Jeg glemte nesten navnedagen som i år 2008, var 28. April.
DEN er egentlig den 23. April men kommer alltid etter påske, oftest 2. påskedag, - så den er en såkaldt flyttbar navnedag.

Stavemåten?
Ikke helt lett, men jeg prøver å skrive det
slik det uttales!

Jeg vil ikke påstå noe om at "Jårgås" er gresk, fra Jerusalem eller et annet sted, det er ikke det som teller her. Det som teller
er at i Hellas er det mange herlige "Jårgåsser" så det er en stor festdag.

"Jårgås" er i Hellas skytshelgenen
til gjeterene.

Jeg klarer alltid å kjenne igjen ikonet av Agios Jårgiås i kirkene, for han er alltid avbildet med en drage. På mitt foto fra kirken ser du hans ikon til høyere, der finnes han i mange kirker.

Jeg har vært på Skiathos mangen en
gang på "Jårgås" navnedag, Skopelítissa
er jo tilegnet
Georgios Sarris.
Da var det et kappløp på andre siden av flyplassen, ved en liten Agiås "Jårgås" kirke. Mange av øyas unge gutter kapp-red på muldyr. Et fargerikt og humørfylt kappløp. Den som vant ville ha hell og lykke for resten av året.

Det sies at Georgios ble født mellom 275 og 281 i Nicomedia, Bithynia, i dag nordvest Tyrkia, døde som martyr 23. april 303 ved Nicomedias rådhus vegg, og ble transportert hjem til Lydda, Palestinia, for å bli begravet.

Legenden sier; at han skal ha reddet en by fra en drage som spiste sauer, og i mangel på sauer gjerne jomfruer.
Dragen hadde lavet sitt rede ved en kilde, slik at landsbyboerene måtte gå forbi den for å hente vann.
Først bestakk de den med en sau, men etterhvert ble det mennesker.
Sankt Georg kommer forbi den dagen dragen skal fôres med en prinsesse. Han dreper dragen med ett enkelt støt med lansen sin. Som belønning gir kongen ham en stor sum penger, men Georg deler pengene ut blant byens fattige før han rir videre.

Det sies også at Jårgås ikke var kristen og var i det militære.
Da han ble ilagt å drepe kristne under kristendoms forfølgelsene nektet han, ble kristen og derfor ble han torturert og drept.

Info hentet fra bl.a. Wikipedia.

I nearly forgot the nameday,
in 2008,  on the 28th of April.
THE nameday is on the 23rd
of April, but it always takes place
after Easter, most often on the Easter Monday, - a so called
movable nameday.

How to spell the name? I try to write it the way it is pronounced!

I do not state here that "Yorgos" is Greek, from Jerusalem or somewhere else, it is what counts here that matters. What counts is that here are many "Yorgosses" in Greece, so it is a big holiday.

"Yorgos" is in Greece the patron saint of the shepherds.

I always manages to identify the icon of Agios "Yorgos" in the churches, because there is always a dragon next to him. On my photo from the church you see him to the right, he is there in many churches.

I have been in Skiathos many a nameday of "Yorgos",
Skopelítissa is dedicated to
Georgios Sarris.
Then it was a race on the other side of the airport, at a small church named Agios "Yorgos". Many of the young boys of the island raced each other on mules. A very colorful and tempered race. The one who won got good luck for the rest of the year.

It is said that "Yorgos" was born between 275 and 281 in Nicomedia. Bithynia, today north west Turkey.
Executed by at the Nicomedia's
city wall 23rd of April 303, and brought back to Lydda, Palestine to be buried.

The legend said that he saved a city from a dragon that ate its sheep, and if no sheep the towns virgins. The dragon had made its nest next to a spring, so the villagers had to pass it in order to get water. First they gave the dragon a sheep as bribery, but later it wanted a
 St. George came the day that the villagers had to feed the dragon a princess. He kills the dragon with one stroke of his lance. As a reward the king gives him an amount of money, but George gives the money to the poor people of the village before he rides on.

It is also said that "Yorgos" was not a Christian and was in the army.
When he was ordered to kill Christians during the persecution, he refused, became a Christian and was therefore tortured and killed.

Info collected from Wikipedia and others.

 

St. George is the patron saint of Aragon, Catalonia, England, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Palestine, Portugal and Russia, as well as the cities of Amersfoort, Beirut, Cáceres, Ferrara, Freiburg, Genoa, Ljubljana and Moscow, as well as a wide range of professions, organizations and disease sufferers.

St. George is the patron saint for agricultural workers, archers, armourers, boy scouts, butchers, cavalry, Crusaders, equestrians, farmhands, farmers, field hands, field workers, horsemen, husbandry, husbandmen, knights, riders, Rovers Scouts, saddle makers, saddlers, scouts, shepherds, soldiers, Teutonic Knights ...

The Greek spachides (sipahis) used this flag between 1431-1619,
within certain territories.
Similar flags were used during the revolution.

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