The Recovery of the Holy Relics of St . George, the Great Martyr .

On this day also, was the arrival of the holy relics of St . George, the great martyr, to his church inOld Cairo . A monk called Fr . Marcus, who was the hegumen and Abbot of El-Qualamoun monastery,used to visit the villages and the cities every year to visit the Christians . One night, while he was visitingsomeone in one of the villages he used to visit, he saw St . George (Gawargios) in a vision, who toldhim, "Take my body from the woman that will be coming to you tomorrow, and place it in my churchthat is in Old Cairo ."On the next day, a woman came to him and told him that she had a box that her father had broughtbefore his death from the church of St . George in Palestine . This fulfilled the vision, and he went withher and examined the box . Then, he went to Pope Gabrial, 88th Pope, and told him about the visionand the box . Immediately the Pope rose up and took with him the priests and the deacons, and went towhere the box was . After they took the blessings of the holy relics and gave some money to thewoman, they carried the box in a venerable celebration . They brought it to the church of St . George inOld Cairo where many signs were manifested from it .May his prayers be with us and Glory be to God forever . Amen .