The Martyrdom of St. George the Great Martyr.

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The Martyrdom of St. George

according to the
Synexarion - Book of Saints

It is not the purpose of this paper to go through the tortures that were applied to St. George, in depth, but nevertheless I wish to bring to light his utmost love for Christ, by listing some of them.

His body was torn by a special instrument that had metallic teeth, and our Lord Jesus rose him, after his death and many pagans were converted.

He was put in an active lime pit, and the water was poured on it.

Again the Lord returned him back to life.

The emperor became very agitated, imagining that the Saint was using magic. He called his top magician, Athanasius and requested him to prepare a lethal poison to kill St. George. The Saint signed over the cup with the sign of the Cross before drinking it, of course no harm came to him. The Emperor's councilors informed him that St. George's magic was in fact contained in the sign of the Cross itself.

Another cup was also given to the Saint, but this time with his hands tied behind his back. The Saint signed it by his head saying: "shall I drink it from here or here or here or here!!!"

Enduring all these tortures, although the Saint had enough pain and sufferings of his own, but nevertheless kept on talking to Diocletian about the powers of the Christian faith.

The Emperor asked him if he could raise a dead man. St. George prayed to our Lord and the dead man came back to life. The result of that was the conversion of the dead man.

Saint George was returned to prison and dreamt that Christ told him that he would receive the crown of martyrdom and life eternal.

Once again George appeared before Diocletian who ordered that Saint George accompany him to the temple and sacrifice to the gods. When they arrived at the temple, Saint George made the sign of the cross and the idols were again destroyed.

The people and the priests were furious and demanded that Diocletian have the Saint executed. Saint George was taken out of the city and as he turned his head toward the executioner, he was beheaded.