SAINT GEORGE

Hello readers, In two days it’s Saint George’s day. Do you want to learn about important facts of this day and the way we celebrate it? Then read all the text and get all the information about it, you may need it!
Something about his life: Saint george was born in Nicomedia between 274 AD and 285 AD, grewing into a noble Christian family. He died in Lydda, Palestina. His father, Geronzio, was a Roman army official and his mother was from Palestine.
At the age of 14, George lost his father; a few years later, George's mother, Policronia, died.
After that, George went to Nicomedia, to become soldier on the imperial city of that time. In the year AD 302, the Emperor ask that all the Christians soldiers in his army will be arrested, but the others should offer a sacrific to the Pagan gods.
The Emperor with no choice had to execute him. After some torture sessions george was executed by decapitation, on April 23, 303 AD
His suffering convinced a lot of people to become Christians, like Empress Alexandra and Athanasius. His body was returned to Lydda for burial, where Christians soon came to honor him as a martyr.

An interesting data: George means “worker of the land”.

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SAINT GEORGE'S DAY!

Saint George Day in Catalonia.

Who was Saint George? (history)

He was born into a noble Christian family between about 275 AD and 285 AD. Saint George was a Roman soldier in the Guard of Emperor Diocletian. He is one of the most venerated saints in the Orthodox and Catholic churches. In the year AD 302, Diocletian issued an edict that every Christian soldier in the army should be arrested and every other soldier should offer a sacrifice to the Pagan gods, or become martyrs. So he was executed and later the Christian people turned him into a Saint (canonised). People tell a beautiful legend about Saint George and the slaying of the Dragon.

What happened on the 23rd of april?

• Shakespeare: Shakespeare died on the 23 April 1616

• Cervantes: cervantes died on the 23 April of 1616

In honour of the date on which both Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare died, UNESCO established April 23 as the International Day of the Book.

Moreover, a lot of cities in the world celebrate this day, giving a present to his/her lover. A rose for women and a book for men.

How do we celebrate it here?

Saint George is the Patron Saint of Catalonia, and we celebrate the day because we believe in the legend of the Dragon and the Princess.

Catalan people give a present, a rose or a book to his or her lover.

How do people celebrate it all over the world?

In most of the countries that celebrate Saint George there are a lot of festivities:

Here are three examples:

In Belgium: In the heart of the city, there is a historical renactment (known as the “Combat dit Lumeçon”) of the fight between Saint Georges and the dragon.

In Bulgaria: A common ritual is to prepare and eat a whole lamb. St. George is the patron saint of farmers and shepherds.

In England: The UK Houses of Parliament also celebrate St. George's Day each year with a reception and other events, organised by the St.George's Day All Party Parliamentary Group.

EXCHANGE WITH HOLLAND

Hello, today I’m going to explain the week of the exchange with dutch students.

Today, 25/03/09 at 11:30 they arrived to Girona after their flight, now they are coming to IES Salvador Espriu in bus from Girona. At 12:30 they will arrive here, where we will be waiting for them. Between 12:30 to 13:30 all together, catalan and dutch students will do a pronunciation game with our names and surnames. After that, each of us will take his dutch partner and go to his house,have lunch and finally on the first day we will meet at 16:00 on the beach.

During the whole week they will visit almost all the monuments and archaeological sites of Barcelona. And they will do gym class and art class with class A of 3rd ESO on Friday. In the afternoon almost 60 students will go to Parc Güell.

On Monday we will go to Monstserrat mountain from 8:00 to 17:00. And on Tuesday we organize the last party in Barcelona for the dutch students. Finish on Wednesday they will have to get up at 6 o’clock to return to Holland and get the bus at 7:00.

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