Around 1050 in Jerusalem, a hospital was established for the pilgrims coming to the Holy Land. This hospital was administered by the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (currently, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta). As a religious order, the Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta […]
People share a common feeling of affection for cubs. Their kindness touches the sensitive parts of the human soul and the cubs raise a vivid curiosity for a little known and untamed universe. Continuing the much appreciated theme on fauna, Romfilatelia is introducing into circulation a new postage stamps issue – “Wild cubs”. On the
Written in the Orthodox calendar, The Birth of our Lord, a celebration of light, joy and happiness, may be found each year among the themes of postage stamps issues that Romfilatelia introduces into circulation… Seven centuries before the birth of Jesus Christ, the visionary prophet of messianic hope, Isaiah, wrote: “For unto us a child
In history, although located at the extremities of the European continent,RomaniaandSpainhave shared common interesting aspects. Emperor Trajan, a personality of the Latin history, was born inAndalusia. Ambassadors from the Court of Castile were sent to Stefan the Great inMoldavia. The beginning of the Hispano-Romanian diplomatic relations dates back to the 15th century, when Iancu de
The appearance of the pressing irons is the result of researches of clothes manufacturers in order to harmonize the consumers’ pretentions with the evolution of fashion. The manufacturing technology used solutions that had to correlate the shape and weight of pressing irons to the manner in which the heat sources was ensured. The first models
500 years ago, not far from the current Suceava town, on top of Bulai Hill, near a black wooden chapel, two Armenian brothers halted one night on their way toBudapestwhere they were going to sell their cattle. The Holy Virgin appeared in the dream of the two brothers telling them: “I bless you, may your
125 year ago, on 28 April 1887, the Pathology and Bacteriology Institute was founded inBucharest, bearing today the name of its founder, Professor Victor Babes. It is the oldest scientific researchinstitute ofRomania, being in the vanguard of the human pathology and biomedical sciences research at national and international level. The Institute was initially conceived as
Children’s Day was mentioned for the first time in Geneva at the World Conference on Children’s Protection and Welfare, in August 1925, where 54 representatives of different countries adopted the Child Protection Declaration. After this conference, many governments declared the “Children’s Day” as a holiday. In 1954, the United Nations International Children’s Emergencies Fund (UNICEF)
The beginning of Romanian diplomacy, acknowledged as such in official documents, dates back to the Middle Ages. During the reign of Stephen the Great (Ştefan cel Mare), the Ruler’s messenger, Ioan Tamblac, conducted diplomatic missions of paramount importance in Venice and Vatican. In the second half of the 17th century, the Moldavian chronicler Miron Costin
The first organised athletic competitions (the Olympic Games) took place inAthens, in 776 B.C. At the beginning, the first athletic trial was running and, afterwards javelin throw, discus throw and jumps were added. In 394 A.D., the Olympic Games were forbidden by the Romans, who replaced them with their own competitions and gladiators fighting. After
