The Olympic Games created by the
Ancient Greeks and now belonging to the entire humanity, constitute an
institution through which the noblest ideals of the human spirit are expressed.
The Olympic Games were organized for the first time in 776 BC in ancient
Olympia, having as first competition the "stadium", namely a 200-yard
dash. Subsequently, 23 other competitions were added and the games gradually
developed from a simple athletic event into a mental and spiritual creation and
into a place fordisplaying virtue, morals, mental and spiritual cultivation.
The apex of these morals is the concept of "truce", namely the
suspension of hostilities for the unhindered conduct of the games and noble
emulation far from wars, vain competitiveness, political expediencies,
ideological contradictions and racial hatreds. The Olympic Games were revived
in modern times, in 1896, by French Baron Pierre de Coubertin and the first
contemporary Olympic Games took place in the same year in Athens.
Cyprus was participating for the eighth consecutive
time in the summer Olympic Games Which took place in 2008 in the capital of
China, Beijing. On this occasion and to honour the event, Cyprus issues the
commemorative stamps series established since 1964. This series consists of
four stamps representing the competitions of sailing, high jump, tennis and
shooting, competitions in which Cypriot athletes participate.
Thank you Merja.
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