"Our language - a pattern fine, Kodry, leaf fall rustle. Reach of Dniester in which it is clear Burn down icon lamp stars"
Last summer day in Moldova is celebrated a traditional
holiday – National day of language - Limba Noastra. On August 28, 2013 by the
Moldavian post in main post office of Kaushany town took place a presentation
of a postage block dated for the 125 birth anniversary of poet, writer, translator
and theologian Alexey Mateevich (1888-1917).
Artist: Helena Karachentseva. Edition - 50 000 copies. Printed by the State printing house of Moldova "Nova imprint".
Alexey Mateevich is the military priest of the Russian
Imperial Army. In June, 1917 wrote the well-known poem "Limba
noastra" ("Our language"), 80 years later become the anthem of
the Republic of Moldova. At the front World War I A. Mateevich caught typhus and
on August 24, 1917 he died in the Kishinev hospital.