Lithuania FDC on "100th Anniversary of the Birth of Saint John Paul II"

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100th Anniversary of the Birth of Saint John Paul II

Date of Issue : 16 October 2020

Lithuania FDC on "Red Book of Lithuania - Plants"

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Red Book of Lithuania - Plants

Date of Issue : 26 April 2019

Lithuania FDC on "100th Anniversary of the First Lithuanian Postage Stamps"

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100th Anniversary of the First Lithuanian Postage Stamps

Date of Issue : 30 November 2018

Lithuania FDC on "Visit of Pope to Lithuania"

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Visit of Pope to Lithuania

Date of Issue : 22 September 2018

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A nice aerogramme from Lithuania. Thank You very much to my friend!

Lithuania FDC on "250th Birth Anniversary of Mykolas Kleopas Oginskis"

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250th Birth Anniversary of Mykolas Kleopas Oginskis

Date of Issue : 26 September 2015

The stamp depicts M.K. Oginskis' portrait and a notes motif recorded on a stave of his well-known polonaise Atsisveikinimas su tėvyne (A Farewell to the Homeland) (a-moll No. 13) in the background.

Nowadays, M. K. Oginskis is mostly known as a composer, the author of Europe-famous mazurkas, marches, minuets, waltzes and polonaises, particularly Atsisveikinimas su tėvyne (A Farewell to the Homeland). To Serve the Homeland – that was M. K. Oginskis' life motto.

Lithuania Aerogramme

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A nice aerogramme from Lithuania. Thank You very much to my friend!

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Another nice aerogramme from Lithuania. Thank You very much to my friend!

Lithuania FDC on "Lithuanian Folk Music Instruments"

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Lithuanian Folk Music Instruments

Date of Issue : 7 January 2012

10 ct : Linear flute
20 ct : Clay whistles
35 ct : A musical bow with an inflated pig's bladder
1 Lt : Alder bark trumpet
1,35 Lt : Hammered dulcimer
2,15 Lt : Cow horn pipe

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A nice registered FDC cover of "VISIT OF POPE JOHN PAUL II TO LITHUANIA", issued on 3 September 1993. The set of 4 stamps features the Pope's visitation to CHAPEL OF ŠILUVA, HILL OF CROSSES, GATES OF DAWN VILNIUS and KAUNAS. Also on this cover is the stamp of "400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE APPARITION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IN ŠILUVA" (2008) and the stamp of ”PILIGRIM ROUTE OF JOHN PAUL II” (issued on 7 May 2011). A very good choice of stamps indeed ! Thank You very much to my friend !

Lithuania FDC on "Piligrim Route of John Paul II"

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Piligrim Route of John Paul II

Date of Issue : 7 May 2011

Stamp : John Paul II and Cathedral of Vilnius

Pope John Paul II, called the Pilgrim Pope, 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.

To mark the Pope‘s apostolic visit to Lithuania, the main shrines of Lithuania, the ones connected with this Pope have been joined into the Piligrim Route of John Paul II. In total, fourteen sacral monuments have been included into the Piligrim Route: Vilnius Cathedral Basilica, the Gate of Dawn Chapel and the Church of St. Therese, the Way of the Cross in Vilnius, the Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Trakai, Kaunas Cathedral Basilica, the Christ’s Resurrection Church in Kaunas, Pažaislis Camaldolese Monastery ensemble, the Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Chapel of the Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Šiluva and the surrounding area, the Hill of Crosses, Šiauliai Cathedral, the ensemble of Tytuvėnai Church and Monastery, Marijampolė Chapel and the Chapel of the Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis in Lūginė, Žemaičių Kalvarija (Samogitian Calvary) Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary Visitation and the Chapels of the Way of the Cross, and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Pivašiūnai.

Really a great surprise to get such a nice Pope John Paul II FDC from Lithuania. I very much like it. My friend is really very kind to me. Thank You very much to my friend !

Lithuania FDC on "Churches of Lithuania"

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Churches of Lithuania

Date of Issue : 16 October 2010

--- Kaišiadorys Christ's Transfiguration Cathedral
In 1932, the construction of a neo-Gothic church in Kaišiadorys was completed. The church has a three-sided apse, a tall central tower, and corner turrets; the interior has three naves with cross vaults. On 10 May 1936, the Kaišiadorys Church became a cathedral after consecration performed by the first Kaišiadorys’ Bishop Juozapas Kukta granting the title of the Transfiguration of Christ.

In the crypt of the Cathedral, two bishops are buried: Juozapas Kukta and Teofilius Matulionis.

--- Telšiai Saint Anthony of Padua Cathedral
The history of the Telšiai Cathedral goes back to the year 1624, when the governor of the Telšiai Royal Manor Povilas Sapiega, upon approval of King Sigismund Vasa, invited the Franciscan (Bernardine) friars to arrive in Telšiai and built for them a wooden monastery and a chapel on the Hill of Insula.

In 1762, the construction of a brick two-storey church, a combination of the late Baroque and Classicism elements, started. It was consecrated in 1794 and became a cathedral in 1926. There are seven altars in the Cathedral; two of them are the main. The main altar located on the second storey, the only two-storey altar in Lithuania, is dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua; the painting depicting him and placed in this Cathedral is considered to be miraculous by the believers.

In the crypt of the Cathedral, three bishops are buried: Vincentas Borisevičius, Pranciškus Ramanauskas, and Justinas Staugaitis.

Two very very nice FDCs from Lithuania. Thank You very much to my friend !

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The aerogramme shows the view of the Hill of Crosses. It is a site of pilgrimage about 12 km north of the city of Šiauliai, in northern Lithuania. It is believed that the first crosses were placed on the former Jurgaičiai or Domantai hill fort after the 183 Uprising.Over the centuries, not only crosses, but giant crucifixes, carvings of Lithuanian patriots, statues of the Virgin Mary and thousands of tiny effigies and rosaries have been brought here by Catholic pilgrims. The number of crosses is unknown, but estimates put it at about 55,000 in 1990 and 100,000 in 2006.

Lithuania FDC on "The World Heritage Objects - The Archaeological Site of Kernavė"

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The World Heritage Objects - The Archaeological Site of Kernavė

Date of Issue : 7 August 2010

The State Cultural Reserve of Kernavė covers the territory of 194,4 ha. The entire complex of objects of cultural heritage preserved encompasses 18 archaeological, historical, and cultural properties. One of the properties, a group of five hill-forts, is the only and exceptional property in the region of the Baltic Sea. In the 19th century, the hill-forts were given the names of the Pilies kalnas, the Aukuro kalnas, the Mindaugo Sosto piliakalnis, and the Lizdeikos kalnas.

In July 2004, the archaeological site of Kernavė was included into the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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A really unexpected surprise from Lithuania. This nice multiview postcard shows various Churches in Vilnius, including Churches of St. Ann, All Saints, St. Michael, Gates of the Basilian Monastery, Churches of St Bernardine, St Casimir, Sts Johns, Sts Apostles Peter and Paul and St Nicola. The three stamps affixed on the card are beautiful too. Thank You very much to my friend

Lithuania FDC on "The World heritage Objects - Struve Geodetic Arc"

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The World Heritage Objects - Struve Geodetic Arc

Date of Issue : 24 October 2009

537 (2 Lt) : TRIANGULATION CHAIN OF STRUVE ARC
538 (2 Lt) : POINT IN MEŠKONYS OF STRUVE’S ARC

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793–1864), the professor of University of Tartu in Estonia developed methodology for measuring the arc of the meridian of the earth. He composed a triangulation chain of 258 triangles with special markings firmed on top. This chain was later named Struve Geodetic Arc in honour of the professor.
The establishment of Struve Geodetic Arc in 1816–1852 is one of the greatest and most impressive attempts to determine the exact size and shape of the earth. The triangulation chain passed through territories of ten countries – from the northernmost European city Hammerfest in Norway to Ismail in Ukraine at the Black Sea. The Arc crosses Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russian Federation, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova. The fragments of this triangulation chain, which extended through the mentioned countries 2822 kilometres, were used for the calculation of the arc of meridian.
In the territory of Lithuania 3 points of Geodetic Arc out of 18 present in the country are marked: one in Rokiškis district (Gireišiai village) and two in Vilnius district (Paliepiukai and Meškonys villages).
From 2005 the Struve Geodetic Arc was inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List. The Struve Geodetic Arc is the first trans-national nomination in the World Heritage List, introduced by ten states.
On June 16 2006 the geodetic point in Meškonys was introduced to the public.

My second real posted FDC from Lithuania. It is really a great surprise to me. The stamp design are nice. As you can seen, the FDC was sent on 26 Oct, 2 days after the first day of issue and I got it on 31 Oct. It only took 5 days for postal delivery. Inside the FDC, my friend has enclosed the First Day Sheet (FDS) of that issue. Thank You very much to my friend.

Lithuania FDC on "Millennium Song Celebration of Lithuania 'Song of the Centuries'"

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Millennium Song Celebration of Lithuania "Song of the Centuries"

Date of Issue : 27 June 2009

The first Song Celebration was organised on the 23–25th of August 1924 in Kaunas, with participation of 86 choirs, about 3000 singers, which sang 36 songs.

Since 1950 Lithuanian Song Celebrations were regularly organised every five years, and in 1985 the record number of participants gathered – 38856.

The tradition and symbolism of Song and Dance Celebrations of three Baltic States was nominated as Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity on the 17th of November 2003.

On the 1–6th of July 2009 Millennium Song Celebration of Lithuania "Song of the Centuries" was took place in Vilnius.

Estonia "Song and Dance Festival" FDC

My first real posted FDC from Lithuania. It is very nice. Of the 3 Baltic states, I am lucky to get the FDC of the Song and Dance Festival of Estonia and Lithuania.