George was, in Russian peasant lore, the one who brought the spring. George became a kind of nature god, like the Prophet Elijah, whose chariot rolling across the heavens made the thunder. George’s real importance in the lives of Slavic peasants was as the mythical hero “Yegoriy the Brave,” the militant protector of cattle from wolves and bears, associated not only with the well being of horses but also with the greening of the grass after winter and the pasturing of the cattle. Some of this material is excerpted from ( Fr. George, the mounted knight, defender of the good, piercing with his lance the dragon, that representation of evil rampant in the world. The most famous of these images was that of St. The combination of man and horse, he continues, evokes feelings of so high an order that earlier ages happily portrayed in their art Christian heroes on winged stallions. In French, the word “cheval” means horse, and so it happens, as Chesterton once observed, that in the concept of chivalry, the very name of the horse has been given to the highest mood and moment of man. George at Harfleur before the battle of Agincourt: “Follow your spirit, and upon this charge cry ‘God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'” And of course, Saint George is the patron saint of England. In Henry V, Shakespeare has the title character invoke St. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, England’s Catholics observed his feast each year as a holy day of obligation. George through the Reformation and its aftermath. Both Catholics and Protestants maintained fidelity to St. The hand of God in the upper corner completes the meaning that man, with God’s help, conquers evil in the world. This one shows Saint George with his spear ready to pierce the dragon, who symbolizes evil. The icon we painted is Saint George and the Dragon. His feast day is April 23, which coincides with the beginning of the agricultural season. He was venerated not only as a warrior but also as a protector of agriculture. Saint George was one of the saints most highly regarded in ancient Russia. Valerie Cullers on The Worldview of an Icono… Michael and Christin… on The Worldview of an Icono… Valerie Smith on The Worldview of an Icono…
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