Our next run is the St. George’s Day Run

Run Number: 1317
Date: Sat 22nd Apr 2017
Run Start: 4:30PM
Run Site: Petang Rafting
St. George’s Day Run
Hare: Labia

Saint George’s Day is celebrated on 23 April, the traditionally accepted date of the saint’s death in Diocletianic Persecution of AD 303. For those Eastern Orthodox Churches which use the Julian calendar, this date currently falls on the day of 6 May of the Gregorian calendar. In Turkic culture the day is known as Hıdırellez or Xıdır Nəbi and is symbolic of spring renewal.

The earliest documented mention of St. George in England comes from the venerable Bede (c. 673–735).[5] His feast day is also mentioned in the Durham Collectar, a ninth-century liturgical work. The will of Alfred the Great is said to refer to the saint, in a reference to the church of Fordington, Dorset. At Fordington a stone over the south door records the miraculous appearance of St. George to lead crusaders into battle. Early (c. 10th century) dedications of churches to St. George are noted in England, for example at Fordingham, Dorset, at Thetford, Southwark and Doncaster.

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