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A crowd celebrates Saint George's Day at an event in Trafalgar Square in 2010. On St George's Day 2002, the Campaign for an English Parliament arranged to dye the fountains red on St. George's Day. From this effort, supporters privately organised a St George's Feast in London, the first of which was held in Covent Garden on 23 April 2003
The date of St. George's Day presented in the book, 5 May (on the Western Gregorian calendar), is St. George's Day as observed by the Eastern Orthodox churches of that era. The belief is that moroi (living vampires), witches, and other dark creatures must gather all the evil power they can between midnight and the dawn of the saint's holy day ...
There are calls for extra public holidays on the patron saints' days in England (for St. George's Day), and Wales (for St. David's Day). For example, in 2018 the Labour Party announced it would make those days bank holidays if elected. [19] The same year, an online petition to the Prime Minister as to Wales received 3,577 signatures. [20]
Ever since then, St George has been the patriotic rallying point for the English people. [citation needed] The Royal Society of St George was founded in 1894 with the object of promoting "Englishness" and the English way of life. Howard Ruff was the founder in 1894 and the first Honorary Secretary of the Royal Society of St George.
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The legal deadline to form a Northern Ireland Executive. On the same day, over 150,000 public sector workers stage a general strike across Northern Ireland. [86] [87] 19 January The Met Office issues a warning for high winds and heavy rain ahead of the arrival of Storm Isha. [88] Tata Steel confirms it is cutting 2,800 jobs.
21 April – debut of the George Bernard Shaw play Arms and the Man in London. [3] 23 April (St. George's Day) – Howard Ruff founds the Royal Society of St George, to foster the love of England and to strengthen England and the Empire by spreading the knowledge of English history, traditions and ideals.