It is St George’s day? Well, it is not. Lee Anderson had something to say about it, but we will get there soon.
St George’s day is usually celebrated on 23 April every year, but the Church of England has changed the date this year because no saint’s day can take place in the week before or after Easter.
A note issued by the church says: “When St George’s Day or St Mark’s Day falls between Palm Sunday and the Second Sunday of Easter inclusive, it is transferred to the Monday after the Second Sunday of Easter.
“If both fall in this period, St George’s Day is transferred to the Monday and St Mark’s Day to the Tuesday.”
It will now be celebrated on Monday, April 28.
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Today, Kevin Maguire said, “Today, St George’s Day, where we celebrate the Turkish migrant worker who never came to Britain. He’d be banned from Britain now, actually.”
The implausible blog added: “Always fascinated at how the patron saint of England had never visited England St George was born in Cappadocia, Turkey. He was killed by Roman Emperor Diocletian for refusing to denounce Christianity and instead worship the Roman gods in 303 AD By the 5th century, churches were being dedicated to him in Jerusalem, Egypt, and Syria By the 6th century, his name appeared in Christian texts across Europe, and he was revered as a military saint, a protector of soldiers and defenders of the faith Churches in his name were established in the region, and St. George became the patron saint of many Palestinian Christian communities
“During the 11th-13th century crusades, English knights fighting in the Holy Land heard stories of St George appearing in visions to help Christian armies. He was seen as a divine warrior—ideal for a nation romanticizing knighthood and bravery St George became the patron saint in the 14th century when Edward III adopted him as the emblem of the Order of the Garter By the 15th century, St George had eclipsed earlier English saints like St Edmund. In 1415, his feast day (April 23) was made a national feast day in England Technically, without a British passport or visa St George wouldn’t be able to come to the UK today. However, as he was being persecuted, he could claim asylum in the UK under the 1951 Refugee Convention.”
Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson wrote on X: “Happy St George’s Day. I feel proud to be British. But extremely lucky to be English. I’m an Englishman.”
In response, Narinder Kaur wrote: “You would literally deport St George today if he arrived on our shores as a Turkish immigrant. Sit tf down man.”
