In the Orthodox world there are many miracle-working icons, among them the icon of St. George. It is a kind of shield that protects every home.St. George is the patron of the host.In addition, he is considered the patron saint of livestock and farming.Prayer before its image helps those who carry out military service, as well as those who have already left.St. George and protect their families.Also pray before the icon of those who are on active duty, that the young guy passed great difficulties and other troubles.St. George pray and rural residents for good harvest, to protect livestock from diseases of protection against natural disasters.
Life of St. George
George was born in a Palestinian town called Lydda.His parents had a good income.Father, a preacher of Christianity, was killed for his faith, and his mother, to save her life and the life of the unborn child, he fled to the Syrian Palestine.From early childhood, George differed from their peers by force.Once he was in the service of the Emperor Diocletian, who was considered a good ruler, except that he was a supporter of paganism.The result was the persecution of Christians.It did not escape this fate, and St. George.After seven days of torture, abuse and violence, he was beheaded.
Icon George: description
In icons he is depicted sitting on a white horse and killing a snake with a spear, symbolizing victory over the devil.Less can find the icon on which St. George is depicted in a chiton and cloak, holding in his hands a cross.There is the image of George, sitting on a throne with an angel rests the crown of martyrdom.The image of the saint can be seen on the flags of Moscow and the Moscow region, it marks the memory of the Yuri Dolgoruky, is the patron saint and protector of the region.
Today, the miraculous icon of St. George lost.According to the ancient descriptions of the manuscripts in 1649, owned by the Episcopal Nunnery, its size is 1 yard in height 5 inches and a maximum width - 15 inches.The image of George fringed with silver, gilded crown.Tsata carved, gilded.It contains three gilded pebbles the size of nine cents.Candle set on a stand, which is framed by the icon below.St. George the Victorious crowned with rhinestones.On a worn belt from amethyst, and a cross on a spear of rhinestones.Walks belief that before the icon of the installed spark ignites itself before the invasion of the Tatars.In the Episcopal monastery is now kept modern copy, which since 2000 periodically to stream myrrh.
"Miracle of St. George and the Dragon"
icon of St. George is in a different way.As mentioned above, the most common is the image of a horse with a spear, where he kills the snake.It is preceded by the following legend, according to which the action took place many years after the death of George.The lake with drinking water, near Beirut, settled scary snakes.Allow residents to easily get water every month to be eaten by a snake gave a young girl or boy.It was not until as long as in the whole village there was only one woman - the daughter of the ruler.When she stood and cried on the lake, it suddenly appeared in front of St. George, who killed the snake.
meaning, which embodied the icon of St. George, is very clear and symbolic: the Holy defeated snake and the Christian Church with the help of numerous miracles and all-consuming love for one's neighbor put an end to centuries of terror paganism.
