2023-04-22 11:20:00
Saint George’s Day is one of the biggest mobile holidays and is usually celebrated on April 23rd. However, because it is a movable holiday, it is affected by when Easter falls. More specifically, when April 23rd falls before Easter, then the celebration of Saint George is moved to the second day of Easter. If not, then it is normally celebrated on April 23rd. So this year, George and Georgia will celebrate together with Thomas and Thomas, since St. George on April 23, 2023, is Thomas’ Sunday.
Investigating whether this coincidence occurs once more in the past, we did not find it and addressing our partner historian-philologist Thomas Gavrielides, he told us that looking back decades, he did not find anything similar for at least 80 years. However, he gave us a relevant detail from his book on the churches of Veria, stating that in I.N. St. Georgiou Gournas (behind the Vlachoianneio Museum – Pasteur Street) in earlier times, the Apostle Thomas was also celebrated in this particular church.
Therefore, perhaps this year’s Sunday, April 23, 2023, George and Thomas will celebrate for the first time! Happy Birthday!
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