The reputation apoteca of George spread throughout apoteca the East. Already in the fourth century

Cine PALLAS: apoteca SUMMER Programme
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
From the most popular apoteca saints throughout the Christian world. apoteca Called also Great Martyr and martyr. Especially in our country, there is no area that does not have church or chapel dedicated to his memory, while the name George are among the most common.
During Synaxaristis and Sacred Tradition, George apoteca was born between 275 and 281 in Nicomedia in Bithynia. His father Gerontios came from a wealthy family of Cappadocia, was a military and Senator. His mother POLYCHRONIOU came from Lydda in Palestine. Both parents of George were baptized Christians.
After his father's death, the family moved to St. Lydda, the homeland of his mother. At a young age, George followed a military career and joined the Roman Army. Quickly singled out for their skills and bravery and received the title of Trivouno. Emperor Diocletian promoted him to Duke (Governor) and Earl (colonel) in the body of the imperial guard.
In 303 AD Diocletian began furious persecution against Christians. George refused to execute orders and confessed his faith. The emperor, who did not expect such behavior from his own man, ordered George apoteca to submit to horrible torture to renounce his faith.
After the lonchisan, mangling the flesh with a special wheel of knives. Then they threw him into a pit of boiling lime and then forced him to walk with calcined metal shoes. George patiently endured the torment and April 23, 303 beheaded the walls of Nicomedia. On that date honored his memory throughout the Christian world, with the exception of the Orthodox churches, where the April 23 falls before Easter or coincides with Easter, because the sequence includes Paschal hymns. In this case, the celebration of the memory of St. George postponed to Monday after Easter.
The relic of George, along with that of his mother, who was martyred on the same or next day, moved and buried at Lydda. From there, as evidenced by sources, the Crusaders took the relics of St. Polychronia and transported them to the West. The tomb of George Constantine the Great built a temple.
The admirable fortitude shown by George during his martyrdom and the wonders he has done, contributed to the shift of many attending the Romans to Christianity, with prominent case of the wife of Diocletian, Alexandra, which was converted apoteca to Christianity with the slaves of Apollos, Isaac and KODRATOU. Their memory is celebrated on April 21.
The reputation apoteca of George spread throughout apoteca the East. Already in the fourth century there were churches in Syria by name, while in Egypt were built in honor of the 40 churches and three monasteries. In Constantinople refers temple of George, already from the time of Constantine the Great.
Ecclesiastical apoteca poets like Romanos the Melodist, the dedicated triumphant hymns and praises, proclaiming the "Star chandelier osper sun shines", "Protathlitarchin and protostratigon and megan taxiarchin faith" and "faith and witness advocate invincible and nikitin apoteca theostepton "perifrourounta the floating at sea, in the odo-behind and the overnight sleeper" great martyr martyr, apoteca whose "This wonderful name in all the earth shall be performed." The hymn of St. George
The yield to the Holy miracles are numerous, some of which paradoxes and absurd. From the 9th century already, the patriarch of Constantinople, Nikephoros was forced to publicly condemn as "monstrous lirous" and "chatter between." The most ymnithen Wonders of the Drakoktonia, but as myth existed. According to tradition, on the outskirts of Cyrene, the area of modern Libya, was a dragon parafylage a source and prevent the water of the village, while devouring passersby.
To appease the dragon, the villagers sent every day to feed a child who chose by lot. God spared them and sent St. George to kill the dragon, one day he was about to devour the beautiful daughter of the local governor. The Saint, after terrible duel with the dragon killed him and saved the good daughter. Then, her father, and the whole village was pagan, baptized Christians.
This miracle attributed to the survival of an ancient custom, offer human sacrifice apoteca to a demon, who karadokousan sources of water. The folklorist Nikolaos Politis considers it a revival of the ancient myth of Perseus, who rescued Andromeda from a monster. The myth was still