Celebration of the Feast of St. George ‘Prince of the Martyrs’

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Celebration of the Feast of St. George ‘Prince of the Martyrs’

In the village of Al-Khader, a few miles from Bethlehem, the celebration for the feast of St. George took place. Hundreds of believers have filled the church for two consecutive days.

To the west of the city of Bethlehem, in the village of Al-Khader, whose name originates from the monastery of St. George, the greatest martyr in the Orthodox Church, popularly known as “Al-Khader, the Green one”, hundreds of believers from different churches celebrated the feast of St. George, the healer of the sick and the poor. “May the great among the victorious martyrs intercede with Christ for the salvation of men.”

2017-05-12T16:10:38+00:00May 12th, 2017|Categories: News from the Holy Land|0 Comments