The history of the holiday Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day

The history of this lovely and tender and sometimes passionate and hot holiday, coming to us in mid-February, originated in ancient Rome. And it starts it is not so peacefully and gently.

The history of the holiday Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day

Was not all this burning love known goddess Juno Febriata and known to many god protector of flocks Faun. They certainly met, certainly kindled a passion for each other and held their assignation. On February 14, held a celebration dedicated to those two.

The next day, arranged so-called Lupercalia. At first, the young Romans gathered in the place where according to legend, a she-wolf suckled Romulus and Remus. They first were sacrificed animals, mainly goats. Then he arranged festivities with abundant drinking wine and eating meat of the same animal.

With them, skinning, made whips and came to the city to lash whips these unfortunate women, they gave birth to a lot of strong and viable children. The method of any infertility treatment! Do not think that women complained or resented.

On the contrary! They are happy to be substituted under blows his sides and back, hoping it will help them to ensure an easy delivery. This holiday was so popular that the beating was attended by dignitaries, even the family.

Interestingly, the young people for the ritual had to strip naked. And at the end undressed and ladies.

The history of Valentine's day holiday

In the V century, Pope Gelasius I tried to ban it, as he put it, a sacrilege. In place Luprekaliyam was introduced another holiday - Valentine's Day memory, the priest who was executed in the III century Emperor Claudius II.

The fact that one of the legends in this cruel emperor decided that unmarried, not burdened with family cares warrior will be more useful in combat and therefore forbidden to marry men and women marry, respectively.

But love can not come to terms with the order of the stupid, destroying hope for their happiness and married secretly. Crowned of the same priest Valentine. His life is no reliable evidence.

We only know that he has always helped beloved, was the love letters and notes to, reconciled quarreled, encouraged indecisive. When Claudius proznal his subversive activities, he was furious and ordered to catch and throw in jail recalcitrant.

That's just crowned another loving couple. Newlyweds managed to escape, and the priest caught. But love blossomed in the dungeons. The Valentine fell in love with the young daughter of the executioner. Save the beloved failed.

Going to death, he wrote a farewell note to his girlfriend with a declaration of love. In it, he signed "Your Valentine." Hence the custom of sending went to his favorite "Valentine."

The emblem or symbol of the holiday

The emblem of the Valentine's Day red roses are considered. The choice fell on them, too, not by chance. One beautiful goddess of love Aphrodite so hurry to her lover Adonis, that accidentally stepped on a white rose. Blood from the wound stained the flower red.

Since roses on Valentine's Day give the red. They are also supposed to draw on small otkrytochku "Valentine", which are also often made in the form of hearts.

It is a beautiful legend, but some pessimists and the skeptics are trying to spoil her remarks, that no priest Valentine, who helped the lovers never had and this holiday invented traders solely for reasons of commerce.

Let them say what they want, the people believed in Valentine's Day and always will believe, just as there will always be to live in a world of love.

Author Eleni Kerr

Congratulations to the Happy Valentine's Day 2014 in poetry

Greetings beloved

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How happy I am, my favorite,

I congratulate you Happy Valentine's Day!

In your dreams you saw me,

He lived the dream since I was a single -

Find you pressed to his chest,

Touch your lips are wonderful,

I want my own to come

Your way was light, bright, clear,

I want to wish on Valentine's Day

You, my love, all the best that is in the world,

I want to and do not tire of repeating -

You expensive in the whole world no.

Happy Valentine's Day 2014 a man

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My whole heart adorable man,

Happy Valentine's Day!

I send you a paper heart,

In it you will read all three a word

About my great love, without boundary,

And you, my love, I wish

Life long and around the beautiful,

Light, absolutely safe,

For all your paths and roads

There were no problems and without anxiety,

To please you in sunsets and sunrises,

He lived, the love of my faithful warmed.

Poems friend

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Podruzhenka, you heart it

Happy Valentine's congratulations,

With cruel winters and hot summers

To be happy, I wish you,

To be loved tenderly and faithfully,

Waking up in the morning, smile,

In the vast ocean of joy

How much you want to swim every day.

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I do not hide feelings, because you loved me

Not the first day, not the first, of course ...

Today, Valentine's Day

And I am pleased to congratulate you warmly ...

I have for you today, I will kindle a star

That for you, they shone stronger ...

The real let dreams become now,

That was all, like we're dreaming!

And let it be only for us today!

Let us betrothed sky quickly ...

And only with the permission of the Lord

Love our soul and heart warm!

Congratulations friend in verse

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My friend, today is a very important holiday

So I decided to congratulate!

I wish that one day soon you

Happy Valentine could congratulate me!

But not a postcard, and words

And long, most tender kiss ...

To love is there between us

And let our hearts are now worried about the blood ...

In the meantime, you do not dare to recognize,

You and I write lines with excitement

In verses promise you now,

Loving you with great admiration!

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Happy Valentine's Day

I congratulate you!

Dear friend, all congratulations

Only a course for you.

In Valentine's Day, I wish

That all dreams come true.

And love big finite

After all, you dream about it.

And let the moments of happiness

Turn on the year.

A good luck and fortune

There will be close and always!

Congratulations to the Happy Valentine's Day girl, love poems

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Happy Valentine's Day,

  Greetings beloved,

  On the card I wrote,

  In every line of congratulations,

Her image is flawless,

  Warms the soul for many years,

I met a woman of quality,

But love it there,

Happiness to you and I wish you,

  Let help Valentin,

  We love not to lose,

  Keep your senses!

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I captured thee,

And I love you,

Secretly, timid and hopeless.

I want to congratulate!

Valentine bestow,

I say all the words

So complicated!

You're beautiful, intelligent,

Congratulations

Today I have a Valentine's Day!

I'll be there for you,

And dumb entreaty,

Admire

divine view.

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You are the most gentle, the sweetest.

There is no longer such a vast land.

And yesterday and today I did,

I dedicate all, of course, you.

All deeds, pleasures or accomplishments,

All for you, for the sake of my dear.

I will not give in no one's temptations

I want to call you only "their".

Stay with me forever and not years

You do not ever give anyone.

I want to call you "dear", "native".

And his heart, I give you.

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Every day for me is happiness

Holiday see you and love

To save you from bad weather

From resentment and sorrow hide.

But the fourteenth day of February

This is a celebration of love for all

How beautiful the morning dawn,

So beautiful enamored laugh.

I congratulate you on this day,

For a long time, so he was our joy

To the happiness we drew it,

To us he was a symbol of old age.