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Valentines
Day
Its History and Celebrations
Celebrated on February 14 every year, Saint Valentine's Day or
Valentine's Day is the traditional day on which lovers convey
their love to each other by sending Valentine's cards, sometimes
even anonymously. The most common feature of Valentines Day these
days is the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of "valentines".
Popular Valentine symbols of modern times include the heart-shaped
outline and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century,
mass produced greeting cards have largely replaced handwritten
notes. It is believed that nearly one billion Valentines Day cards
are sent each year worldwide, making it only the second largest
card-sending holiday next to Christmas. Women are believed to
purchase approximately 85 percent of all "valentines".
Stories of many Valentines
Opinions differ about who St Valentine was. Early martyrologies
mention at least three St Valentines under the date of 14 February.
One is a priest at Rome, another a Bishop of Interamna (now Terni
in Italy) and the other lived and died in Africa. Many, however,
are of the opinion that the first two are the same person.
It is, however, widely believed that Valentine's Day has perhaps
originated from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. A festival
was held on February 15 in honor of one of their gods Lupercus,
who was called upon by the Romans to ward off the threats of those
fierce wolves that roamed the adjacent forests. On the eve of
the festival of Lupercalia, a love lottery was organized in which
the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed
into jars. Each young man then drew a slip and the girl whose
name he picked up was to be his sweetheart for the year.
The holiday subsequently became Valentine's Day after a priest
named Valentine. At that time when Christianity was still a new
religion, Valentine was a priest in Rome. The then Emperor Claudius
II, had issued an order forbidding the Roman soldiers to marry
or become engaged. The emperor believed that once they got married,
his soldiers would want to stay home rather than fight his wars.
Valentine defied the Emperor's decree and secretly married the
young couples. He was finally arrested, imprisoned, and beheaded
on February 14, the eve of Lupercalia. Valentine was posthumously
named a saint. As Christianity grew stronger in Rome, the priests
moved the Lupercalia or spring holiday from February 15 to February
14, i.e., Valentine's Day. Since then the holiday began honoring
Saint Valentine instead of Lupercus.
"From your Valentine"
According to another story, Valentine was one of the early Christians
who was seized and dragged before the Prefect of Rome and jailed
for helping some Christian martyrs. He cured the jailor’s daughter
of blindness while in jail. When the emperor learned of this miracle
he ordered the beheading of Valentine. Valentine is said to have
sent the jailor’s daughter a farewell message signed, "From your
Valentine".
In 1969, as part of a larger effort to reduce the number of saint
days of purely legendary origin, the Church removed St. Valentine's
Day as an official holiday from its calendar.
At present, February 14 is dedicated only to Saint Cyril and Saint
Methodius. This article is written by Arindam Bose for http://www.ecard4all.com |
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