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From the very early days of Christianity, Orthodox believers displayed a very special reverence to the relics of saints and martyrs. The Holy Cross had a permanent place among such relics and in the history of Cyprus one reads about Saint Helena who…

Rhinodolphin ( Turslops truncatus ) :The earliest known mammals lived some 210 million years ago when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Over tens of millions of years they adapted, evolved and flourished through all climatic changes and natural disasters.…

Richard the Lionheart, Date of withdrawal 31st January 1929

Royal Exhibition Building (Melbourne)

Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana

The stamp depicts the Queen's window from the Royal Lusignan apartments of St. Hilarion castle, which stands some 700m. above sea level. The view from the window towards the sea and Kyrenia’s coastline is breathtaking. The castle was at first a…

Just as in previous Games, the Seoul Olympics experienced boycotts from North Korea who was very upset at not being considered a co -host, and then followed by Ethiopia and Cuba. Their non-participation did not have an adverse effect on the Games as…

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…

The biennial Games of the Small States of Europe, first held in 1985, is a multi-sport event for independent European Nations with a population of less than one million. Only a limited number of events are included in the program of the Games.…

Contemporary athletic games as well as the Olympic games include the marathon competition. For over two thousand years (490 B.C.) the battle of Marathon has astonished the world so much that it has never been forgotten. When the Persian armies of…