Saint George Issue - Please clarify!!

Zoxsasi

Hi,

I was just reading the Travel Egypt site, and they have a section on Copts and Muslims. Apparently, a touristic site in Christian Egypt is Mar Guirguis.

But look what it says:

À ne pas confondre avec le héros britannique, tueur de dragon, Mar Guirguis fut l’un des premiers martyrs de Palestine, exécuté par les Romains au IVème siècle. La première église à porter son nom fut édifiée quelque six siècles plus tard, au sommet d’une tour romaine.

"Not to be confused with the British Hero: Killer/Slayer of Dragons, Saint George was one of the 1st Martyrs of Palestine, executed by the Romans ... etc."

I thought they WERE the same? I thought that our St George (the roman soldier who was born in Palestine) WAS the same theirs!! At least that's what Anba Angaelos said during the consecration of St. George's Cathedral in Stevenage.

Are they right? Is St. George of the UK different than the Coptic St. George. Its just that even our own St. George, we depict him killing dragons.. so why is that?


Thanks

Zoxsasi

If u want the link, its here

http://www.egypt.travel/UK/index.php?nav1=activities&lang=fr&country=fr&type=22&show_id=108&show_section=19

but Im reading it in French, so Im not sure what the English version says.

peterfarrington

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George

TITL

lol when I first read the title of this, I thought you were actually having an issue with St. George :P

Anyway, our St. George is the same St. George you will hear anywhere.. He died before the division of the churches, so he is not "Coptic".. he is universal and adapted by most Christian religions.  

Maybe the website is talking about another saint named George? Possibly one of these..

http://www.copticchurch.net/classes/synex_s.php?q=george&btn=Search+Synaxarium

Not sure.. they could be mistaken though.

Zoxsasi

What I forgot to mention is that this site is the official site for the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism.

They are so dumb!