Happy St Georges Day

[Zorak]

A day to celebrate being English!

But not just English; Georgia, Serbia, Russia, Turkey, Bosnia and many more that stemmed from the Byzantine Orthodoxy all recognise St George as an important patron. Even some cities, such as Jerusalem and Genoa where the saint is not recognised nationally, provide service for him.

All these places celebrate St. Georges day on April 23rd, but not everybody celebrates it on the same day - those such as Georgia and Serbia celebrate St Georges day on April 23rd according to the Julian calender, which is sometime in May according to the Gregorian.

So here's to all children of St. George, all over the world:

 

[Springsteen]

Happy St George's day.

 

[cam elle toe]

Happy St Georges Day.:thumbup

(and my team)

 

[Zorak]

Here's some flags of all the countries and cities (and some football clubs) that have the St Georges Cross in some form or another:


Georgia

Genoa Crest


Genoa Football Club

Jerusalem


Serbia

Kragujevac Coat of Arms

Barcelona


Barcelona Football Club


Aragpn

There are many, many more though.

 

[Zorak]

Happy St Georges Day.:thumbup

(and my team)

New South Wales I presume?

 

[cam elle toe]

New South Wales I presume?

Yes. Rugby League.

They won the grand final last year, and the "world cup" over there in march.

I'm surprised how many other teams that use the cross.

I'll show the boy, he will love it.:thumbup

 

[Zorak]

I thought so I forgot Australia in my first post, silly me.


I'm trying to think of other teams that use the flag in some form, and there are many, but I am stuck for now

 

[cam elle toe]

You're forgiven

The boy has his whole room decked out. Quilt cover, flag..and soon a red strip around the architrave.:thumbup

 

[HK]

Happy St Georges we're not doing anything for it particularly, I might change my avatar or something haha.

 

[TGLucario475]

Honestly I didn't know it was St. Georges Day today. e.o

 

[AstriaPorta]

happy saint George day


we do have that day too but because does fall before Easter will be celebrated the second day after Easter on the 25 the real day is always on the 23rd

 

[Abcinthia]

happy saint George day


we do have that day too but because does fall before Easter will be celebrated the second day after Easter on the 25 the real day is always on the 23rd

In the UK, if ST Georges Day falls during Easter it is celebrated on the Monday after the second Sunday.

Spoiler

so this year it's not until May 2nd

But Zorak wasn't pleased when I told him that and when I showed him the UK Church of England website proving this, he refused to read it.

 

[AstriaPorta]

In the UK, if ST Georges Day falls during Easter it is celebrated on the Monday after the second Sunday.

Spoiler

so this year it's not until May 2nd

But Zorak wasn't pleased when I told him that and when I showed him the UK Church of England website proving this, he refused to read it.

yes you are right on that...
i didn't know you do change the day also i learn something today

 

[Abcinthia]

yes you are right on that...
i didn't know you do change the day also i learn something today

It depends on what branch of Christianity you follow but in the UK, the CofE and the Catholic Church both change it. Most people don't know that because Easter usually falls earlier so it's celebrated on the 23rd as usual.

http://www.churchofengland.org/pray...-calendar/common-worship-rules/rulesyear.aspx

http://www.churchofengland.org/pray...-calendar/common-worship-rules/transfers.aspx

 

[Zorak]

the pub said it is today. so it is today.

 

[itsmeJonB]

the pub said it is today. so it is today.

:thumbup
I've been educated in this thread and this post has the most supporting evidence
"Churches", pfft


Isn't england a predominantly atheist country anyway?

 

[AstriaPorta]

well then an excuse to celebrate it twice :24:

 

[Zorak]

:thumbup
I've been educated in this thread and this post has the most supporting evidence
"Churches", pfft


Isn't england a predominantly atheist country anyway?

I guess we could be called, de facto atheist. We have no official rule that states the seperation of church and state or anything like that as far as I'm aware. In the same way we're a sort of De Facto republic.

 

[Tuffdisc]

Oh how could I forget that? Happy St. George's Day