#saint georges day

[floridaboiler]

source - https://www.facebook.com/EddieFansIronMaiden

#Saint George's Day #April 23 #Saint Georges Day

[superkalafragilisticiexpectitall]

UK was the 💎in the rough.

Now it is being colonised by d-evil humans who want to destroy us.

Israel is the canary in the coal mine for all of Mama Earth.

Stand With Israel ✡️💕✝️

#saint georges day #stand with israel #christianity jesus

[bigaldevlin]

Happy St George's Day Everyone 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿#English #EnglishAndProud #Englishman #ProudEnglishman #ThisIsEngland #Saintgeorge #stgeorgesday #happystgeorgesday #Saintgeorge #happySaintgeorgesday

#st george #saint george #saint georges day #st georges day #happy saint georges day #english #england #english and proud #proud englishman #englishman #this is england

[askymzbuki]

Victory day

#sketch #furry #anthro #trofim #personal #every year since 2014 #i go out and get a burger #to celebrate victory day #i was a diehard communist in highschool so i thought it'd be funny and ironic to celebrate victory day with a mcdonalds burger #st. george is also my patron saint so the georgian ribbon is always fun to include

[useless-catalanfacts]

Today is Sant Jordi (Saint George's Day), one of the most beloved traditional holidays in Catalonia ❤️ the day of literature, love, and the Catalan language.

In these two images, you can find an explanation of this tradition. The first photo is an auca, a way of explaining stories with drawings and rhymes that is traditional from Catalonia and has been very popular between the 1600s and the 1930s and to a lesser extent still done nowadays.

I wish everyone a happy Sant Jordi with lots of books and love, and in a time when the right-wing furiously attacks our language and culture, a day of fight for Catalan language and literature.

#sant jordi #tradicions #catalunya #catalonia #culture #cultures #saint george #travel #europe #ethnography #world cultures #world book day #books #bookblr #reading

[microsff]

"Say, George, is it true you killed a dragon?" "It is," George said morosely. "While rescuing a maiden from it?" "No. Well… They both demanded I choose." "Choose what?" "One of them. How could I? I loved them too much! So I choose none. Neither. It… broke the dragon's heart."

#Saint George's Day #VSS #microfiction #writers on tumblr

[vox-anglosphere]

Who better to be born on St George's Day than the Bard of Avon?

#William Shakespeare #St George's Day #April 23rd #England #tradition #Shakespeare's birthday #1564-1616 #patron saint

[beloved-of-john]

Happy Saint George's Day!

Today we celebrate the feast of Saint George, which is significant for many reasons, not least because he is the patron saint of my country. Happy birthday England? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

However, it's important when we turn to him as an inspiration and patron, that we aspire to the values he really represents. St. George has often been co-opted as a military figure, but it's worth remembering that he was put to death by the Roman army for criticising the cruelty of the emperor and for refusing to give up his faith and beliefs. He gave all his money to the poor before being sent to be tortured.

Even the legend of St. George and the dragon was not about seeing violence in itself as virtuous, but rather about fighting to save a town suffering drought and a woman facing violence, fighting for the health and freedom of others.

Saint George was indeed a soldier, but he was a soldier of Christ. Let us honour him for his devotion to the way of Christ and pray for a little of that great courage in our own lives.

A prayer for Saint George (taken from bookofheaven.dom)

St. George, Heroic Catholic soldier and defender of your Faith, you dared to criticize a tyrannical Emperor and were subjected to horrible torture.

You could have occupied a high military position but you preferred to die for your Lord.

Obtain for us the great grace of heroic Christian courage that should mark soldiers of Christ.

Amen.

#christianity #st george #st george's day #saint george #Saint George's Day #christian saints #christian faith #martyrs #christian martyrs #saints days #patron saint

[nenee-blog]

Sant Jordi's tale - World book day

Nagi and Garou featuring the princess and the dragon from "Saint George legend" tale.

I'm Catalan, so I'm very proud that this typical Catalan fest of the rose and the book (lovers day indeed) has become international as the "World book day"

♥spread the love, spread the love for lecture♥

*** Bona diada de Sant Jordi a tothom***

nenée

23 d'abril de 2024

Garou: opm

Nagi: nenée

#sant jordi #catalunya #catalonia #cataloniatoday #garou #opm garou #garou opm #nenee #barcelona #fanart garou #garou x nagi #princess and the dragon #rose #rosa #la rosa i el llibre #book #world book day #world book #lovers #couple #forbiden #dragon #fest #saint ge #saint george #kiss #forbbiden #forbbiden love #forbidden kiss #blood

[thepastisalreadywritten]

SAINT OF THE DAY (April 23)

St. George was a soldier of the Roman army who was tortured and beheaded for his Christian faith in the year 303 in Lydda (in modern day Palestine). 

He was likely born in Cappadocia, of a Cappadocian father and a Palestinian mother of noble rank.

At the death of his father (possibly martyrdom), he moved to Palestine with his mother where he joined the military and apparently served with some distinction, meriting several promotions in rank.

One account of the martyrdom of St. George is Eusebius´ Ecclesiastical History, which relates that when the emperor Diocletian issued an edict:

"to tear down the churches to the foundations and to destroy the Sacred Scriptures by fire… a certain man, of no mean origin but highly esteemed for his temporal dignities, stimulated by a divine zeal and excited by an ardent faith, took it as it was openly placed and posted up for public inspection, and tore it to shreds as a most profane and wicked act." 

This act of instransigence and holy audacity enraged the emperor who had the man tortured and killed.

This man “of no mean origin,” i.e. of nobility, has been identified by more than one ancient source including Eusebius as St. George, though most modern historians of the period state that this is unlikely.

St. George is usually depicted in Christian art as a soldier on horseback killing a dragon with a lance.

This image is a representation of a popular legend of St. George, which first appeared in 1265 in a romance titled "The Golden Legend" in which he saved a town terrorized by a dragon with one blow of his lance.

However, the image is also, and more significantly, a powerful symbol of the victory of Christian faith over evil (sometimes interpreted more contextually in the early Church as “paganism”), personified by the devil who is symbolized by the dragon according to the imagery in Revelations.

St. George is invoked as a patron of military causes, not only because he was a soldier but also due to his appearance to the Christian armies before the battle of Antioch in which they were victorious, then to King Richard the Lionheart of England during his crusade against the Saracens.

The cult of St.George, while universal, remains strongest in the Eastern Church where he is venerated as “The Great Martyr.”

Accounts of early pilgrims identify the seat of the cult of St.George at his burial site in Lydda.

The cult has been in existence since the 4th century, soon after his death.

St. George is the patron of soldiers and the patron of many nations, including Palestine, Lebanon, England, Georgia, and Malta.

He is also the patron of Palestinian Christians and of Boy Scouts. 

He is invoked by sufferers of herpes, skin diseases, skin rashes, syphilis, and snakebites.

#Saint of the Day #Saint George

[helloparkerrose]

#catholicism #roman catholic #catholic #catholic church #catholic feast days #april feast days #saint richard #saint george #saint catherine of siena

[armofianthe]

Damsels Undistressed- An Essay by Samantha Shannon

My attempt at archiving the essay as the original entry in Boundless Magazine no longer exists. A very interesting read, Samantha goes deep into the history of Saint George and the Dragon, her feelings towards it and retellings, and her inspirations for Priory.

Would highly recommend reading if you like The Priory of the Orange Tree.

#not tlt #the priory of the orange tree #tpotot #the roots of chaos #roots of chaos #a day of fallen night #adofn #saint george and the dragon #mythology retellings #fantasy

[floridaboiler]

St George's Day is the feast day of England's patron saint and is celebrated on April 23, to commemorate the anniversary of his death in 303 AD.

#St Georges Day #Saint George's Day #april 23

[useless-catalanfacts]

According to the legend, when the knight Sant Jordi (Saint George) killed the dragon to save the princess, the dragon’s blood turned into roses as soon as it touched the floor. For this reason, every 23rd of April in Catalonia we celebrate our patron saint’s day by giving roses and books to the people we love.

#sant jordi #tradicions #catalunya #catalonia #traditions #books #rose #roses #llegendes #legend #saint george #saint george's day #cultures #culture #april #spring

[vox-anglosphere]

Happy St George's Day to my loyal friends & followers! Thank you all.

Some legends linger because they are more than legends.

#St George's Day #23 April 2023 #patron saint #England #UK #tradition #stained glass #iconic #heritage #history #victory

[dark333rose]

finally! something I wanted to do for many years but was never able to be ready for it. until today! >= D

I finally get to draw the Patron Saint of England himself. I had fun drawing this and it is the first time I used a bit of colour in one of my traditional drawings (I don't normally use colour on traditional paper as I fear it would ruin the quality. (unless the colouring is done digitally))

I am overall happy to make this. and I am also happy that it seems that more people in my country are celebrating it more than the previous years.

so happy St. George's Day for England.

and all other places that have St. George as their patron; Venice, Genoa, Portugal, Ethiopia, Catalonia and more (let me know if I miss any.

#art #2d art #black and white #black and white art #crosshatching #saint g #saint george #saint george day #dragon slayer #knight #holy #crusaider #crusader #England #venice #genoa #portu #ethiop #ethiopia #catalonia