of…

Church of St. James

In Greek mythology some argue that Eros, hatched from the world-egg, was the first of the gods since, without him, none of the rest could have been born; they made him coeval (having the same age) with Mother-Earth and Tartarus, and denied that he…

Throughout the ages the spectacle of the circus has provided an ever changing and endearing entertainment to populations in all societies and remains a most popular family outing to this day. In the Roman Empire, circuses featured gladiators fighting…