St George’s Day (or is it?)

April 23 is St George’s Day, the Patron Saint of England, or is it? (And yes, I know he was a Turk and probably never set foot in England, same as I know St Patrick didn’t get rid of snakes in Ireland)

An ancient Church of England rule states that 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.' 

Who knew?

My flag will now fly until Tuesday morning of next week.

[Casablanca 🇬🇧]

Oooh! I didn't know that little snippet of history, how interesting.

[Joan Robillard]

Nice

[moni kozi]

Why the transfer, though.
A few years ago, orthodox easter fell on 23rd April. And the church heads moved St George to a later date.
I never got it why... it only shows me that all these are man-made and objectionable rules

[Phil Sandford]

@monikozi ‘cos they can I guess 🤷‍♂️

[moni kozi]

Of course

[Phil Sandford]

@monikozi I still don’t fully understand why Easter moves dates every year 🤷‍♂️

[Carole Sandford]

Nice shot of St George’s flag

[Oli Lindenskov]

Nice pic😊

[Pat Knowles]

So it is…..Happy St George’s Day. We don’t make enough of it. The first time I’ve read about this today. 😳

[moni kozi]

@phil_sandford Or why Orthodox and Catholic have different dates

[haskar]

Simple things must be complicated. This helps to strengthen the authority of those in power. Happy Saint George's week.

[Shutterbug]

I wonder how they came up with that rule.

[carol white]

In Greece, it was St. George's Day. They have a different system. If the day falls in Holy Week, then it is transferred to the following week.

[Monica]

On St George's day, we celebrate Book's Day. We give a book (and sometimes a rose, especially in Catalonia) to loved ones.

[Neil]

He was also is the Saint George is the patron saint of Catalonia, Spain - he obviously travelled widely!