2026-04-26 Fourth Sunday of Easter
2026-04-26 Fourth Sunday of Easter Opening prayer Today Thursday April 23rd 2026 is the feast day of Martyrs St George and St. Adalbert of Prague St. George, Martyr (d. 303 AD)was a Roman soldier of Greek origin and a member of the Praetorian Guard for Emperor Diocletian. He was executed for refusing to recant his Christian faith during the Diocletianic Persecution in 303 AD. He is the patron saint of England and is frequently depicted on horseback slaying a dragon with a sword. This is widely viewed as an allegory for the triumph of the Christian faith over evil (represented by the dragon) and the rescue of the Church (the princess). Let us being with a prayer to St George: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. St. George, Heroic soldier and defender of the Faith, you dared to criticize the tyrannical Emperor Diocletian and were willing to endure torture and death rather than deny God. Help us to be as brave as you in the defence of w...