Valentines eve (Volume 1)

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Get to Know Us. English Choose a language for shopping. Explore the Home Gift Guide. Amazon Music Stream millions of songs. Amazon Advertising Find, attract, and engage customers. Amazon Drive Cloud storage from Amazon. Alexa Actionable Analytics for the Web. In , local governing body of Peshwar officially banned the celebration of Valentine's Day in the city.

The ban was also implemented in other cities such as Kohat by the local governments. It is usually marked by a steep increase in the price of flowers, particularly red roses. In Saudi Arabia , in and , religious police banned the sale of all Valentine's Day items, telling shop workers to remove any red items, because the day is considered a Christian holiday. However, in and , after a fatwa was widely circulated, the religious police did not prevent Muslims from celebrating the day. In South Korea , women give chocolate to men on February 14, and men give non-chocolate candy to women on March 14 White Day.

The 14th of every month marks a love-related day in Korea, although most of them are obscure. From January to December: However, the situation is the reverse of Japan's. Men give gifts to women on Valentine's Day, and women return them on White Day. The day commemorates St Dwynwen , the Welsh patron saint of love. Valentine in Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, which is said to house relics of Saint Valentine of Rome; they pray at the shrine in hope of finding romance.

As the name indicates, this day is more about remembering friends, not significant others. In France, a traditionally Catholic country, Valentine's Day is known simply as " Saint Valentin ", and is celebrated in much the same way as other western countries. The village gets dressed in its 19th-century costume and put on the program with over people. In the Eastern Orthodox church there is another Saint who protects people who are in love, Hyacinth of Caesarea feast day July 3 , but this was not widely known until the late s [] In contemporary Greece, Valentine's Day is generally celebrated as in the common Western tradition.

In recent years, Romania has also started celebrating Valentine's Day. In order to counter the perceived denaturation of national culture, Dragobete , a spring festival celebrated in parts of Southern Romania, has been rekindled after having been ignored during the Communist years as the traditional Romanian holiday for lovers.

The holiday is named after a character from Romanian folklore who was supposed to be the son of Baba Dochia.

In Denmark and Norway , February 14 is known as Valentinsdag , and it is celebrated in much the same manner as in the United Kingdom. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the romantic holiday and liturgical celebration. For Brazil's corresponding celebration, see Dia dos Namorados. For uses of Valentine, see Valentine. For other uses, see Valentine's Day disambiguation. Valentine's Day" redirects here. For the Bing Crosby album, see St. The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. Christianity portal Holidays portal.

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Valentine's Day with Lupercalia to expel the pagan rituals. The replacement of Lupercalia with Saint Valentine's celebration was suggested by researchers Kellog and Cox. Ansgar says "It is hardly credible, then, that Pope Gelasius could have introduced the feast of the Purification to counteract the Lupercalia, and in fact the historical records of his pontificate give no hint of such an action. This feast is celebrated 40 days after the Nativity. In Jerusalem the Nativity was celebrated on January 6, and this feast in February But, in the West and even in Eastern places such as Antioch and Alexandria, Nativity was celebrated on December 25, and this Purification was not celebrated.

When this feast was introduced to Rome, it was directly placed in February 2. Around that time, Jerusalem adopted the Nativity date of December 25 and moved the Purification to February 2. A priest of Rome who was imprisoned for succouring persecuted Christians, he became a convert and, although he is supposed to have restored the sight of the jailer's blind daughter, he was clubbed to death in His day is 14 February, as is that of St Valentine, bishop of Terni, who was martyred a few years later in A Litany of Saints.

While in prison, he restored sight to the little blind daughter of his judge, Asterius, who thereupon was converted with all his family and suffered martyrdom with the saint. The Encyclopedia of Saints. Valentine's Day, —" Winterthur Portfolio Archived from the original on July 19, Retrieved June 20, To this day, a special ceremony where children are given small golden keys to ward off epilepsy is held at the Oratorio di San Giorgio, a small chapel in Monselice, Padua, on 14 February each year.

Church of England Anglican Communion. Archived from the original on June 29, Retrieved October 27, February 14 Valentine, Martyr at Rome, c. New Book of Festivals and Commemorations: A Proposed Common Calendar of Saints. Archived from the original on January 1, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Archived from the original on August 14, Retrieved February 12, Brill , accounts for these and further local Saints Valentine Ch.

Legend of the Saint". Archived from the original on February 5, Archived from the original on March 3, Archived from the original on January 16, Archived from the original on October 17, Cooper, Dictionary of Christianity , , Routledge. Oruch's survey of the literature finds no association between Valentine and romance prior to Chaucer. He concludes that Chaucer is likely to be "the original mythmaker in this instance. A Dictionary of Miracles: Imitative, Realistic, and Dogmatic. Valentine, laying his hand upon her eyes, said in prayer, "O Thou who art the true Light, give light to this Thy servant.

Asterius and his wife, falling at the feet of Valentine, prayed that they might be admitted into the Christian fellowship; whereupon St. Valentine commanded them to break their idols, to fast for three days, to forgive their enemies, and to be baptized. Asterius and his wife did all the saint told them to do, and Valentine baptized them and all their household, to the number of forty-six in all.

Ansgar was unable to corroborate this. Valentine beheaded — Feb 14, ". Archived from the original on March 16, Retrieved April 9, Valentine was arrested and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off. The sentence was carried out on February 14, on or about the year Legend also has it that while in jail, St.

Voices of the Martyrs. Southerns Indians Flowers Holidays, vol. Christensen, Heroes and Saints: Chapter "The First Valentine", p. Marriage Customs of the World: Archived from the original on September 14, Hesse January 1, Archived from the original on September 15, It appears as the birthstone from February probably due to its association with Saint Valentine; therefore, amethyst has often been worn to attract love.

Archived from the original on March 4, Archived from the original on June 28, Retrieved February 3, Gorenjski glas in Slovenian. Archived from the original on January 18, Hopkins, Pater and Wilde electronic ed. University of California Press. There is no indication in suppressing the Lupercalia, Gelasius put anything else in its place. Much later, in the s, a Cardinal Baronius speculated that Gelasius converted the Lupercalia into the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin or Candlemas , changing one purification ceremony into another, and many noted authors have repeated this claim.

Recent scholarship has refuted Baronius's assertion The letter by Gelasius to Andromachus criticizing the Lupercalia contains no reference to Valentine, or Valentine's Day, or any replacement observance. Valentine, Chaucer, and Spring in February" Speculum Archived from the original on April 3, The Parliament of Fowls".

Archived from the original on January 21, Chapter 6 The Genoese St. Retrieved February 14, Kelly gives the saint's day of the Genoese Valentine as May 3 and also claims that Richard's engagement was announced on this day. A Selection in Modern Spelling. Oxford University Press, Also version reprinted in Archived April 10, , at the Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on August 7, Retrieved August 6, Literacy and Popular Culture: Extraordinary origins of everyday things. Archived from the original on November 9, Retrieved November 8, Archived from the original on January 3, Retrieved February 16, Archived from the original on July 22, Archived from the original on February 4, American holidays and the culture of consumption, —" Journal of American History The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets.

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