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title: "Holy Great-martyr George the Trophy-bearer — Lives of saints"
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# Holy Great-martyr George the Trophy-bearer

Life dates

† c. 303

Region

Cappadocia; Nicomedia; Lydda

Canonization

Universal veneration (saint of the undivided Church / whole Orthodox Church)

## Short life

A soldier martyred for Christ under the Emperor Diocletian. The miracle of the dragon is a tradition that became the basis of his iconography. Heavenly patron of Moscow and Georgia.

## Related

- Holy Great-martyr George the Trophy-bearer
- Martyrs Acepsimas, Joseph and Aeithalas; Dedication of the Church of Great-martyr George in Lydda
- St Alypius the Stylite; St Innocent of Irkutsk; Dedication of the Church of Great-martyr George in Kiev