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Chapel of St. Barnabas, 1900th Death Anniversary of St. Barnabas the Apostle, Republic of Cyprus
In 45 A.D. the Apostles Barnabas and Paul arrived in Cyprus to preach Christianity. They succeeded in converting the Roman Proconsul Sergius Paulus at Paphos, thus making Cyprus the first country to be governed by a Christian. St. Barnabas was the…
Peristerona Church, Pictorial Definitive Issue of King George V, Republic of Cyprus
Peristerona Church
Flower, EUROPA Issue, Republic of Cyprus
The intellectual history of Cyprus and itscontribution to the European intellectual history may be attributed to all those distinguished Cypriot poets, writers,archaeologists and men of letters from the celebrated Stassinos to Costas Montis and the…
Icon of St. Barnabas, 1900th Death Anniversary of St. Barnabas the Apostle, Republic of Cyprus
In 45 A.D. the Apostles Barnabas and Paul arrived in Cyprus to preach Christianity. They succeeded in converting the Roman Proconsul Sergius Paulus at Paphos, thus making Cyprus the first country to be governed by a Christian. St. Barnabas was the…
Flower, EUROPA Issue, Republic of Cyprus
The intellectual history of Cyprus and its contribution to the European intellectual history may be attributed to all those distinguished Cypriot poets, writers,archaeologists and men of letters from the celebrated Stassinos to Costas Montis and the…
Runners, Olympic Games Issue Tokyo, Republic of Cyprus
The Olympic Games of Tokyo 1964 were the first ever to be held in Asia (Far East) and Japan did not lose the opportunity to organize the Games using the latest technology, thus fulfilling the words of Pierre de Coubertin who had said in 1893 that the…
General K. S. Thimayya, Commemorative Issue, Republic of Cyprus
Thimayya’s World War II record as a Company Commander, Battalion Commander and officiating Brigade Commander came to the fore in operations against the tenacious Japanese in Burma. His soldierly skills can best be summed up in the citation for the…
St. Sophia Cathedral Nicosia, (Now Selimiye Mosque), Pictorial Definitive Issue of King George V, Republic of Cyprus
St. Sophia Cathedral Nicosia, (Now Selimiye Mosque)
Bairaktar Mosque, Pictorial Definitive Issue of King George V, Republic of Cyprus
It was here on the former Constanzo Bastion that on the 9th September 1570 during the siege of Nicosia that the first standard bearer scaled the high Venetian walls and planted his flag. He was killed and buried on the spot. His tomb is now within…
Boxers, Olympic Games Issue Tokyo, Republic of Cyprus
The Olympic Games of Tokyo 1964 were the first ever to be held in Asia (Far East) and Japan did not lose the opportunity to organize the Games using the latest technology, thus fulfilling the words of Pierre de Coubertin who had said in 1893 that the…