It is a church built on the tomb of Saint George in the third century in the city of Lydda, which is the largest and oldest cities of historic Palestine, located about 38 km north-west of Jerusalem. Founded by the Canaanites in the fifth millennium BC. Bank then, it controlled the main road railway line Jaffa – Jerusalem.
Saint George is the patron saint of many Palestinian cities, the so-called “Al-Khader” in the local dialect of the Palestinian. Cities such as: Acre, Bethlehem, Beit Jala and Beit Sahour. When you pass through Bethlehem, you can see statues and sculptures and icons everywhere, in street and on houses as well. Al-Khader have also revered Muslims in Palestine.
He was born in 280, in the city of Lydda in the Syrian mandate of Palestine to Christian parents of the nobility. His father died and his mother raised him in a Christian family atmosphere. when he was seventeen, he joined the army, and became commander on the Guards of Roman Emperor Diocletian. The Romans persecuted Christians in that period, but St. George did not hide his Christian faith, despite joining the Roman army, which angered the Emperor Diocletian, so he was put under all kinds of torture. Many of those who saw him believed in Christianity, even Alexandra the wife of Emperor. After his death in 303, his remains were returned to be buried in his hometown of Lydda, Palestine.
