#StGeorgesDay Celebrations around the world! #England #Brazil #Spain #Lebannon #Croatia #Moscow #Italy

Latinzest celebrating St. Georges day in Weston-super-Mare

Men dressed as knights, with the cross of St George, in Trafalgar Square. The Guardian 2014.

The English flag, the cross of St George, flying over 10 Downing Street on St George's Day. Photo by The Telegraph 2014

Sao Jorge, is also the patron saint of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil

St. George is in the Coat of Arms of Moscow

St. George is the patron saint of Beirut Lebanon. Ain Bourdai.

St Jordi's cake in Catalonia, Spain

St. Georges reenactment in Lenzburg, Switzerland

Did you know that St George was a third-century Roman soldier from modern-day Turkey? ~Cappadocia

Since the 14th century Saint George has been widely regarded as a the patron saint & protector of England.

You might think of him clad in armour, slaying a dragon and rescuing a maiden. It is all a medieval invention. Still we still a good legend, don't we?

Beside all the historical facts, I was very surprised to learn that many other countries celebrate today. In Spanish it is called "Dia de San Jorge" &  in Catalonia they make special cakes.

Here is an eyebrow rising list of the countries that will celebrate St. Georges Day today:

• Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia & Majorca in Spain.

• Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. 
• Canada.
• Genoa in Italy, 
• Moscow in Russia.
• Beirut in Lebanon
• Bosnia
• Herzegovina

• Cyprus
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Georgia
• Greece
• Macedonia
• Romania
• Serbia
• Qormi and Victoria in Malta, 
  
• Ljubljana in Slovenia

So you would like to join your local celebrations to commemorate this early Christian martyr or if you don't live in any of this countries, Have a Pimms in his name :)

Have a Great Day everybody!

Plaza de Aragón en Zaragoza el día de San Jorge.

Ritratto di San Giorgio (Cappadocia, 275-285 circa – Nicomedia, 23 aprile 303) by Carlo Crivelli from Venezia, Italy. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA.