Đurđevdanの英語

Đurđevdan (Ђурђевдан) in Serbian, Gergyovden in Bulgarian or Jurjevo in Croatian and Bosnian (Serbian: Ђурђевдан "George's day", pronounced [ˈdʑuːrdʑeʋdaːn]) is a South-Slavic religious holiday, celebrated on April 23 by the Julian calendar (May 6 by Gregorian calendar), which is the feast of Saint George and a very important Slava. He is one of the most important Christian saints in Orthodox churches. This holiday is attached to the tradition of celebrating the beginning of spring. Christian synaxaria hold that St. George was a martyr who died for his faith. On icons, he is usually depicted as a man riding a horse and killing a dragon. Jurjevo is mainly celebrated in the rural areas of Croatia, mostly Turopolje and Gornja Stubica whereas every Đurđevdan is celebrated all over the Serbian diaspora but mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia Herzegovina. In Croatian St. George is called Sv. Juraj while in Serbian he's called Sveti Đorđe (Serbian Cyrillic: Свети Ђорђе) and in Bulgarian- Sveti Georgi (Cyrillic: Свети Георги).