George El Mozahem

Who is George El Mozahem?

St. George El Mozahem was a Coptic Orthodox martyr and saint.

He was born in Talkha, Egypt as Mozahem to a Christian mother and a Muslim father. He was raised in his father's religion till he turned twelve. He used to go to church with his mother. He told her that he wants to receive the Holy sacraments, she told him that he can't unless he is baptized, and one day he asked her to taste the blessed Eulogia bread and when he put it in his mouth it tasted like honey to him and said "if that how the Eulogia tastes then how is the sacraments?" according to his hagiography. he tried to get baptized but priests were afraid of participating in such dangerous act so he baptized himself by immersing himself three times. He later married a Christian woman and when he told her about his story she told him that his baptism isn't accurate. They both fled to a city called Samanoud where he got baptized and was given a Christian name, George, because that day was the Roman St. George's feast.