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Đurđevdan

Saint George's day
Orthodox Bulgarian icon of St. George fighting the dragon.jpg
Icon of Saint George
Date 6 May
Next time 6 May 2018 (2018-05-06)
Frequency annual

Saint George's Day (Serbian: Đurđevdan, Ђурђевдан pronounced [ˈdʑûːrdʑeʋdaːn], Bulgarian Gergyovden, Macedonian Gjurgjuvden, Russian Его́рий Ве́шний Yegoriy Veshniy "George's [day] in spring") is a Slavic religious holiday, the feast of Saint George celebrated on 23 April by the Julian calendar (6 May by the Gregorian calendar). In Croatia and Slovenia, the Roman Catholic version of St. George's day, Jurjevo is celebrated on 23 April by the Gregorian calendar.

Saint George is one of the most important saints in the Eastern Orthodox tradition. He is the patron military saint in Slavic, Georgian and Circassian, Cossack, Chetnik military tradition. Christian synaxaria hold that St. George was a martyr who died for his faith. On icons, he is usually depicted as a man riding a horse and killing a dragon.

Beyond Orthodox Christian tradition proper, Đurđevdan is also more generically a spring festival in the Balkans.


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