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	St. George - England's Patron Saint
		George rapidly became venerated throughout Christendom as an example of bravery in defence of the poor and the defenceless and of the Christian faith.
		The banner of St George, the red cross of a martyr on a white background, was adopted for the uniform of English soldiers possibly in the reign of Richard 1, and later became the flag of England and the White Ensign of the Royal Navy.
		St George is also, of course, venerated in the Church of England, by the Orthodox churches and by the Churches of the Near East and Ethiopia.
	www.britannia.com /history/stgeorge.html (2168 words)

	Order of St Michael and St George - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Order is the sixth-most senior in the British honours system, after The Most Noble Order of the Garter, The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, The Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick, The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India.
		The Order's basis was revised in 1868; membership was granted to those who "hold high and confidential offices within Her Majesty's colonial possessions, and in reward for services rendered to the Crown in relation to the foreign affairs of the Empire." Accordingly, numerous Governors-General and Governors feature as recipients of awards in the order.
		The original home of the Order was the Palace of St Michael and St George in Corfu, the residence of the Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands and the seat of the Ionian Senate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George (1703 words)

	Order of St. George - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The decoration of the Order of St. George has to be worn according to its precedence (i.e.
		The ribbon bar repeats the pattern of the grand ribbon, with a miniature cross on the middle fl stripe for the first three degrees (white enamelled for the 3rd, silver for the 2nd and gold for the 1st).
		It is the highest military award of the Russian Federation, the highest decoration of all (military and civilian) being the Order of St. Andrew.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Order_of_Saint_George (1158 words)

	The Courtly Lives - Order of St. George (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Order of St. George was officially instituted in St. Petersburg on November 26, 1769.
		Saint George was the patron saint and defender of Russia.
		A sabre (gold-weapon) was given with "For Gallantry" incribed and a small enamel cross of the Order of St. George on the hilt and a sword-knot of the colors of Order of St. George's ribbon.
	www.angelfire.com /mi4/polcrt/OrStGeorge.html (298 words)

	Orders of St. George
		George of Lydda, a martyr of the persecution of Diocletian in the fourth century, is one of those military saints whom Byzantine iconography represented as a horseman armed cap-à-pie, like the flower of the Roman armies after the military reform of Justinian in the sixth century.
		With the approval of antipope Benedict XIII it was amalgamated with the Aragonese Order of Montesa, and thereafter known as the Order of Montesa and St. George of Alfama.
		It was succeeded by a secular Confraternity of St. George founded under the Emperor Maximilian I with the approbation of Alexander VI in 1494, which likewise disappeared, in the disturbances of the sixteenth century.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/s/st_george,orders_of.html (563 words)

	BBC - History - St George (d.303)
		The real-life history of St George is so scant that he was demoted by the Catholic Church to a third-class, minor saint in the first half of the twentieth century.
		The legend - in which George slays a fierce dragon, symbolising evil, and rescues an innocent maiden from death - is thought to have appeared as late as the 12th century and may have origins in the story of Perseus, who defended the virgin Andromeda against the monstrous Medusa.
		It was Edward III who instituted the Order of St George and encouraged the battle cry 'St George for England!' St George's Day continued to grow in popularity and the 23rd April soon became an occasion for feasting in monasteries across England.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/george_st.shtml (302 words)

	Order of St. George (Shadowline)
		Devlin retired from the priesthood and rededicated himself as the Knight of the Order of St. George.
		George of Earth-Shadowline is to be distinguished from:
		The Priests of the Order of St. George are Shadows from all over the world, united by the desire to oppose the manipulation of their dragon, Dr. Zero.
	www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/stgeorge.htm (2220 words)

	Russian Military Awards: Orders
		Directly related to the Order of St George was another award, the so-called "gold-weapon" - a sabre with the inscription "For Gallantry" and a small enamel cross of the Order of St George on the hilt and a sword-knot of the colors of St George's ribbon.
		In 1797, a Grand Priorate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem was established in Russia in 1798.
		The badge of the Order of St Anne 4th Class was worn on cold steel of the type appropriate to the combatant branch of the military forces in which the person awarded the order served.
	www.sadcom.com /pins/article/r_orders.htm (1758 words)

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		The Order, consisting of the King and twenty-five knights, was intended by Edward III to be reserved as the highest reward for loyalty and for military merit.
		The Order of the Thistle represents the highest honour in Scotland, and it is second in the UK, after the Order of the Garter.
		The Order of St Patrick was founded in 1783, to reward those in high office in Ireland and Irish peers on whose support the government.
	home.wanadoo.nl /english.site/royal/orders.htm (625 words)

	The State Hermitage Museum: Exhibitions
		The church of St John the Baptist in St Petersburg was the order's church.
		The porcelain dinner service devoted to the Order of St George commissioned by Catherine the Great to the Gardner Porcelain Factory in 1777-78 was served during the dinners of the order.
		The coat of arms of Russia with a double-headed eagle and an escutcheon on it decorated with an image of a rider slaying the dragon in the centre of the blazon was enacted by the decree of the President of 30 November 1993.
	www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/04/b2003/hm4_1_l.html (916 words)

	Russian Imperial Porcelain: St George Order Plate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The order of St. George, which is the most prestigious Russian military award, was instituted by Catherine II in 1769.
		Once a year, on the St. George day, cavaliers of the Order were invited by czar to a banquet, held at a palace, and the service was used only on such occasions.
		Border is painted with St. George badge and ribbon, in the center - breast star of the Order.
	www.romanovrussia.com /SGplate.html (122 words)

	The State Hermitage Museum: Hermitage News
		The exhibition is devoted to the Order of St George the Vanquisher, the first Russian decoration divided into classes (there were four of them) and awarded for certain military feats, which made it more democratic in comparison with the orders established earlier.
		The Order of Glory established during the Great Patriotic war to continue the glorious tradition of the St George Order opens the display of the modern awards and commemoration medals bearing the St George ribbon in their ornamental design.
		On 2 March, 1992 The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation enacted "to restore the military Russian Order of St George and the badge of the order the "St George Cross".
	www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/11/b2003/hm11_4_30.html (259 words)

	Russian Medals
		The order was awarded to officers and generals for special gallantry, such as, personally leading his troops in rout of a superior enemy force, or capturing a fortress, etc. Before membership in the Order could be granted, a candidate's case had to be investigated by a council composed of Knights of the Order.
		The order of St. Vladimir, fourth class, can be seen as the solitary decoration worn by Czar Nicholas II in the photos taken of him during his final days of captivity before he and his family were executed.
		The Order of the White Eagle was a one-class order.
	www.gwpda.org /medals/russmedl/russia.html (1971 words)

	Miek's Fabergé 1916 Order of Saint George Egg
		The 1916 order of Saint George Egg is made of Silver, gold, translucent orange, opalescent white, opaque rose, pale green white and fl enamel, rock crystal and watercolor on ivory.
		The Egg is engraved and enameled with a trellis of green leaf-tips and with small St. George crosses under a shell of translucent oyster enamel.
		The Dowager Empress took the Order of St. George Egg with her when she traveled to Kiev in May 1916, thus escaping from the increasingly unpleasant situation at Court and the turmoil of the February and October 1917 Revolutions in St. Petersburg.
	www.mieks.com /Faberge2/1916_Order_of_Saint_George_Egg.htm (838 words)

	Fascination St. Gallery: Order Policies
		The Fascination St. Gallery is delighted to offer our clients a no-interest, no-fee layaway option to help collectors in their quest to acquire the right art for them.
		The policy is as follows: a 20% non-refundable deposit is collected at the time of the order, and the balance of the payments will to be split in equal payments for up to 4 subsequent months.
		Orders for pieces not in stock that we have to special order from the studio will be subject to a 50% fee as they are non-returnable to the studio.
	www.fascinationst.com /policies.asp (1167 words)

	The Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St George Delegation of Great Britain and Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		In May 2001, during a ceremony at the Church of Saint George of Velabro in central Rome, His Eminence was appointed by HRH The Duke of Castro as Grand Prior of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George.
		He is also the Counsellor for the Dynastic Orders of the Royal House of Bourbon of the Two Sicilies and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the Republic of Seychelles.
		Among decorations bestowed on him are that of Knight of Justice of Saint Joseph of the House of Asburgo-Lorena, Knight Grand Cross of Saint Joseph, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazarus, Knight of Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Savoia.
	www.constantinian.org.uk /bios-b1.htm (787 words)

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		Early in its history the Constantinian Order received confirmation as a Religious-Militay Order from the Holy See, with the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, is the only international Catholic Order which has maintained this unique status unchanged to the present day.
		The Order, to strengthen its secular institution, must be willing to adapt to the exigencies of the times which, while evolving, have transformed the structure of modern society, and must dedicate itself to the two greatest and most important social works, hospital assistance and charity.
		The Cross of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George is gold, flory, enameled in purple; of greek form, inscribed on the four arms with the letters I H S V (In Hoc Signo Vinces) and in the centre has the monogram PX with greek letters Alpha and Omega either side.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Estates/5126/kcn.html (697 words)

	Home Page: The International Knightly Order of Saint George - Canadian Priory
		The Order’s investiture of Knighthood is acknowledged and recognized internationally by its distinctive medallion of a cross flory bearing an oval panel depicting the mounted figure of St. George slaying the dragon, which is suspended from the Holy Crown of St. Stephen of Hungary.
		The Order of Saint George is suspended on a blood red ribbon, and is worn with formal military uniform or appropriate civilian attire.
		The ideals of Chivalry are represented in the symbols and pageantry of The Order.
	www.knightstgeorge.com (931 words)

	Int'l Order of St. George
		is an ancient and military order of knighthood, founded in Hungary in 1326 by King Charles 1 (Robert of Anjou), and honourably registered with the Pactio Secreta (The International Council of Chivalric Orders) It is the most ancient of those Chivalric Orders which were created as “Royal” institutions, independent of the church.
		Originally a military and charitable Order, military service is no longer an absolute requirement, although much of the ceremonial and pageantry of The Order is of a military nature.
		Lieutenant Colonel Gareth Green, MKN, KCStG, CD was appointed and officially mandated as the Prior of The Order in Canada, and he and General Mills installed the first postulants from Canada into the Canadian Priory.
	www.kykofc.com /kentucky/KOC_Sites/int/stgeorge.htm (377 words)

	Chivalric Orders- Order of St. George
		The official medal of the Order of St. George is the Cross of St. George.
		It is one of the most honored awards in Russia, second only to the Cross of St. Andrew.
		Low-ranking soldiers may receive the Cross of St. George, which is also divided into four degrees.
	library.thinkquest.org /05aug/00158/orderofstgeorge1.html (109 words)

	Order_of_St_George (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Order of Sons of St. George were first established in Scranton,
		The Order of the Sons of St. George evolved into an ethnic fraternal benefit society for Englishmen residing in the United States of America, and their sons and grandsons.
		There was a female auxiliary called the Daughters of St. George.
	www.phoenixmasonry.org /masonicmuseum/fraternalism/st_george.htm (189 words)

	ASPARTAME DISEASE: An Ignored Epidemic
		The Order of St George was a Russian Imperial military honour.
		The Knights of St George is a social group who get together in fancy dress and play at being medieval knights.
		The Kingdom of Landreth has a knighthood in "The Order of Saint George the Dragonslayer" which is conferred on "workers within the health care profession".
	www.ratbags.com /rsoles/comment/hjroberts.htm (878 words)

	History: Knightly Order of Saint George
		The Insignia of The Order of Saint George incorporates the Crown of St. Stephen, surmounting a cross centered with a depiction of St. George.
		Montessa - The Orders of St. Michael and St. George are united.
		The process of establishing the Canadian Priory began in June of 2002, and culminated in a consecration and investiture ceremony that was held in Christ Church, Niagara Falls, Ontario on March 1st, 2003.
	www.knightstgeorge.com /HISTORY.asp?PID=1 (1050 words)

	AIMS - Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George
		It is not only required that the Knights should lead the lives of perfect Christians but that they must participate in every manifestation which contributes to the development of the principles of religion among people and co-operate with all who revive the practice of Christianity.
		The Order, to strengthen its secular institutions, must be willing to adapt to the exigencies of the times which, while evolving, have transformed the structure of modern society, and must dedicate itself to the two greatest and most important socials works, hospital assistance and charity.
		Mass of the Order was held in Florence (Firenze) on 24 March 2007
	www.constantinianorder.org /english (225 words)

	The International Knightly Order of St George
		The Order of St George was founded by King Károly Róbert of Hungary in 1326 as a royal and military order of chivalry.
		Knights and Dames of St George uphold the virtues of chivalry and through their charitable trust provide a service to humanity by financially supporting hospices, orphanages, homes for the elderly and other worthy institutions in the UK and Eastern Europe.
		History of the Order: For general enquiries from non-members: to receive a complete history of the Order please, e-mail HISTORY, and leave your name, address and email address (if available).
	www.orderofstgeorge.org.uk (249 words)

	Find in a Library: The historie of that most famous saint and souldier of Christ Iesus; St. George of Cappadocia ...
		Find in a Library: The historie of that most famous saint and souldier of Christ Iesus; St. George of Cappadocia asserted from the fictions, in the middle ages of the Church; and opposition, of the present.
		The institution of the most noble Order of St. George, named the Garter.
		The historie of that most famous saint and souldier of Christ Iesus; St. George of Cappadocia asserted from the fictions, in the middle ages of the Church; and opposition, of the present.
	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/ce7386cfd33bfb13a19afeb4da09e526.html (227 words)

	Royal House of Bourbon Two Sicilies - The Royal House today
		, Dame of Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George, mother of Nicolas of the Cochin Barons and Dorothee.
		, Knight of the Illustrious Royal Order of S. Gennaro, Constantinian Collar, Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, grand Cross of Merit of the Italian Republic, Grand Prefect of the Sacred Constantinian Military Order of St, George.
		, Dame of Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George, Dame of Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, mother of TRH the Princesses Maria Carolina and Maria Chiara.
	www.realcasadiborbone.it /uk/oggi/index.htm (190 words)

	Orders and Medals of the Russian Empire
		Ribbons of the lower classes of orders and medals were folded pentagonally on metal suspenders.
		On the other hand one medal could be worn on different ribbons, depending on the type of merit or even the status of the recipient.
		All tsarist orders and medals were abolished after the October revolution of 1917.
	www.medals.lava.pl /ru/ru1.htm (277 words)

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