I have finally found one! And it's a cross-stitching embroidery in the Byzantine style of iconography. I am so excited about this find!
When I moved to the country of Georgia in August 2025 for my one-year teaching assignment in Tbilisi, I was amazed by how many various depictions of St.George there were in Georgian churches and cathedrals. Some had not one, but two or three icons.
No wonder, as St.George is the patron saint of the entire country, depicted on its national emblem and proudly standing as a Tseriteli statue in the main public space of Tbilisi - Freedom Square.
I am “collecting” pictures of St.George in Georgian churches and cathedrals, to write a separate story later.
In the churches and cathedrals of Athens that I've been to, he is almost never represented. They revere other saints, such as St.Barbara and St.Peter, and various local saints. When I saw this icon of a saint on the wall painting (fresco) in Panaghia Kapnikarea Church, I was excited because it had the same spear-wielding enemy-piercing arrangement as St. George. But it turned out to be St.Dimitrios.
So I was really happy to see St.George embroidered icon at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, officially called the Holy Metropolitan Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. I hope you can appreciate its beauty.
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Lana V Lynx
Avid reader and occasional writer of satire and short fiction. For my own sanity and security, I write under a pen name. My books: Moscow Calling - 2017 and President & Psychiatrist
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This index is just for my subscribers. I finished and published this long story or short novella of 6,000 words recently. I tried to link all previous parts of the story in the next one, so if you went along you shouldn't have been lost. This index is just put everything in one place.
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"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
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So neat, Lana <3 Cross-stitch is amazing enough without adding that much detail. Great article <3
Incidentally the St Dimitrios image is almost exactly the same pose as the many depictions of George slaying the dragon is so many pictures and stained glass that I have seen in many churches around Europe. Too much of a coincidence and there must surely be a connection. In my current home, Beckenham in the London suburbs of Kent, the parish church is dedicated to St George
Wow! Delighted to see these images and to know that you are writing a separate piece on iconography of St George. I have always been fascinated by the mythology of this martyr and one of the first poems I wrote as an adult was inspired by a huge beaten silver wall mounted depiction of the many deaths of George. It used to be hung in the Victoria and Albert museum in London but is no longer there. I have written many stories about or inspired by St George and his red cross banner, also the flag of England. A couple more in progress. Was delighted to find a Polish store that sells a few Georgian wines in my new home on the Kent Coast. These may also figure in a story at some point. Thanks for sharing the treasures of your visits and enjoy doing the cross stitch. I haven't the patience.
Whoaaaa, that looks sooo majestic!