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Burqin Church. / 32.457222; 35.26. The Burqin Church ( Arabic: كنيسة برقين ), also known as the Church of the Ten Lepers or Church of St George ( Arabic: كنيسة القديس جاورجيوس ), [ 1] is a Greek Orthodox church established during the Byzantine period and located in the Palestinian West Bank town of Burqin, in the ...
The church and its people were a central part of their upbringing, while others joined later — some, attracted to Orthodoxy, have found new faith and new family at St. George's.
The cathedral, believed to be the oldest Greek Orthodox church in Africa, [3] is a Neoclassical church built as St George's Church in 1903–1904 by the Greek community. [4] The interior is noted for its frescoes in the Byzantine style. [1] In 1968 the church was elevated to the status of cathedral. [4]
The Church of Saint George ( Arabic: كنيسة القديس جيورجوس or كنيسة مار جريس, Hebrew: כנסיית גאורגיוס הקדוש קוטל הדרקון, "Church of Saint George, slayer of the dragon") [1] in the city of Lod is a Greek Orthodox church containing a sarcophagus venerated as the tomb of the fourth-century ...
Church of St George, Valletta. / 35.899056°N 14.515917°E / 35.899056; 14.515917. The Church of St George is a Greek Orthodox Church situated in Valletta, Malta. It is one of the orthodox churches in Malta .
The Church of St. George ( Greek: Εκκλησία Αγίου Γεωργίου; Arabic: كنيسة القديس جورج) is a Greek Orthodox church within the Babylon Fortress in Coptic Cairo. [1] [2] It is part of the Holy Patriarchal Monastery of St George under the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa. [1] The church ...
George, is also the patron saint of the region of Aragon, in Spain, where his feast day is celebrated on 23 April and is known as "Aragon Day", or 'Día de Aragón' in Spanish. He became the patron saint of the former Kingdom of Aragon and Crown of Aragon when King Pedro I of Aragon won the Battle of Alcoraz in 1096.
South Slavic tradition and Balkan spring festival. In Serbian, St. George's Day is called Đurđevdan ( 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.