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In Indian churches such as St. George's Church, Aruvithura, near Kottayam in Kerala, the annual feast is dedicated to St. George, the patron saint of the church, and his ancient statue is still honored. The arrival of the English after the Portuguese, added to the spread of devotions to the saint.
Patron saint Notes Asia: Francis Xavier [1] John the Evangelist is the patron saint of Asia Minor, but not the entire continent. [2] [3] Africa: Moses the Black Our Lady of Africa: Cyprian is patron saint of Africa, the Roman province (Tunisia), not the entire continent. [4] The Americas: The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Guadalupe) [5] [6]
A Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint George in Puthiyathura, Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, is also a pilgrim centre with an annual St George's Day celebration. [ citation needed ] In Tamil Nadu , Kanyakumari district , Nagercoil Town, Thalavaipuram —a famous church for St George and the people of the town—celebrates the feast ...
St. George the Great Martyr Orthodox Church, St. George Island, Alaska; St. George's Greek Orthodox Church (Southbridge, Massachusetts) St. George Coptic Orthodox Church (Brooklyn), New York; St. George Coptic Orthodox Church (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania
St. George's Episcopal Church is a historic church located at 209 East 16th Street at Rutherford Place, on Stuyvesant Square in Manhattan, New York City.Called "one of the first and most significant examples of Early Romanesque Revival church architecture in America", [6] the church exterior was designed by Charles Otto Blesch and the interior by Leopold Eidlitz.
St. George's Church is an intercultural, multilingual Episcopal congregation in Flushing, Queens, New York City. With members from over twenty different nations of origin, it has served an ever-changing congregation since the 18th century.
During the early days of New York's 2020 coronavirus lockdown, New York Post reported on the church's bells, which played "Amazing Grace" and other hymns four times a day. [14] [15] Calvary-St George's connection to Harry Thacker Burleigh, [16] one of the first African-American composers to incorporate spirituality into music, was subject of a ...
San Giorgio dei Greci (Greek: Ἅγιος Γεώργιος τῶν Ἑλλήνων, romanized: ´Agios Geórgios ton Ellínon, lit. 'Saint George of the Greeks') is a church in the sestiere (neighborhood) of Castello, Venice, northern Italy. It was the center of the Scuola dei Greci, the Confraternity of the Greeks in Venice.