We are proud of our history and of the great achievements of this land being the first country in the world to abolish the slave trade is just one of the great moments of our history.
Please let’s also remember that slavery is still in practice today which is not covered by the mainstream media so most will not be aware in South Sudan they are still going into villages and capturing humans that are being sold in slave markets currently for around $400 (a man) to the Arab world to this day it is called the Barbery slave trade and it goes back thousands of years. In Saudi Arabia they only officially stopped the use of slaves as recently as 1962. It must be all that oil money that has been polluting our schools,faith, media and corrupt politicians that has kept this out of the mainstream 🤔
The story of the St George and the Dragon.
The story of St George and the Dragon is most popular today: the first recorded versions of this appear in the 11th century, with it being incorporated into Catholic legend in the 12th century.
Originally known as the Golden Legend, the story places George in Libya. The town of Silene was terrorised by an evil dragon – to begin with, they placated it with sheep, but as time went on, the dragon began demanding human sacrifices. Eventually, the king’s daughter was chosen by lottery, and despite her father’s protests, she was sent out to the dragon’s lake dressed as a bride.
George happened to be passing by, and attacked the dragon once it emerged from the pond. Using the princess’s girdle, he leashed the dragon and it followed him meekly from then on. After returning the princess to the village with the dragon in tow, he said he would kill it if the villagers converted to Christianity.
Almost all of the village (15,000 or so people) did just this. George therefore killed the dragon, and a church was built on this spot.
This legend saw the rise of St George as a patron saint in Western Europe, and is now most familiar – and closely associated – with the saint.
