York city centre is set to become a sea of colour, flags, and marching band anthems as Cubs, Scouts, Explorer Scouts, Scout Network, Brownies, Guides, Rangers, and Marshals prepare lead the St George’...
04.26.2025 Yorkpress.co.uk and 6 sitesGB News host Tom Harwood has criticised journalist Kevin Maguire for a 'just wrong' tweet about St George's Day that claimed England's patron saint was Turkish. Maguire had posted: 'Happy St George's ...
04.23.2025 Gbnews.com and 3 sitesOn April 23, the Orthodox Church marks Bright Wednesday, observed as the third day after Easter. It is a day of solemn reverence across the Orthodox world, dedicated to the memory of two martyrs? Sain...
04.23.2025 Novinite.com and 5 sitesWhat are you doing for St George's Day, then? We need to do more to celebrate St George's Day Nothing much? Well I don't suppose you will be alone. One of the things that has made me increasingly sad ...
04.23.2025 Expressandstar.com and 2 sitesNews History Notes this week of April 19 Wayne Creed April 27, 2025 753BC: Traditional date of the founding of Rome by Romulus and Remus, orphaned brothers, suckled by a she-wolf. 303 A. D. : Death of George of Lydda, who became revered as Saint George, patron saint of ten countries (we’re most familiar with England), no fewer than 19 cities (including Moscow, Russia), and numerous professions, most notably soldiers. Son of a Roman proconsul and his Palestinian wife, both Christians, George was ...
04.27.2025 Capecharlesmirror.comSt George's Day will be celebrated by millions of people country-wide - but what exactly is the meaning of England's national day? With St George's Day upon us, we have compiled all of the crucial fac...
04.23.2025 Shropshirestar.com and 1 sitesToday the 23rd of April England celebrates St George’s Day The patron saint was born in Cappadocia, Turkey. He was killed by Roman Emperor Diocletian for refusing to denounce Christianity and instead ...
04.23.2025 Aboutmanchester.co.ukPeople St. George’s Day: Story of Palestinian martyr was first recorded on these islands by Donegal’s St. Adomnán By Kevin Mullan Comment Published 23rd Apr 2025, 13: 23 BST Updated 23rd Apr 2025, 13:...
04.23.2025 Derryjournal.com and 2 sitesThe celebration of Saint George on April 23 is one of the most important feasts in Greece and at Arachova in particular, where the saint is the town’s patron. For days, this town in central Greece pre...
04.23.2025 Greekreporter.comToday is the Feast Day of Agios Georgios , a great and glorious Martyr of Christ, born of a father from Cappadocia and a mother from Palestine. Being a military tribune, or chiliarch (that is, a commander of a thousand troops), he was illustrious in ...
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