Valentine's Day

Romantic evening, also called Saint Romantic evening or the Feast about Saint Valentine, is any annual holiday celebrated relating to February 14. It originated as a fabulous Western Christian liturgical feast day honoring a number of early saints named Valentinus, and may be known as a significant cultural and additionally commercial celebration in many regions all over, although it is truly public holiday in whatever country.

Several martyrdom stories of this particular various Valentines that were attached to February 14 were included on later martyrologies, including quite popular hagiographical account of Saint Valentine of Rome in which indicated he was jailed for performing weddings for soldiers have been forbidden to marry and additionally for ministering to Christian believers, who were persecuted inside Roman Empire. According to make sure you legend, during his imprisonment, Saint Valentine healed the little of his jailer, Asterius, and additionally before his execution, he wrote her a fabulous letter signed "Your Valentine" in the form of farewell.

The day first became with romantic love within all the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer on the 14th century, when all the tradition of courtly absolutely love flourished. In 18th-century Great britain, it evolved into a party in which lovers expressed their love from each other by presenting a flower bouquet, offering confectionery, and sending handmade cards (known as "valentines"). For Europe, Saint Valentine's Keys receive to lovers "as a captivating symbol and an celebration invitation to unlock the giver’s heart", combined with to children, in order to reduce the chances of epilepsy (called Saint Valentine's Malady). Valentine's Day symbols who are used today include all the heart-shaped outline, doves, and therefore the figure of the winged Cupid. As being the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given tactic to mass-produced greeting cards.

Saint Romantic evening is an official feast day on the Anglican Communion, as well as in the Lutheran Church. Many areas the Eastern Orthodox House of worship also celebrate Saint Romantic evening, albeit on July 6 and additionally July 30, the former date honoring the Roman presbyter Saint Valentine, and the latter date honoring Hieromartyr Valentine, the Bishop about Interamna (modern Terni).

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