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There is also a Prayers of Intercession to Saint George: Faithful servant of God and invincible martyr, Saint George; favored by God with the gift of faith, and inflamed with an ardent love of Christ, thou didst fight valiantly against the dragon of pride, falsehood, and deceit.
Saint George (Greek languages: 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 .
Paintings of Saint George (martyr) (1 C, 13 P) S. Saint George's Day (10 P) ... Saint George in devotions, traditions and prayers; G. Patronages of Saint George ...
Saint George's Day (Jeries) is celebrated widely in Jordan, especially in a town near Amman called Fuheis. In Jordan, many churches are dedicated to St. George. St. George's Day is celebrated throughout Iraq and Lebanon, but especially in towns and villages where churches for St. George have been erected.
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]
Saint Giles was prayed to for a good confession, and Saint Eustace as healer of family troubles. Domestic animals were also attacked by the plague, and so Saints George, Elmo, Pantaleon, and Vitus were invoked for their protection. Saint Margaret of Antioch is the patron of safe childbirth. [2]
Gerbault, apparently forgetting his vows and the kind nature of his hosts, had his eyes on relics that might be had. The host monks, described as “good-natured and simple-minded,” [3] showed him a locked marble chest where they kept their most prized possessions, the arm, shoulders and ribs of St. George. Gerbault and his companion, managed ...
The Church of Saint George (Arabic: كنيسة القديس جيورجوس or كنيسة مار جريس, Hebrew: כנסיית גאורגיוס הקדוש קוטל הדרקון, "Church of Saint George the dragonslayer") [1] in the city of Lod is a Greek Orthodox church containing a sarcophagus venerated as the tomb of the fourth-century Christian martyr Saint George.