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Saint George's
Day

Saint George's Day, also called the Feast of Saint

George, is the feast day of Saint George as celebrated
by various Christian Churches and by the several
nations, old kingdoms, regions, states, countries and
cities of which Saint George is the patron saint -
including Bulgaria, England, Georgia, Portugal, Romania
as well as the Spanish communities of Cáceres, Alcoy,
Aragon and Catalonia. The saint also has his state
holiday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1]

Saint George's Day

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 Saint George and the Dragon
Oil painting by Raphael (1505–1506)

Observed by Churches
Roman Catholic
Church (see
calendar)

Lutheran Churches
(see calendars)

Anglican Communion
(see calendars)

Eastern Orthodox
Church (see
calendar)

Oriental Orthodox
Church (see
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 calendar)
Countries and Regions
Nations or Regions of
which Saint George
is the patron saint

Albania

Bulgaria

England

Greece

Georgia

Palestine

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Aragon

Catalonia

Rio de Janeiro

Newfoundland and
Labrador

Type Feast day; national day of

England, regional day of
Aragon.
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 Observances Church services, flying of
the St. George's Cross

Date 23 April, 24 April, 6 May, 23

November, 25 January

Frequency Annual

Related to George's Day in Spring

George's Day in Autumn
Catalan Sant Jordi
English Saint George's Day
Ðurđevdan
Feast of Saint George

Saint George's Day is celebrated on 23 April, the

traditionally accepted date of the saint's death in the
Diocletianic Persecution.[2]

Date

In the calendars of the Lutheran Churches, those of the

Anglican Communion, and the General Calendar of the
Roman Rite, the feast of Saint George is normally
celebrated on 23 April.[3][4] Since Easter often falls
close to Saint George's Day, the church celebration of
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 the feast may be moved from 23 April: for 2011, 2014,
2019 and 2022 the Lutheran, Anglican and Catholic
calendars celebrated Saint George's Day on the first
available weekday after the Octave of Easter (see
Easter Week) (2 May 2011, 28 April 2014, 29 April 2019
and 25 April 2022 respectively).[5][6][7] Similarly, the
Eastern Orthodox celebration of the feast moves
accordingly to the first Monday after Easter or, as it is
sometimes called, to the Monday of Bright Week. The
church celebration may also be moved if 23 April falls
on a Sunday; in England and Wales the Catholic
calendar celebrated Saint George on Monday 24 April
2017 (because Sunday is the celebration of Christ's
Resurrection, which is far more important than any
saint's commemoration).

Besides the 23 April feast, some Orthodox Churches

have additional feasts dedicated to St George. The
country of Georgia celebrates the feast of St George on
23 April and, more prominently, 10 November (Julian
calendar), which currently fall on 6 May and 23
November (Gregorian calendar), respectively.[8] The
Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the dedication of
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 the Church of St George in Kiev by Yaroslav the Wise in
1051 on 26 November (Julian calendar), which
currently falls on 9 December on the Gregorian
calendar.

In the Tridentine Calendar Saint George's Day was

given the rank of "Semidouble". In Pope Pius XII's 1955
calendar this rank is reduced to "Simple". In Pope John
XXIII's 1960 calendar the celebration is just a
"Commemoration". In Pope Paul VI's revision of the
calendar that came into force in 1969, it was given the
equivalent rank of a "Memorial", of optional use. In
some countries, such as England, the rank is higher.

Western tradition

English Catholic and Anglican tradition …

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 Flag of England, derived from Saint George's Cross

A child with an English flag and hat on St. George's Day

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 A St. George's Day celebration in Kent, 2011

The earliest documented mention of St. George in

England comes from the Catholic monk the venerable
Bede (c. 673–735).[9] His feast day is also mentioned
in the Durham Collectar, a ninth-century liturgical
work.[10] The will of Alfred the Great is said to refer to
the saint, in a reference to the church of Fordington,
Dorset.[11] At Fordington a stone over the south door
records the miraculous appearance of St. George to
lead crusaders into battle.[9] Early (c. 10th century)
dedications of churches to St. George are noted in
England, for example at Fordingham, Dorset, at
Thetford, Southwark and Doncaster.[11] In the past,
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 historians mistakenly pointed to the Synod of Oxford in
1222 as elevating the feast to special prominence, but
the earliest manuscripts of the synod's declaration do
not mention the feast of St. George.[12] The
declarations of the Province of Canterbury in 1415 and
the Province of York in 1421 elevated the feast to a
double major, and as a result, work was prohibited and
church attendance was mandatory.[13] Edward III
(1327–1377) put his Order of the Garter (founded c.
1348) under the banner of St. George.[9] This order is
still the foremost order of knighthood in England and
St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle was built by
Edward IV and Henry VII in honour of the order.[9] The
badge of the Order shows Saint George on horseback
slaying the dragon.[9] Froissart observed the English
invoking St. George as a battle cry on several occasions
during the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453).[11]
Certain English soldiers also displayed the pennon of
St. George.[14]

St. George's Day was a major feast and

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There is a growing reaction to the recent indifference to

St. George's Day. Organisations such as English
Heritage and the Royal Society of St. George have been
encouraging celebrations. There have also been calls
to replace St. George as patron saint of England on the
grounds that he was an obscure figure who had no
direct connection with the country.[19] However, there
is no obvious consensus as to whom to replace him
with, though names suggested include Edmund the
Martyr,[20] Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, or Saint Alban, with
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 the last having topped a BBC Radio 4 poll on the
subject.[21] Recently there have been calls to reinstate
St. Edmund as the patron Saint of England as he was
displaced by George some 400 years ago.[22]

Religious observance of St. George's day changes

when it is too close to Easter. According to the Church
of England's calendar, when St. George's Day falls
between Palm Sunday and the Second Sunday of
Easter inclusive, it is moved to the Monday after the
Second Sunday of Easter.[5][6] In 2011, for example, 23
April was Holy Saturday, so St. George's Day was
moved to Monday 2 May. The Catholic Church in
England and Wales has a similar practice.[7]

A St. George's Day Scouts parade in Somerset, England

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 Saint George is the patron saint of The Scout
Movement, which has held St. George's Day parades
since its first years.[23] St. George is the patron saint of
many other organisations. In the United States, the
National Catholic Committee on Scouting uses the
saint for many of their awards and activities.[24]

In sport, 23 April is also the anniversary of the St.

George Dragons Rugby League Football Club. The St.
George club coincidentally played their inaugural New
South Wales Rugby League first grade match on St.
George's Day, 23 April 1921 at the Sydney Sports
Ground in Australia.[25]

In Newfoundland and Labrador, St. George's Day is a

provincial holiday, usually observed on the Monday
nearest 23 April.

Iberian peninsula …

Spain …
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 Cross of Alcoraz. This shield appears in the official Coat of
arms of Aragon and the Flag of Sardinia

Saint George became the patron saint of the former

Crown of Aragon, when King Peter I of Aragon won the
Battle of Alcoraz in 1096 commending his army and
people to the auspices of the saint. He is also patron of
several former territories under the Crown of Aragon,
including Valencia, Catalonia, Sicily, Sardinia, and
several regions of Italy. In most cases, the reason for
those cities' adoption of the Saint as their holy Patron
and shared flag is linked to the Aragonese colonial
influence and various battles that occurred throughout
the Mediterranean during the "Reconquista". The
international expansion of the Reconquista that
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 followed over the next two centuries across the
Mediterranean also led to the adoption of the cross of
Saint George as a coat of arms by Christian Crusaders.

The Feast of St. George is celebrated enthusiastically in

the Region and former Kingdom of Aragon, and is a
regional feast day. On April 23, Aragon celebrates its
"Día de Aragón" (Day of Aragon) in commemoration of
the Battle of Alcoraz (Baralla d'Alcoraz in Aragonese),
where the city of Huesca was reconquered by the
Aragonese army and in which tradition says that St.
George appeared at a critical moment for the Christian
Army.

In Catalonia, la Diada de Sant Jordi, involves traditions

similar to those of the Anglo-Saxon Saint Valentine's
Day. Traditionally, boys give girls a red rose and girls
give boys a book. Among roses, many piles of books
are for sale in Catalan streets (1.5m books sold in
2015).[26]

In the Valencian city of Alcoi, Saint George's Day is

commemorated as a thanksgiving celebration for the
purported aid the Saint provided to the Christian troops
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 fighting the Muslims in the siege of the city. Its citizens
commemorate the day with a festivity in which
thousands of people parade in medieval costumes,
forming two "armies" of Moors and Christians and re-
enacting the siege that gave the city to the Christians.

In Caceres, in the western region of Extremadura, the

capital city of Cáceres celebrates the reconquest of the
city from Muslim rule on April 23, 1229 by King Alfonso
IX of León, with commemorative celebrations which
begin on the eve of the feast day with a parade of
Moors and Christians and various effigies of Saint
George and the dragon on horseback, and once the
parade reaches the main square, they reenact a battle
between both camps culminating with the burning of a
winning Dragon effigy (as selected and voted by the
people of the city).

Portugal …

Devotions to Saint George in Portugal date back to the

twelfth century, and Saint Constable attributed the
victory of the Portuguese against what is now mostly
modern day Spain, in the battle of Aljubarrota in the
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 fourteenth century to Saint George. During the reign of
King John I (1357–1433) Saint George became the
patron saint of Portugal and the King ordered that the
saint's image on the horse be carried in the Feast of
Corpus Christi procession. In fact, the Portuguese
Army motto means Portugal and Saint George, in perils
and in efforts of war.[27]

Germany Georgiritt …

Georgiritt

In tradition-rich Buttenheim and many other towns in

Bavaria, Georgiritt (plural Georgiritte; "George's Ride")
takes place around St. George's Day 23. April,
especially around churches dedicated to the saint.
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 Brightly decorated horses and wagons parade several
times around the church, in which a service is then held
at which the riders and horses are blessed. Various
competitions may be held afterwards.

24 April …

Exceptionally in the Czech Republic, Hungary and

Slovakia, Saint George's Day comes on 24 April. The
reason why it was moved from 23 April in case of the
Czech's svátek sv. Jiří is, that there is a day of St.
Adalbert of Prague (in Czech Svatý Vojtěch), Czech
national patron saint, who was martyred on 23 April
997.[28] It is celebrated in a special way.

In Hungary, 24 April is the day of Saint George the

Dragonkiller, thus it is the name day of men named
György. It is also the Day of the Police, who honour him
as a patron saint.

Eastern Orthodox tradition …

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 An Orthodox icon showing Saint George

Under the state atheism of former Eastern Bloc

countries, the celebration of Saint George's Day was
historically suppressed.[29]

If St. George's Day (or any saint's day) falls during Holy
Week or on Easter Day, it is observed on Easter
Monday.

Eastern Slavic tradition …

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 19th-century illustration of the Spring Yuri's Day in Russia

The Russian Orthodox Church, which uses the Julian

calendar, has two important feasts of Saint George.
Besides the feast of 23 April (Julian calendar), common
through all Christendom, Russians also celebrate the
anniversary of the dedication of the Church of St.
George in Kiev by Yaroslav the Wise (1051) on 26
November (Julian Calendar), which currently falls on 9
December. One of the Russian forms of the name
George being Yuri, the two feasts are popularly known
as Vesenniy Yuriev Den (Yuri's Day in the Spring) and
Osenniy Yuriev Den (Yuri's Day in the Fall).

South Slavic tradition and Balkan spring

festival …
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(Cyrillic: Ђурђевдан) and is celebrated on 6 May every
year, as the Serbian Orthodox Church uses the Julian,
Old Style calendar. St. George's Day is one of the most
common Slavas (family patron day) among the Serbs.
Ðurđevdan is also celebrated by both Orthodox and
Muslim Romani and Muslim Gorani. Ðurđevdan is
celebrated, especially, in the areas of Raška in Serbia.
Apart from being the Slava of many families, St.
George's Day is marked by morning picnics, music, and
folk dances.

Saint George's Day celebrations in Bulgaria

Possibly the most celebrated name day in Bulgaria, St.

George's Day (Гергьовден, Gergyovden) is a public
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 holiday that takes place on 6 May each year. A common
ritual is to prepare and eat a whole lamb, which is an
ancient practice possibly related to Slavic pagan
sacrificial traditions and the fact that St. George is the
patron saint of shepherds. It is also believed to be a
magical day when all evil spells can be broken. It was
believed that the saint helps the crops to grow and
blesses the morning dew, so early in the morning they
walked in the pastures and meadows and collected
dew, washed their face, hands and feet in it for good
luck and even in some rural parts of Bulgaria it was a
custom to roll in it naked.[30]

St. George's Day is also Bulgarian Armed Forces Day,

made official with a decree of Prince Alexander of
Battenberg on 9 January 1880. Parades are organised
in the capital Sofia to present the best of the
equipment and manpower of the Bulgarian military, as
well as in major cities nationwide.

St. George's Day is also called Đurđevdan and is

celebrated by Bosnian Serbs and Romani (both
Orthodox and Muslim), but also has been celebrated by
the other ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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 Ðurđevdan's widespread appeal can be seen in the folk
song Ðurđevdan popularised by Bijelo Dugme as well
as Meša Selimović's novel Death and the Dervish.

In the Greek Orthodox Church, Saint George's Day is

celebrated on 23 April, unless this date falls during
Lent or Holy Week when it is celebrated on the day
following Easter. Other, lesser saints are
commemorated during Lent or Holy Week on their
usual dates. However, because of St. George's
standing as one of the church's most venerated
megalomartyrs the celebration date is moved outside
of Lent and Holy Week so that people can fully
celebrate the day.

In the Georgian Church, St. George the Victory-Bearer

is commemorated twice a year: on 23 November (the
Breaking on the Wheel of Holy Greatmartyr George)
and 6 May (the Beheading of St. George).[31] The
celebrations likely began in the 4th to 5th centuries. In
Georgia, the feast day on 23 November is credited to
Saint Nino of Cappadocia, who in Georgian
hagiography is a relative of St. George, and is primarily
credited with bringing Christianity to the Georgians in
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The Romanian Orthodox Church, which uses the

Revised Julian calendar, celebrates St. George's Day
on 23 April.

Middle East

Veneration of St. George as a martyr originates in the

Levant, spread from Palestine through Lebanon to the
rest of the Byzantine Empire – though the martyr is not
mentioned in the Syriac Breviarium.[32] A titular church
built in Lydda during the reign of Constantine the Great
(reigned 306–37) was consecrated to "a man of the
highest distinction"; the identity of this man with St.
George was asserted by the 7th century.[33] The
church was destroyed by Muslims in 1010, but was
later rebuilt and dedicated to Saint George by the
Crusaders. In 1191 and during the conflict known as the
Third Crusade (1189–92), the church was again
destroyed by the forces of Saladin, Sultan of the
Ayyubid dynasty (reigned 1171–93). A new church was
erected in 1872 and is still standing.
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 Christians in the Middle East continue to celebrate St.
George's Day, and the custom has been adopted in
Muslim tradition via identification of the saint with the
figure of Al-Khidr and an association in folk belief with
medicine and healing. In Palestinian culture, the feast is
held on 5 May. The feast is held in the Palestinian town
of al-Khader, just south of Bethlehem.[34] Historically,
the feast attracted Arabs from throughout Palestine to
visit the Monastery of Saint George.[35] On the morning
of 6 May, Palestinian Christians from Beit Jala,
Bethlehem, Beit Sahour and other parts of Palestine
would march in a procession to the monastery.[34]

In Mosul, northern Iraq, St. George's Monastery was

destroyed in November 2014 by ISIS militants.

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.

Many Christian denominations in Syria celebrate St.

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 George's Day, especially in the Homs Governorate.
Following this, participants traditionally dine and
dance. The monastery of Mar Jurjus (St. George) dates
back to the 6th century and is a regional centre of
Orthodox Christianity.[36]

In literature

In the 1897 book Dracula by Bram Stoker, evil things

are said to occur on St. George's Eve, beginning at
midnight. 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, so it is unsafe to
go outside on that night.[37]

(Excerpt from Dracula, 1897) "Do you

know what day it is?" I answered that it
was the fourth of May. She shook her
head as she said again: "Oh, yes! I
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 know that, I know that! but do you
know what day it is?" On my saying
that I did not understand, she went on:
"It is the eve of St. George's Day. Do
you not know that tonight, when the
clock strikes midnight, all the evil
things in the world will have full sway?

The 1961 play Andorra by Max Frisch focusses greatly

on the (fictionalised) Andorran celebrations of St.
George's Day. The play begins and ends with
references to a ceremonial whitewashing of houses by
the town's virgins, again reflecting the day's central
theme of purity.

The 2009 play Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth takes

place on St. George's Day, 23 April, also the day of
death and estimated birth day of William Shakespeare.

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