St George's is celebrated by the several nations, kingdoms, countries, and cities of which Saint George is the patron saint, including and Germany[citation needed], the old kingdoms and counties of the Crown of Aragon in Spain—Aragon, Catalonia and Valencia; Portugal, Cyprus, Greece, Georgia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Macedonia, and the cities of in Russia, Genova in Italy, Ljubljana in Slovenia, Beirut in Lebanon, Qormi and in Malta and many others. St George's Day is celebrated in Albania and Kosovo as well, as a day of joy and believing in God; people will go out and build a fire and play around it, people will bless their houses, fields, their children and everything around them with water as if it was holy water. St George's Day in Albania and Kosovo is celebrated on the 6th of May and is called Shën Gjergji or Shëngjergji and is a day where people celebrate the blessing of God.In Bulgaria is celebrated also on the 6th of May ,and is called “Гергьовден” (Gergiovden).