Still Stampin' (Darthphilatelist in Hyper Mode...): interfaith dialogue stamps

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Dragonflies

World Stamp Today:

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Cyprus Post releases on February 23, 2023 the “Dragonflies” stamps.

The issue will comprise two stamps at the value of €0,75 and €1,00 each.

Dragonflies are one of the first flying insects on earth, and they make the longest migration of any insect and are the most successful predators in the animal kingdom.

More than 6,000 species have been described worldwide and Cyprus has 32.

Dragonflies undergo incomplete metamorphosis, going straight from larva to adult, the larva being aquatic.

They are important in maintaining the balance of the ecosystems, both as predators and as food for other animals.

Orthetrum sabina (Drury, 1773) flies from April to October. It can be observed at any shallow standing fresh or brackish water.

Epallage fatime (Charpentier, 1840) flies from March to August. It can be observed at permanent slow flowing rocky rivers and streams.

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Interfaith Dialogue

World Stamp Today:

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The Vatican Philatelic Office released on February 22, 2021 a block of stamps featuring photographs of some of the pope's meetings with leaders of other world religions.

It also marked the beginning of the ninth year of the pontificate of Pope Francis.

The stamps highlight Francis’ new doctrine in his new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, that “the different religions, based on their respect for each human person as a creature called to be a child of God, contribute significantly to building fraternity and defending justice in society,” according to the Vatican Philatelic Office.

The stamps celebrate the pope’s encounters with representatives of the Abrahamic religions — with Rome’s Chief Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni (January 2016) ,with Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayyeb (February 2019), the pontiff's meeting the supreme patriarch of Thailand’s Buddhist community, Somdej Phra Maha Muneewon (November 2019), and Hindu leader Ndu-Kurukkal SivaSri T. Mahadeva in Sri Lanka (January 2015).