St. George Church, Kanjiradukkam

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Nice church in the name of st George.nFeels good when reach their:-)

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Very little is known about St. George’s life, but it is thought he was a high ranking officer in the Roman army who was killed in around AD 303.nnIt seems that the Emperor Diocletian had St. George tortured to make him deny his faith in Christ. However despite some of the most terrible torture even for that time, St George showed incredible courage and faith and was finally beheaded near Lydda in Palestine. His head was later taken to Rome where it was interred in the church dedicated to him.nnufffcStories of his strength and courage soon spread throughout Europe. The best-known story about St. George is his fight with a dragon, but it is highly unlikely that he ever fought a dragon, and even more unlikely that he ever visited England, however his name was known there as early as the eighth-century.nnIn the Middle Ages the dragon was commonly used to represent the Devil. Unfortunately the many legends connected with St. George’s name are fictitious, and the slaying of the ‘Dragon’ was first credited to him in the 12th century.nnSt. George, so the story goes, killed a dragon on the flat topped Dragon Hill in Uffington, Berkshire, and it is said that no grass grows where the dragon’s blood trickled down!nnIt was probably the 12th century Crusaders however who first invoked his name as an aid in battle.nnKing Edward III made him the Patron Saint of England when he formed the Order of the Garter in St. George’s name in 1350, and the cult of the Saint was further advanced by King Henry V, at the battle of Agincourt in northern France.nnShakespeare made sure that nobody would forget St. George, and has King Henry V finishing his pre-battle speech with the famous phrase, ‘Cry God for Harry, England and St. George!’nnKing Henry himself, who was both warlike and devout, was thought by his followers to possess many of the saint’s characteristics.nnufffcnnThe Tomb of St George, Lod, IsraelnnIn England St. George’s Day is celebrated, and his flag flown, on his feast day, April 23rd.nnAn interesting piece of trivia – Shakespearewas born on or around St. George’s Day 1564, and if the story is to be believed, died on St. George’s Day 1616.nnAn appropriate end perhaps for the man who helped to immortalise the Saint in English tradition.