President Kiska donated photo-book by Slovak photographer to Pope

SLOVAK  President Andrej Kiska for the first itme in his term visited Vatican where was met by Pope Francis I. He gave to Pope a photo-book by Filip Kulišv, a Slovak photographer, as a gift.

Andrej Kiska with Pope Francis in Vatican. Andrej Kiska with Pope Francis in Vatican. (Source: SITA)

Part of the book – with gilded pages – are also aerial pictures of Slovak sites, form Bratislava to the Spiš region. The gift is unique, as gilded books are made nowhere in the world except for Slovakia; the book is also bound in white leather put in wooden etui with a dedication stitched in golden thread – again a unique Slovak phenomenon, the TASR newswire wrote.  

SkryťTurn off ads
Article continues after video advertisement
SkryťTurn off ads
Article continues after video advertisement

Read also: Kiska discussed with Archbishop Bezák with pope Read more 

Filip Kulišev is Master QEP, a professional title, in the sphere of nature photography and has the fellowship of the British Institute of professional Photographers. 

SkryťTurn off ads

 

Top stories

Stock image.

Twice as many Ukrainians work in Slovakia now than before the Russian invasion.


Píšem or pišám?

"Do ľava," (to the left) I yelled, "Nie, do prava" (no, to the right), I gasped. "Dolšie," I screamed. "Nie, nie, horšie..." My Slovak girlfriend collapsed in laughter. Was it something I said?


Matthew J. Reynolds
Czech biochemist Jan Konvalinka.

Jan Konvalinka was expecting a pandemic before Covid-19 came along.


SkryťClose ad