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Saint George's Day

For the 2012 British film, see St George's Day (film).

Saint George's Day, also known as the Feast of Saint George, is the feast day of Saint George as celebrated by various Christian Churches and by the several nations, kingdoms, countries, and cities of which Saint George is the patron saint.

Saint George's Day
Saint George and the Dragon Oil painting by Raphael (1505–1506)
Observed by	Roman Catholic Church (see calendar) Lutheran Churches(see calendars) Anglican Communion(see calendars) Eastern Orthodox Church (see calendar) Oriental Orthodox Church (see calendar) Nations of which Saint George is the patron saint
Type	Feast day; national day of England and Aragon.
Observances	Church services, flying of the St George's Cross
Date	23 April, 24 April, 6 May, 23 November
Frequency	Annual
Related to	Aragon,  Catalonia,  England

Saint George's Day is celebrated on 23 April, the traditionally accepted date of the saint's death in the Diocletianic Persecution of AD 303. For those Eastern Orthodox Churcheswhich use the Julian calendar, this date currently falls on 6 May of the Gregorian calendar. In the 19th Century, it was 5 May.^[1]

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Western tradition

Eastern Orthodox tradition

Middle East

In literature

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