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Saint George (Ancient Greek: Γεώργιος, romanized: Geṓrgios; [note 1] died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition, he was a soldier in the Roman army .
The same sentiment is present within the following two Prayers to Saint George: [66] 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.
The Coptic version of the Saint George legend, edited by E. A. Wallis Budge in 1888, and estimated by Budge to be based on a source of the 5th or 6th century, names "governor Dadianus", the persecutor of Saint George as "the dragon of the abyss", a Greek myth with similar elements of the legend is the battle between Bellerophon and the Chimera ...
Saint Alexander Nevskiy: soldiers protecting Russian lands, National Guard of Russia, Spetsnaz. Saint Dmitry Donskoy: soldiers under the Tank Troops and all motorized rifle units; Saint George: soldiers and all people protecting the nation, and patron saint of the city of Moscow. Also co-patron of cavalry and Tank Troops.
The Greek Expeditionary Force took part in the Korean War with a total of 10,255 Greek personnel, of whom 186 or 187 were killed and 617 were wounded. The army was briefly renamed "Royal Hellenic Army" from August 20th, [ 18 ] to October 25th, 1964, [ 19 ] on the initiative of then Minister of National Defence Petros Garoufalias .
Saint George's Day is the feast ... Certain English soldiers also displayed the pennon of St ... In the Greek Orthodox Church, Saint George's Day is celebrated on 23 ...
The dragon motif was transferred to the George legend from that of his fellow soldier saint, Saint Theodore Tiro. [27] The transfer of the dragon iconography from Theodore, or Theodore and George as "Dioskuroi" to George on his own, first becomes tangible in the early 11th century.
Saint George killing the dragon, depicted on the military flag of the Hellenic Army. Saint George is the patron saint of Beirut, Lebanon. [28] Many bays around Lebanon are named after Saint George, particularly the Saint George Bay, at the mouth of the Beirut River, as local tradition identifies it as the site where he killed the dragon. [29]