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(Ethiopian Orthodox illuminated manuscript)
I meant to post on this a few days earlier. I noticed that Melanie Phillips had a painting of St. George killing the dragon on one of her posts titled: "The war for civilisation". I've been using the above St. George's image on several of my blogs, here, here, and even here at Camera Lucida. Like Phillips, I am using the warrior-like imagery of St. George to counter various forces that are out to destroy our civilization.
Saint George is the patron saint of England. He is also patron to these places:
Aragon, Catalonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Iraq, Lithuania, Palestine, Portugal, Serbia and Russia, as well as the cities of Genoa, Amersfoort, Beirut, Fakiha, Bteghrine, Cáceres, Ferrara, Freiburg, Ljubljana, Pomorie, Preston, Qormi, Rio de Janeiro, Lod, Barcelona, Moscow, Tamworth and the Maltese island of Gozo.Just as Muslims are working on a global take-over, or a global re-conversion of the human race back to Islam, what we need is a global counter-force that will work concertedly to remove this negative force. St. George is an apt patron for our times.