Valentine's Day (All Lovers' Day)
Description:
Catholic tradition does not associate the appearance of "Valentine's Day" with any of the saints whose memory is celebrated on this day. Contrary to popular belief, this holiday is purely secular. It is known that this celebration dates back to the Roman festival of Lupercalia - a festival of eroticism in honor of the goddess of "feverish" love Juno Februata. Everyone left their business, and the fun began, the purpose of which was to find their soul mate.
According to secular publications, there is a legend about St. Valentine, not supported by historical sources. This legend tells how the emperor Claudius (about 269) was going to conquer the world, but the Roman army experienced an acute shortage of soldiers for military campaigns, which prevented the war plans. Claudius II saw the source of all troubles in marriage and therefore forbade the wedding ceremony. But Bishop Valentine disregarded the tyrant’s prohibition and performed the weddings secretly. Very soon Valentine was thrown into prison.
According to various sources, he fell in love with the daughter of a priest. And before the execution left her a letter, and this began the tradition of giving valentines as a sign of love.
In Kazakhstan, the holiday is widely celebrated by young people. Usually lovers give each other valentines, i.e. cards in the shape of a heart or in another form, declarations of love, various gifts, and not only lovers, even just friends give each other pleasant little things.
In fact, the origin of this holiday is Catholic, and it was recently celebrated in Kazakhstan. He has a lot of opponents, someone is against such borrowings, someone just does not like the excess of pink and red hearts. However, it became a celebration of love.