David at the St Georges Day flag raising ceremony
I am delighted that the Conservative led Council has introduced this short ceremony to honour our Patron Saint and I hope the occasion will be repeated every year in the future.
St.George’s Day
Published April 23, 2009 General 1 CommentTags: Councillor Peter Ashworth, John Findon, Mayor of Bury, Rector of Bury, St George's Day
I am delighted that the Conservative led Council has introduced this short ceremony to honour our Patron Saint and I hope the occasion will be repeated every year in the future.
I find it astonishing that no reference is made to St. George’s background and the fact that his mother was a Palestinian Christian. Are you aware that some of the first people to convert to Christianity under Jesus were Palestinians and now less than 2% of the entire population of what was Historic Palestine (now Israel proper and the Occupied Palestinian Territories) is Christian as a result of Israel’s ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people? The best way to honour our patron saint is to honour his people and seek justice for the people of Palestine by supporting a two-state solution based on the June 1967 borders and their right to armed resistance, yet funnily enough I am having a great deal of difficulty in finding any references to the Palestinians on your blog.