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Re: St George Day
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 10:47 pm
by Rob
peterd wrote:well we could use st patrick as he was english, st david was welsh we could maybe borrow him ? st andrew greek ? as was St nickolas
i wonder how may national saints were actually born in the country, and the country should celerbrate its saints day this would stop any organisation from hijacking it.
here the netherlands ones rob two out of three are english
The patrons of the Netherlands are:
•Bavo of Ghent, born near Liège, Belgium
•Plechelm, Born Anglo-Saxon from Northumbria, England
•Willibrord of Echternach, born in Northumbria
Never heard of them Pete!! Saints are not celebrated in Holland. The Queens birthday and Gay Parade thats what we celebrate. I can get me leather gear out.
Re: St George Day
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:45 am
by SRD
Rob wrote: Saints are not celebrated in Holland.
That's the Calvinism in them, although I understood the
5th of December was quite important.
As an aside: I was admiring our Parish church a couple of weeks ago with a Catholic friend.
She said "Of course it was one of ours originally!" which gobsmacked me somewhat especially as the current local Catholic church is a converted Nissan Hut.
The Queens birthday and Gay Parade thats what we celebrate. I can get me leather gear out.
Oh dear, that's completely b******d my day, as if the previous images weren't bad enough.
Re: St George Day
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:59 am
by snoopysue
Rob wrote:
Never heard of them Pete!! Saints are not celebrated in Holland. The Queens birthday and Gay Parade thats what we celebrate. I can get me leather gear out.
If memory serves, don't you celebrate St Nicholas at the beginning of december?