Ep. 16 St George and The Dragon

Saint Stories for Kids

Shining Light Dolls

Kids & Family

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2019

⏱️ 4 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

A poisonous dragon was terrorizing the city, they had no hope! Enter...St George. Can he stop the dragon and save the day? Listen now! St George, Pray for Us! www.shininglightdolls.com www.instagram.com/shininglightdolls www.facebook.com/shininglightdollsllc

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hello and welcome to St. Stories for Kids, a weekly podcast full of fun stories and
0:05.3	facts about the holy men and women that have come before us. I'm your host
0:09.0	Shontal Baros. St. Stories for Kids is brought to you by Shining Light Dolls.
0:14.7	Discover award-winning Catholic Dolls books and more.
0:18.2	Catholic Mom designed, Catholic Kit approved.
0:21.0	Visit W.W.
0:22.4	Shining Light Dolls. Come to learn more. Visit W.W.
0:25.0	And sign up to receive free coloring page printables while you're there.
0:28.0	Today we'll be telling the story of St. George, whose feast is celebrated on April 23rd, which is also known as St George's Day in England.
0:39.0	George died in the year 303 in Nicomedia, which was part of the Roman Empire.
0:45.0	There isn't a lot of information about St George's real life.
0:48.5	We know that he was a successful Roman officer during the reign of Diocletian.
0:52.4	Unfortunately, the Emperor ordered
0:54.4	his army to kill any Christians they came across. George himself was a
0:58.3	Christian, it would not obey the law. When he was told to renounce his faith,
1:02.4	George refused, and as a result was martyred.
1:06.2	The story of St George's in the dragon was added to George's story in around the 11th century.
1:11.6	St George didn't really meet and kill a dragon but the story
1:14.5	symbolizes Christianity conquering evil and freeing people from death fear and
1:19.1	sin. For this reason the story of St George and the Dragon is still told today.
1:24.0	Now it's time for our story.
1:28.0	A long time ago in Libya, there was a city that was tormented by a terrible dragon.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Shining Light Dolls, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Shining Light Dolls and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.