Order of St. George of Antioch

The Order of Saint George of Antioch is one of the many orders of chivalric or knighthood associated with the patriarchs of the Eastern Churches. The order is not recognized by the Catholic Church. In the Osservatore Romano, the order was called a "private initiative" on December 14, 1970. The ecclesiastical authorities noted that they "did not recognize or approve the order. Or the order really was a patriarch of Antioch (there are three, a Melkite, a Syrian Catholic, and an Eastern Orthodox prelate residing in that city), if "fons honorum" is unclear and also unimportant from a legal point of view, because a patriarch is not recognized as fons honorem in international law. The order is not only according to the Vatican Secretariat of State but also according to the Italian government and, according to the writer Guy Stair Sainty. pseudo order.

The order probably recalls an event during the siege of the city of Antioch by the crusaders during the First Crusade. In a vision, Saint George or George, patron saint of knights, appeared to the besiegers. These later believed that they owed the fall of the city and their victory over the Muslims to him.

The decoration of the order is an eight-pointed, smooth, golden star topped by a red cross in enamel. As an elevation, the star received a golden red-lined stirrup crown.

The crosses of the order are of high quality. The silver and gilt silver decorations are supplied by the well-known Roman jewelers Mssrs Arturo Pozzi. The ribbon is made of light blue silk.