Guest ▓▓▓ Posted 23 May 2006 Posted 23 May 2006 St. George was some Palestinian (or some other shit) ****
Cobbo Posted 23 May 2006 Posted 23 May 2006 St. George was some Palestinian (or some other shit) **** Still kicked dragons' asses
Lemon Harpic Posted 23 May 2006 Posted 23 May 2006 St. George was some Palestinian (or some other shit) **** Turkish. Makes those people who sing "I'd rather be a paki than a turk" while wrapped in the cross of St George rather confused!
Dr The Singh Posted 24 May 2006 Posted 24 May 2006 Turkish. Makes those people who sing "I'd rather be a paki than a turk" while wrapped in the cross of St George rather confused! Hmmmm, Interesting, I didn't know that St George was a Turk!!! The patron Saint of England is Turkish!!!!
Lemon Harpic Posted 24 May 2006 Posted 24 May 2006 Hmmmm, Interesting, I didn't know that St George was a Turk!!! The patron Saint of England is Turkish!!!! The patron saint of Ireland comes from Great Britain. The patron saint of Scotland comes from Palestine and is also the patron saint of Russia. The patron saint of wales is actually Welsh, though.
Dr The Singh Posted 24 May 2006 Posted 24 May 2006 The patron Saint of Ireland comes from Great Britain! It was abit of shock really, I always thought of St George to be a crusader from England!!! I suppose patronige is done by religious valour rather then proximity, and the Holy Land being in Jerusalum, had it's influx of middle eastern christians!!
Daggers Posted 24 May 2006 Posted 24 May 2006 Saint George DID NOT come from **** Turkey: The traditional account of his life is considered to have originated in the 4th century. According to it, George was born to a Christian family during the late 3rd century. His father was from Cappadocia and served as an officer of the army. His mother was from Lydda, Palestine. She returned to her native city as a widow along with her young son, where she provided him with a respectable education. The youth, it would seem, followed his father's example in joining the army soon after his coming of age. He proved to be a charismatic soldier and consequently rose quickly through the military ranks of the time. By his late twenties he had gained the titles of Tribunus (Tribune) and later Comes (Count). By that time George had been stationed in Nicomedia as a member of the personal guard attached to Roman Emperor Diocletian (reign 284–305). In 303, Diocletian issued an edict authorising the systematic persecution of Christians across the Empire. His caesar, Galerius, was supposedly responsible for this decision and would continue the persecution during his own reign (305–311). It is believed that George was ordered to take part in the persecution but instead confessed to being a Christian himself and criticised the imperial decision. An enraged Diocletian proceeded in ordering the torture of this apparent traitor and his execution. According to the tradition, after various tortures, George was executed by decapitation in front of Nicomedia's defensive wall on April 23, 303. The witness of his suffering convinced Empress Alexandra and Athanasius, a pagan priest, to also become Christians, and so they also joined George in martyrdom as consequence. His body was then returned to Lydda for burial, where Christians soon came to honour George as a martyr. St.George
Lemon Harpic Posted 24 May 2006 Posted 24 May 2006 Saint George DID NOT come from **** Turkey: I only scanned it quickly, but that Wikipedia article doesn't say where he was born. According to the BBC, it probably was Turkey. Even your Wiki article admits that his father was from Turkey!
Gamesmaster Posted 27 May 2006 Posted 27 May 2006 No one knows for absolute certainty, but the educated guess is turkey. since turkey is prodomanantly islamic in religious terms, then he may have left for more christian surroundings. Some say st george was a roman soldier who protested against the roman torture of christians. St George is also the patron saint of Portugal, Georgia and Bulgaria. The Catalonian people of Barcelona also celebrate st georges day, all those countires have prodomanently christian valued societies.
macbeth Posted 27 May 2006 Posted 27 May 2006 st john came from scotland but played for liverpool so i suppose things are never as they seem
Thracian Posted 27 May 2006 Posted 27 May 2006 Mind you the Tories and Lib Dems are not much better. Boris Johnson and Mark Oaten come to mind plus the Hamiltons, i could go on. But they are not running the country.
Thracian Posted 27 May 2006 Posted 27 May 2006 Well said. I love the patriotic feeling of nationalism when we English get together, there are no one better than us when were up against the enemy. I understand the blackpool council are banning the St George flag I dare, no i double dare the anti-English Leicester city council try that here, i'd stand nose to nose with them with TWO flags in hand. Time for a revolution, lets take our country back. Re Leicester City Council: Sadly. You may have to before long.
Ultra Posted 28 May 2006 Posted 28 May 2006 Why? There is NO demand anywhere in Leicester to ban the flag of St George. In fact you can see as many of them on Melton Road as anywhere else in the city!
Daggers Posted 28 May 2006 Posted 28 May 2006 st john came from scotland but played for liverpool so i suppose things are never as they seem
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