Tomorrow happens to be the Feast Day of St. George. So I thought, for those who don’t know it, that I would start with his story. St. George was born in about 275 AD to a Christian family in Palestine, under the Roman Empire. When George was orphaned at age 17, he enlisted in the Roman army. Despite his youth he rose quickly in the ranks, and by his mid-20s George had been promoted to a high-ranking officer. Then things began to go wrong. On February 24, 303 AD Emperor Diocletian issued a … [Read more...]
