Welcome to easy stories in English, the podcast that will take your English from ok to good and from good to great.
I am Ariel Goodbody, your host for this show.
Today's story is for pre intermediate learners.
The name of the story is St.
George and the dragon.
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G e o r g e there.
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Todays episode is a legend that you can find in many cultures around Europe.
Actually, the 23 April is a holiday called St.
George's Day, which is why I'm releasing this episode now.
So who was St.
George and why do people celebrate him?
Well, a saint is a person who has been recognized as being very holy, very close to God.
Saints are usually people who have died.
The church decides that they were very good and holy people, and so they make them saints.
Some examples of famous saints are St.
Francis of Assisi, who founded the Franciscan Order of monks, and Saint Valentine, from whom we have Valentine's Day.
St.
George was a real person, but the legends about his life are so fantastical, so magical, that we think of him more as a character.