Lithuania 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 [...]
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Pilgrim route of John Paul II
May 26th, 2011 
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955 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 [...]
Easter 2011 – Vatican
March 29th, 2011 srmodh 1,719 viewsIn the year 2011 Easter will be celebrated with a stamp featuring the central moment of the salvific mission of Our Lord as seen in a detail of a wall mural located at the main entrance to the Sistine Chapel. The fresco is perhaps one of the least known of the Sistine Chapel and is [...]
Easter 2011 Folk Style – Slovakia
March 27th, 2011 srmodh 1,992 viewsEaster is the most important Christian festival which as the only movable festival falls on March or April. Its celebrations in the church were mentioned already in the 2nd century. Just like the blood of the Lamb of God saved the old Israelites in ancient Egypt from ten plagues of God, the death of Jesus [...]
850th anniversary of the Cross of St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk
March 23rd, 2011 srmodh 1,265 viewsThe Cross of St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk is a unique monument of jeweller’s art of ancient Belarus, religious and spiritual treasure of the Belarusians. The Cross was created on request of St. Euphrosyne as an ark for storage of Christian relics by the Polotsk craftsman Lazar Bohsa in 1161. It is made in the form [...]
St. Patrick’s Day
February 24th, 2011 srmodh 1,415 viewsAn Post issued a stamp to commemorate St Patrick’s Day; the feast of our national saint. The stamp is based on a stone carving of St Patrick at the entrance to the spire of the chapel at St Patrick’s College Maynooth, which was founded in 1795 but due to a lack of funding the chapel [...]
