THE Festival of St George, the third century soldier and martyr, will be celebrated at the little bush church of St George at Taminick on Sunday, April 26.
The Patronal Festival service will be led by the Venerable Mel Clark, parish priest of Benalla and Archdeacon of The Goulburn, at 2.30pm. It will be followed by afternoon tea in the CFA fire shed at Taminick and all are invited to attend.
St George was an officer of the Roman army who was immortalised after he refused to participate in an order to persecute Christians throughout the Roman Empire. The enraged Emporer Diocletian ordered his torture and execution.
George is thought to have been 28 years old at his death. A witness to his suffering convinced Empress Alexandra and Athanasius, a pagan priest, to also become Christians and they too joined George in martyrdom.
The matryr saint came to represent the knightly values of chivalry. He is patron saint of many countries, including England and it is perhaps no accident that when St George’s Anglican Church was opened at Taminick during WWI, it was named after both the warrior saint and the then King, George V.
For further information, please contact Edwina McFarland on 0409 094 809, Dianne Phillips on 0412 748 627 or Mavis Bemrose on 0417 623 078.
