Happy St George's Day folks!

[shezz]

Happy St George's day all

so my day

is gonna be spent at work

enjoy yourselfs what ever your doing

[Cocksparrer]

Yorkie, I agree St. Georges Day must be made an official holiday after all the welsh get a holiday when it's St. Patricks day

LOL thats Ireland


Happy st.georges day people, im off to a concert tonight its a tribute to st.georges day, been invited to another one tomorrow but funds say no.

So who is flying their flags. I fly mine 24/7 365 days a year.

[RonOne]

Have a good St George's day, what ever your doing.
Unfortunately with so many Bank Holidays in the first 6 months of the year,
it would probably be easier to move St George's day,
I also think there should be a Summer bank holiday in the middle of July,
and the begining of November for Guy Fawkes.

[astral276]

Are we allowed to celebrate St. George's day? I thought it had been declared a racist event.

The Notting Hill carnival or Diwali...Fine! But St. George's day?

[TonyBridger]

That is also not 100% guaranteed to be true.

Although St Patrick's day is Irish, St Patrick himself was believed by many to be Welsh.

And St George was born in Turkey. It seems he never set foot in England.

That may be why we still have so many dragons living here.

[shezz]

And St George was born in Turkey. It seems he never set foot in England.

That may be why we still have so many dragons living here.

Well I never

St. George is believed to have been born in Cappadocia (now Eastern Turkey) in the year A.D. 270. He was a Christian. At the age of seventeen he joined the Roman army and soon became renowned for his bravery. He served under a pagan Emperor but never forgot his Christian faith.
When the pagan Emperor Diocletian started persecuting Christians, St. George pleaded with the Emperor to spare their lives. However, St. George's pleas fell on deaf ears and it is thought that the Emperor Diocletian tried to make St. George deny his faith in Christ, by torturing him. St George showed incredible courage and faith and was finally beheaded near Lydda in Palestine on 23 April, 303.
In 1222, the Council of Oxford declared April 23 to be St George’s Day and he replaced Edward the Confessor as England’s patron saint in the 14th century. In 1415, April 23 was made a national feast day.
Patron Saint
St George is patron saint not only of England but also of Aragon, Catalonia, England, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Palestine, Portugal, and Russia, as well as the cities of Amersfoort, Beirut, Bteghrine, Cáceres, Ferrara, Freiburg, Genoa, Ljubljana, Gozo, Pomorie, Qormi, Lod and Moscow.
St George is also patron saint of scouts, soldiers, archers, cavalry and chivalry, farmers and field workers, riders and saddlers, and he helps those suffering from leprosy, plague and syphilis.

[cathyscraftybits]

I would like to say Happy Birthday to my Mum She's my Saint and to me much more a Saint than George .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
St MUM

[shelleywelley]

Yorkie, I agree St. Georges Day must be made an official holiday after all the welsh get a holiday when it's St. Patricks day

you've lost me on that one

a) patron saint of wales is DAVID making it St Davids Day lol

b) we do not get a holiday

[shezz]

I would like to say Happy Birthday to my Mum She's my Saint and to me much more a Saint than George .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
St MUM

Happy Birthday to cathyscraftybits MUM have a brill day

[PATRIOT73]