Description

SPAS
Спас

The commemorative coin is dedicated to one of the major Orthodox feasts – the Transfiguration of Jesus (in common parlance – Spas, i.e. the Savior`s Feast) when grapes, apples, honey and other food are blessed by sprinkling with holy water.

Obverse: above there are the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine and the semicircular legend: НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine); in the centre there is the composition symbolizing the Savior`s Feast and consisting of an honeycomb frame against an amulet bunch of flowers with a sunflower above; to the left and right thereof there are depicted conventionalized cornucopias replete with apples, pears, grapes, etc.; below there is the legend: 5/ГРИВЕНЬ/2010 (5 hryvnias) together with the National Bank of Ukraine Mint logo.

Reverse: there is the multi-figure composition of peasants in preparation for the act of blessing the gifts of nature with holy water; below there is a beehive; above there are the symbol of the Transfiguration of Jesus and the bow-shaped inscription СВЯТО СПАСА (Feast of Spas).