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Alcoy Town Hall, in collaboration with the Association of Saint George, has organized an interfaith meeting on the figure of the patron in which representatives of the Jewish communities will participate, islamic and christian.
The Ágora de Alcoy will host the 30 March at 18 hours a round table around the figure of Saint George. This is an interfaith meeting in which the president of the Union of Islamic Communities of Spain will participate, Riay Tatary, the president of the Jewish Community in Alicante (CJAC), Armando Azubel, and the director of Interfaith Relations of the Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE), Manuel Barrios, as well as the journalist Pepa Fernández, who will act as moderator.
«It is an important day for the city and an initiative that was born from Antonio and José Miguel Piñero around San Jorge, an international figure who is worshiped in many countries and is assumed by other religions», the mayor has explained, Antonio French, who has stressed that "it is a common element of cultures and religions".
These conclusions have been reached by the Piñero brothers during the investigation into the pattern, "the protagonist of the Holidays", As Antonio has pointed out. «Saint George instead of facing, a", The eldest of the Piñeros has emphasized, who sees the meeting as "a rapprochement between cultures" and who, also, "It will make Alcoy and its Fiestas more relevant".
For his part, the secretary of the Association of Saint George, Juan Enrique Ruiz, He has shown his gratitude to Antonio and José Miguel "for placing the Fiesta in the place it deserves". Both Ruiz and the Councilor for Festivals and Culture, Raul Llopis, They are convinced that it will be "a complete success".
With everything, Antonio Piñero has indicated that "with the conclusions of the meeting and of the investigation, it gives us to make a book whose title would be “The heart of Saint George”», just as he concluded by assuring that "behind the myth and legend there is a man who is really cool".
