Georgia celebrates Saint George’s day
On November 23 and on May 6 (according to the Julian calendar), Saint George’s Day is celebrated among Orthodox Christians worldwide.
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Georgia is celebrating Saint George’s day today, one of the most important days for Orthodox Christians.
Twice a year, on May 6 and November 23 (according to the Julian calendar), Saint George’s Day is celebrated among Orthodox Christians worldwide.
The event is marked by various Christian churches and by several nations, kingdoms and cities where Saint George is the patron saint.
“Saint George has a special place in Georgia's history. I want to send warm wishes to Georgian citizens and wish the Georgian nation unity and success,” PM Bakhtadze said today while visiting the Trinity Cathedral Church.
Saint George was born in the latter part of the third century AD to a Greek Christian noble family in Lydda, Palestine. After his father’s death, George enlisted in the Roman Army and by his late 20s, was promoted to the rank of Tribunus and joined the imperial guard of the Emperor Diocletian at Nicomedia, the eastern capital city of the Roman Empire.
During the year 303 AD, the Emperor Diocletian summoned his officers and instructed them to persecute the Christians. When George refused to do so he was tortured and then beheaded on April 23, (April 23 corresponds to 6 May on the Julian calendar).
Orthodox Christians in Georgia are today celebrating one of the most significant days in the country’s religious calendar – Saint George’s Day (Giorgoba in Georgian).
Today Georgia is celebrating Saint Georgia’s day, which is the one of the most important days for orthodox Christians. The majority of Georgian churches were built in Saint George’s honour. The State Emblem of Georgia captures Saint George in the form of a man riding a horse who is slaying a dragon.
"I am happy that I see ministers, presidential candidates in the cathedral on the Saint George’s day. I am sure that you [presidential candidates] will meet both victory and failure similarly. The one who will win should not think that he/she is better than others. I am sure that you will stand together and help each other,” Ilia II stated and handed the icons of Saint George to the candidates.
Orthodox Christians in Georgia are celebrating one of the most significant days in the country’s religious calendar – Saint George’s Day [Giorgoba in Georgian].
Orthodox Christians in Georgia are celebrating one of the most significant days in the country’s religious calendar, Saint George’s Day [Giorgoba in Georgian] today.
Orthodox Christians in Georgia are today celebrating Saint George’s Day, one of the most significant days in the country’s religious calendar.