Holy Great-martyr George the Trophy-bearer
- Life dates
- † c. 303
- Region
- Cappadocia; Nicomedia; Lydda
- Canonization
- Universal veneration (saint of the undivided Church / whole Orthodox Church)
Short life
A soldier martyred for Christ under the Emperor Diocletian. The miracle of the dragon is a tradition that became the basis of his iconography. Heavenly patron of Moscow and Georgia.
Related
- Holy Great-martyr George the Trophy-bearer
- Martyrs Acepsimas, Joseph and Aeithalas; Dedication of the Church of Great-martyr George in Lydda
- St Alypius the Stylite; St Innocent of Irkutsk; Dedication of the Church of Great-martyr George in Kiev