Lithuania post issued new postage stamps featuring the endangered spiders included into the Red List of Lithuania. The stamps features The Fen Raft Spider and The Ladybird Spider. The Fen Raft Spider (Dolomedes plantarius) belonging to the Family Pisauridae lives around the margins of waterbodies, in peatlands and swampy forests. They vigorously glide over the [...]
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775th Anniversary of Battle of Saule
September 17th, 2011 
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689 viewsIn 1236, Pope Gregory IX declared the first crusade against Lithuanians having turned into the most important fight of that period, which took place on 22 September 1236 at the Miša River – the Battle of Saule between the Bothers of Sword and the army of Samogitians and Lithuanians. Covered by the shroud of Christianity, [...]
XXV National Eucharistic Congress
September 15th, 2011 srmodh 687 viewsThe stamp reproduces a tapestry from the early eighteenth century, inspired by a drawing by Peter Paul Rubens depicting the scene of the institution of the Eucharist, a work commissioned by the Confraternity of SS. Sacrament of Ancona and kept at the Diocesan Museum of Ancona.
Churches of Lithuania 2011
September 14th, 2011 srmodh 771 viewsLithuania post issued a set of two stamps featuring churches, Šiauliai Cathedral of St. Apostles Peter and Paul and Trakai Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Šiauliai Cathedral of St. Apostles Peter and Paul is the most prominent Renaissance work of Lithuanian architecture. Construction of the church began in 1595 and was [...]
Lithuanian Zoo
May 28th, 2011 srmodh 1,151 viewsThe zoological garden is a unique school of knowledge introducing visitors to natural and cultural values. On the 1st of July 1938, the Kaunas Zoo was officially opened in the Mickevi?ius Valley under the initiative of naturalist Professor Tadas Ivanauskas. On the 4th of December 1958, the Kaunas Zoo was granted the name of a [...]
Pilgrim route of John Paul II
May 26th, 2011 srmodh 1,127 viewsPope John Paul II, called the Pilgrim Pope, is considered to be one of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century who has served as the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church for almost 27 years. During his papacy, John Paul II visited 129 countries, including Lithuania on 4-8 September 1993. He was the [...]
