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    I’ve been thinking about St George. 23 April wa I’ve been thinking about St George.

23 April was St George’s Day, and this year it touched something deeper in me. I had planned to be walking through the mountains of Lebanon, but that journey had to be cancelled again because of the growing hostilities in the Middle East.

Instead, I found myself learning more about the saint whose story belongs not only to England, but deeply to the eastern Mediterranean -  to Palestine, Lebanon, and the lands where Christianity first took root.

George was a Christian martyr of the early Church, believed to be buried in Lydda (Lod). His name comes from the Greek Georgios -  earth-worker, tiller of the soil.

There is something beautiful in that.

The brave earth-worker
doing heavenly work on earth.

In Beirut, tradition says St George slew the dragon near the Beirut River. Whether taken literally or symbolically, the meaning still speaks:

Courage facing fear.
Light confronting darkness.
The innocent defended.
Faith standing firm.

For Christians, St George has long symbolised courage, sacrifice, steadfast faith, and victory over evil.

Perhaps that is why his story still endures.

The dragons we face today are rarely mythical. They may be war, despair, fear, division, or the darkness that enters hearts and nations.

Yet the call remains the same:

Stand with courage.
Protect what is vulnerable.
Keep faith when the world trembles.
Do heavenly work with earthly hands.

St George, the earth-worker.
May we each find the strength to face the dragons of our own age.

#StGeorge #StGeorgesDay #Lebanon #FaithAndCourage #EasternChristianity
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    Norfolk Island tree ferns are reputedly the talles Norfolk Island tree ferns are reputedly the tallest in the world, measured up to 25 metres in height. 

It is incredible to see them rise through the Norfolk Island pines on impossibly thin trunks bursting into a canopy of fine lacy fronds. 

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    Norfolk Island's rugged coastline provides a basti Norfolk Island's rugged coastline provides a bastion against the incessant wild ocean wind and waves.

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