The history of Valentine's Day - who came up with the idea of celebrating Valentine's Day - the history of the holiday
The tradition of celebrating Valentine's Day, also known as Valentine's Day, came to us from the West. On this day, lovers give each other gifts, tender cards - valentines, and, of course, confess their love. The history of this holiday is interesting.
There is a wonderful legend about the origin of Valentine's Day. According to this legend, Claudius II, a Roman emperor who ruled in the third century AD, was an ardent opponent of marriage alliances because they prevented his legionaries from conquering countries. Therefore, the emperor issued a decree that prohibited marriage. Priest Valentin, contrary to the decree, still continued to secretly marry the lovers. For this he was thrown into prison, after which he was sentenced to death. The jailer's young daughter, seeing the priest and learning his story, fell in love with him. Valentin reciprocated her feelings. But since it was not possible to see each other, the lovers communicated through correspondence. On February 14, 270, the day of execution, the priest sent his last love note to his beloved, signed “From Valentine.”
According to another version of the legend of the origin of Valentine's Day, the head of the prison where Valentin was imprisoned for his “criminal” acts accidentally learned about the prisoner’s healing abilities, after which he brought his blind daughter Julia to Valentin. On the terrible day of the execution, Valentin wrote a farewell love note to Julia. Having received it, the girl discovered yellow saffron inside, and an unprecedented miracle happened - she received her sight.
Several early Christian martyr saints are known under the name Valentine. One of them is Valentine, a Roman priest who was executed around 269 AD. Another famous Saint Valentine was the Bishop of Interamna. This saint was famous for his miraculous healings. He was executed for converting the mayor's son to Christianity. Perhaps the legend refers to this particular saint. The romantic holiday of February 14 in memory of the saints was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496.
Already in 1969, after the introduction of a reform of worship, Saint Valentine was removed from the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church (along with other Roman saints, information about whose lives is contradictory and unreliable). On February 14, the Catholic Church honors the memory of Saints Cyril and Methodius. And the Orthodox Church celebrates the memory of Presbyter Valentin of Rome on July 6 (19).
According to one legend, the roots of Valentine's Day go back to pagan times. Many believe that the “predecessor” of this holiday was the so-called Lupercalia - a holiday of abundance and eroticism, which was held in Ancient Rome in honor of the patron god of herds Faun (Luperca) and the goddess of “feverish” love Juno Februata on February 15.
Young girls wrote love notes guys and put them in a special bowl for drawing lots. The man who took out this note was supposed to be courting the one who wrote it. Interestingly, on this day, men lashed women on the street with whips, which were made from the skin of a sacrificial goat. It was believed that this was supposed to contribute to greater fertility in women, so they were subjected to cruel blows with devotion.
In 494 AD Pope Gelasius I "moved" the celebration of Lupercalia from February 15 to February 14. Thus, it coincided with St. Valentine's Day. However, the celebration of Lupercalia soon came to an end.
The celebration of Valentine's Day in February is also associated with the beginning of the mating season of birds. It has long been believed that entering into a marriage at this time will make him long and happy.
It is traditionally believed that Valentine's Day came to our country from the West. However, celebrations somewhat similar to the Roman Lupercalia have existed in Rus' since ancient times. So, since ancient times, we have celebrated the famous Kupala Day, which falls on July 7, or more precisely, on the night from the sixth to the seventh of July, or according to the old calendar, on the night from the twenty-third to the twenty-fourth of June. The holiday was dedicated to the summer solstice, as well as to the pagan Slavic sun god Kupala. People celebrated the Sun, the maturity of summer, green mowing. Young people girded themselves with flower bands and put wreaths on their heads. They danced in circles and sang songs. Then, in connection with the adoption of Christianity in Rus', this pagan holiday was replaced by the veneration of the memory of John the Baptist, since the day of the Nativity of John the Baptist coincided with pagan holiday Kupala. The name “Ivan Kupala” was assigned to this holiday, as we know it today.
On July 8 (June 25 according to the old calendar), the Orthodox Church honors the memory of Saints Peter and Fevronia of Murom - glorious patrons of love and family happiness.
However, on a large scale, February 14 as a celebration of Valentine's Day in the Old World, that is, in Europe, has been celebrated since the 13th century, while in America - since 1777. Valentine's Day is secular (not religious).
We congratulate you on Valentine's Day and wish you simple human happiness, whose name is love! Always give your loved ones charming smiles, and then life will be even brighter!
The most beloved and romantic holiday, Valentine's Day, or Valentine's Day, is usually celebrated on February 14th. This is the best time to give a beautiful chocolate gift to your chosen one, confess your love once again, send a love letter to your secret lover or receive such a letter, which is always nice. The holiday has millions of fans around the world; it is truly one of the most long-awaited and beautiful.
Valentine's Day is one of the oldest holidays. It is believed that it is already more than 16 centuries old, but holidays honoring love are known that existed even before the advent of Christianity. The ancient Romans held a whole festival in honor of the goddess of love Juno. The festival was called Lupercalia and took place right in mid-February.
Later, in 269, the Catholic priest Valentine became the culprit in the birth of a new holiday. According to legend, the Roman government banned marriages for legionnaires. As Emperor Claudius II believed, only single legionnaires are able to devote themselves entirely to service. Valentin began to help couples in love, secretly conduct wedding ceremonies, and reconcile quarreling lovers.
When the authorities found out about this, Valentin was taken into custody and sentenced to execution. The young man himself was secretly in love with the jailer's daughter. He sent her a letter of confession, which was read after his execution. Subsequently, as a Christian martyr who suffered for the faith, Valentine was canonized by the Catholic Church. And in 496, Pope Gelasius I declared February 14th Valentine's Day.
An interesting story about Valentine's Day for children and adults.
On February 14, Valentine's Day is celebrated - the patron saint of all lovers. This is the most romantic holiday in the world, when everyone confesses their love to each other, gives touching gifts and valentines to their loved ones. For more than eighteen centuries there has been a tradition of celebrating this holiday. Despite the fact that the name of the holiday contains the word “holy,” it has nothing to do with religion, since it is a secular holiday. However, we associate February 14th with St. Valentine.
There are a lot of legends and rumors about Valentine's Day. So who is Saint Valentine who presented this holiday as a gift to the whole world?
There is an opinion that in fact there were two Saint Valentines, who were venerated on the same day and died in Ancient Rome in the year 269 (270?). But now no one reliably remembers which of them the holiday was dedicated to. What is known is that one of the saints, a younger one, served in Rome as a preacher and worked as a doctor. During the persecution of Christians by Emperor Claudius, he was executed. Another Valentine, Bishop of Terni, lived near Rome and died a martyr’s death at the hands of the pagans in the same year 269 (270?).
Much in the legends about St. Valentine converges and intertwines, but each of them has some kind of peculiarity that makes it different from the others.
Most versions converge on the first Valentine, who was a preacher and physician and lived in the 3rd century in the Roman Empire during the reign of Emperor Claudius. A difficult and cruel fate befell him. The fact is that the warrior emperor issued a decree according to which his soldiers could not marry in order to have joy family life did not distract them from their service. Valentin ignored Claudius's ban and married the lovers in secret. For these illegal acts he was captured and imprisoned.
The priest's jailer, having learned that the prisoner, among other things, had the gift of healing, brought his blind daughter to him. Valentin healed the girl, the young people fell in love with each other, but their happiness was not destined to work out - Valentin was executed.
However, the day of his death - February 14 - remained forever in people's memory as a symbol of the all-conquering power of love. It is also symbolic that the date of the execution of Saint Valens coincided with the Roman festivals in honor of the goddess of love Juno. Subsequently, Valentine was buried in Rome (according to other sources, some of his relics are located in his homeland in the city of Terni, and some are in the Church of St. Anthony in Madrid). It is not surprising that they did not forget about Valentine and chose him as the patron saint of all people in love. As a Christian martyr who suffered for the faith, he was canonized by the Catholic Church. In 496, Pope Gelasius declared February 14th Valentine's Day.
Since then, every year on February 14, people remembered Valentine and organized a Valentine's Day. On this day, girls and boys got together, wrote names on pieces of paper and threw these pieces of paper into a jug, then each pulled out one piece of paper and found out the name of their lover.
How everything really happened, we don’t know and will never know, but one thing is obvious - St. Valentine died in the name of love.
There is another version of the origin of the holiday. According to it, Valentine's Day originated from the Roman holiday of Lupercalia, celebrated in honor of the god Faun (Lupercus), the patron saint of flocks. The celebration took place annually on February 15th. In ancient times, on this day all the Romans stopped what they were doing and started having fun. Over time, the holiday changed, new rituals appeared.
The main task that everyone had to accomplish on this day was to find their soul mate. So after the end of the holiday it was created a large number of new families.
Over time, Valentine's Day acquired its own rituals, some of which have survived to this day. In each country, the traditions were different, although what was common and unchanged for all peoples and times was that it is very popular to arrange weddings and get married on this day.
Some beliefs also say that on this holiday, a woman can approach a man dear to her and politely ask him to marry her. If the young man is not yet ready to take such a decisive step, then he should politely thank for the honor and give the woman a silk dress, and buy himself a silk cord with a heart strung on it.
In other countries, the tradition of donating clothes is somewhat modified. Thus, lovers give clothes to unmarried women as gifts. If a girl accepts and leaves a gift, it means she agrees to marry this person.
IN different times V different countries There were various beliefs. For example, the first man a girl meets on this day should be her Valentine, regardless of his wishes.
Some people believed that if a girl saw a robin on Valentine's Day, then her husband would be a sailor; if she saw a sparrow, she would marry a poor man, but be happy with him; and if she saw a goldfinch, she would become the wife of a millionaire.
Valentine's Day in England
In medieval England, this custom was popular: several guys got together, wrote the names of girls on pieces of paper, put them in a hat and drew lots. That girl whose name was missing young man, for a year she became his “Valentine”, and he became her “Valentine”.
“Valentine” had to treat his “Valentine” in a special way: compose sonnets in her honor, play the lute, and was also obliged to accompany the girl everywhere; in a word, behave like a real knight.
There was a tradition of dressing children up as adults. Having been reincarnated in this way, the children went from house to house and sang songs about St. Valentine.
Nowadays, the British understand love somewhat differently; this concept has expanded, since Valentine's Day is congratulated not only on people, but also on beloved animals, for example, horses or dogs.
In Wales, on February 14, in the old days, wooden “love spoons” were carved, which they then gave to their loved ones. The spoons were decorated with various hearts, keys and keyholes, which said: “you have found the way to my heart.”
Valentine's Day in America
The Americans also had their own traditions. At the beginning of the 19th century, on Valentine's Day, they sent marzipan products to their brides. However, the treat included sugar, which was very expensive in those days. This custom became truly widespread after sugar beets began to be processed in 1800. The Americans urgently set up caramel production on the continent and began scratching words corresponding to the holiday onto the sweets. Caramels were made in red and white, since red symbolized passion, and white symbolized the purity of love. In the 50s of the 19th century, sweets began to be placed in heart-shaped cardboard boxes.
Valentine's Day in Japan
In Japan, Valentine's Day began to be celebrated in the 1930s. This tradition did not start on its own, but at the instigation of one large company engaged in the production of chocolate. Chocolate, by the way, is still the most common gift on this day.
Nowadays, the Japanese have turned this holiday into “March 8 for men.” On this day, gifts in Japan are received mainly by representatives of the stronger sex. And, accordingly, it is customary to give various men’s accessories; razors, lotions, brushes, etc.
And on this day, the residents of Japan hold an event called “The Loudest Love Confession” - boys and girls climb onto the platform and take turns shouting love confessions with all their might.
How Valentine's Day is celebrated in other countries
The French customary to give gifts on Valentine's Day Jewelry. And the romantic French were the first to introduce “Valentines” as love letters and quatrains.
Balanced and calm Poles prefer to visit on this day
Poznan metropolis, where, according to legend, the relics of St. Valentine rest, and above the main altar is his miraculous icon. The Poles believe that if you pray to the image, it will definitely help you in your love affairs.
In Italy, Valentine's Day is celebrated very differently. Men of this country consider it their duty to present their beloved with gifts, mainly sweets, on this holiday. This is most likely why in Italy this day is called “sweet”.
Conservative Germans adhere to the point of view that Valentine is the patron saint of the mentally ill, so on this day they decorate psychiatric hospitals with scarlet ribbons and hold special services in chapels.
One of the most romantic and tender holidays, which is firmly gaining its position in an increasing number of countries, is February 14th. Not only in Europe, but also in Japan, the USA, Russia and other countries, Valentine's Day is considered the day when lovers can express their feelings in full, even when the object of their passion does not know or even realize about them . Where did this tradition come from, and why did it become so popular? What is history of the holiday on February 14?
Not much information is available about a young priest named Valentine, who lived in the 3rd century AD in the Roman town of Terni. He was not a simple clergyman, but a skilled healer, so many people turned to him for help. But he earned special fame among the legionnaires whom Valentin healed from their wounds. In addition, the military men who were united by marriage with their lovers had the greatest gratitude to him.
The fact is that in those days, Emperor Claudius forbade marriage, since he had grandiose plans to conquer neighboring states, so he needed strong and brave warriors who were not burdened with families, which, as he believed, only prevented the soldiers from thinking about the good of the state and victories on the battlefield.
The opponent of this decree was Valentine. He not only married couples, but also reconciled those who had quarreled, wrote letters to their ladies on behalf of the soldiers, and also presented flowers. It was for these exploits that Valentin was arrested in 269 and then executed. The harsh and inflexible Roman law, which has largely been preserved in modern legislation, did not make it possible to save the life of a kind and compassionate person. loving hearts a priest who did not refuse legionnaires a wedding in the cathedral with their chosen ones.
Behind the veil of time, it is impossible to understand how accurate in chronology the events that took place during the arrest of the priest were. Some claim that even before his arrest, Valentin treated the jailer’s daughter for blindness; according to other sources, he cured her after he went behind bars.
The girl fell in love with her savior, but, having taken a vow of celibacy, Valentin could not respond to her feelings, and only on the eve of the execution he wrote her a touching letter in which he confessed his feelings. The legend claims that the girl was able not only to see and read her beloved’s last letter, but also that it was the first thing she saw after regaining her sight. Wrapped in the letter was a beautiful saffron flower, rare and very expensive.
It just so happened that the execution of Valentine coincided with celebrations in the name of Jupiter’s wife, Juno, who was considered one of the patroness of love and family relations. Therefore, secretly Christians began to celebrate this day in memory of Valentine. Further, under the influence of human opinion and God's providence, Pope Gelasius in 496 and declared February 14 a day dedicated to St. Valentine.
Valentine was canonized by the Catholic Church and until the middle of the last century this holiday was recognized as official. All of Western Europe celebrated Valentine's Day starting in the 4th century, and their example was followed much later by the United States, where its celebration began in 1777. Rus' had its own holiday, which to this day is an analogue of St. Valentine's Day. In honor of Saints Peter and Fevronia, who did not want to part with their bodies even after physical death, in the summer, June 25, it is celebrated religious holiday. Therefore, in the CIS countries, Valentine's Day was introduced in the early 90s of the last century. And many people consider this day imposed by a foreign culture.
After the execution, Valentine's body was buried in the Roman church named after St. Praxidis, after which the gates that open the way to the temple began to be called the “Valentine Gate.” As the legend says, every spring it blooms on the priest's grave pink flowers almond tree, which exudes an amazing aroma. Therefore, lovers often come to him to confirm the steadfastness and fidelity of their feelings.
But there are also skeptics, such as the French historian Tillemon, the English scientists Douce and Butler, who, respectively, in the 17th and 18th centuries, expressed an interesting theory. According to her, this holiday was introduced in order to rid Europe of the pagan tradition of randomly choosing the names of lovers, which was inherent in the celebration of Juno's Day, celebrated on February 15.
According to history, Duke Charles of Orleans, while in prison, in 1415 began writing love letters to his wife, thus struggling with loneliness and melancholy. But already in the 18th century, such cards became very popular, so lovers of epistolary art sent various hand-made “hearts”, where they declared their love, made marriage proposals, and also made witty jokes without indicating the name of the sender.
Since that time, it has been considered traditional to present roses, which symbolically express passionate love, pairs of kissing doves, as well as figurines of tiny Cupid or Cupid - an angel of love with a bow and arrow.
Therefore, it is not surprising that February 14 has become so popular all over the world, because such a touching story about a kind, loving person who lived a short but bright life could not fail to evoke a response in the souls of those who were lucky enough to experience this incomparable feeling - Love. And, lighting candles in the shape of tiny hearts, sending those in the same shape Greeting Cards and sweets, loved by the whole world, like a relay race, carry the memory of him, who gave his life in the name of love.
We don’t like it when in our own country certain uniform norms of behavior, words and expressions, such holidays and everything else are imposed... We have an extremely negative attitude towards so-called democratization, globalization, mixing of styles, cultures and races, etc. Russian people , which means Russia is losing its unique face from year to year. Do you want to be an obedient cog in the world of globalization, general chaos and confusion? Or do you want to remain a Person faithful to your original tradition and culture?
Before we had time to deal with our old “holidays,” which became traditional after 1917, new misfortunes poured into our land. Imposed by the media, “Valentine’s Day” burst into our lives.
Some people liked it. There was an extra reason to have fun. When asked what this has to do with Russia, the same damning argument is put forward: “Well, are we worse than others?” No, it’s not worse, it just has absolutely nothing to do with us. And not only to us, but also to common sense Same.
The introduction of new “holidays” into our lives is very beneficial to those who introduce such innovations. This brings in very decent profits from the sale of all kinds of souvenirs, postcards, trinkets and, of course, alcohol.
Valentine's Day has significantly increased sales of products that can be used as gifts for your loved one. This is especially noticeable among those sellers who were not too lazy to slightly change the design and text of their trays accordingly. Since the beginning of February, shops, kiosks and markets have been filled with a wide variety of hearts. Saint's Day Sad journalists call Valentine “St. Hallmark’s Day,” in honor of the founder of the holiday and also the founder of the Hallmark card corporation, which makes half of its annual profit from the sale of paper hearts. Restaurants and hotels lure couples with “erotic menus” and romantic candlelit evenings. Travel agencies announce special offers - romantic trips. It’s not for nothing that some sellers call this holiday “the great commercial day.”
However, the matter is even more serious. Instead of our Russian holidays, they are slipping us a Western surrogate in order to bring our consciousness to the consciousness of Western cattle. It's easier to deal with us this way. We can only lament that some of our compatriots are ready to accept any, even the most crazy, idea imposed from the outside. It is useless to talk about Russian traditions here. It's a holiday! Wow!1
This holiday is still young; it began to be celebrated in Russia relatively recently. It is unofficial, but very popular, especially among young people. It was promoted by all media. Songs were composed on the theme of the holiday and “fun” films were shot. Such a massive information attack on people’s minds had an effect, and people, supposedly of their own free will, voluntarily decided to celebrate such a “fun” holiday.
The answer is given by studying the history of the origin of the feast of St. Valentina, which has by now acquired numerous legends. However, it is reliably known that this holiday dates back to the Roman holiday of Lupercalia. In ancient Rome, the holiday of Lupercalia was considered a holiday of purification and fertility. It was celebrated on the night of February 14-15 in honor of the god Faun (from the Latin fatuor - to be possessed) - the ancient Italian god of fertility. Distinctive features The faun had voluptuousness and sexual licentiousness.
The celebration began in Lupercale - the sanctuary of the Faun Lupercus (from the Latin lupus - wolf). At first, the Luperci (priests of the god Faun) sacrificed a dog and a goat. After the sacrifice, naked Luperci, with the skin of the goats slain on the altar on their hips, ran around the Palatine Hill in Rome. Along the way, they lashed the women they met with belts cut from the skin of a sacrificial goat. A blow with a sacrificial belt was considered a good sign that a woman would conceive a child this year. A sacrificial belt made of goat skin is called scrotum, which in translation has two more meanings: 1 - leather goat bag and 2 - scrotum.
Lupercalia coincided in time with the ancient Roman New Year - according to the Roman calendar New Year came precisely in mid-February. February to 450 BC was the last month of the year. Februa fell in mid-February - annual holiday cult cleansing. It was celebrated in honor of the goddess of “feverish” love Juno Februata - Juno Feverish (Intemperate). During this holiday, everyone stopped what they were doing, and the “fun” began - a massive sexual orgy.
As a result of promiscuity, defective offspring are born, but it is promiscuity that cultivates the holiday of St. Valentina. In any case, this follows not only from the essence of the holidays that preceded St. Day. Valentine, but from the texts of modern songs and films, for example, A. Eyramdzhan’s film “Valentine’s Day,” modestly called a “lyrical comedy” and shown on television every year on the day of the same name.
The symbol of St. Valentine is a valentine. It, pierced by an arrow, is kissed and called “heart”. I must note, as a doctor, that such a heart does not exist in nature.
But, remembering the Russian proverb “There is no thing without an image,” look carefully around you and you will easily find this thing. It’s easier for women to do this; just at home, standing with your back to the mirror, bend over and look at yourself. After these lines, many will accuse the author of vulgarity, but in vain.
If we turn to the history of Ancient Greece, whose culture became the basis of the culture of Ancient Rome, we will see that this particular symbol, pierced by an arrow, denoted bodily love - eros (in Greece, love was denoted by three words for three states: Eros - bodily love; Philos - love to wisdom; Agape - divine love). In a society dominated by cult beautiful body and wore beautiful name gluetus - gluteal, and the arrow denoting masculinity was in place. In other words, this outline-symbol, pierced by an arrow, means the act of copulation between a man and a woman. The Catholic Church, having borrowed the ritual of the polytheists, called the symbol of this ritual the heart. Truly, “if you read “buffalo” on an elephant’s cage, don’t believe your eyes” (K. Prutkov).
But that's not all. According to the “Christian” tradition, it is believed that “St. Valentine’s Day” is celebrated in honor of the martyr for the faith. About the martyrdom of St. There are many legends about Valentine. One of them tells that the Roman Emperor Claudius believed that the family prevented soldiers from fighting selflessly, without looking back for the empire, and issued a decree prohibiting military personnel from getting married. However, the Roman priest Valentin, despite the decree, continued to marry everyone indiscriminately. For this, on February 14, 273, Valentine was executed.
In other words, in ancient Rome, when recruiting the army, there was a law according to which anyone who wanted to serve in the Roman army for a very good monetary reward under a contract had to refuse to create his own family. This was done not so much to ensure that the army was mobile, but to ensure civil peace in the state. After all, it was a time of incessant palace coups. The overthrow of the emperor was carried out by killing him and his devoted comrades. The strength of the emperor on the throne was ensured by an army loyal to him. The withdrawal of the army from clan squabbles led to the period from 284 to 476 marking the heyday of the Roman Empire. If soldiers started families, they were automatically drawn into protecting the interests of those clans to which their wives belonged. The army was not becoming a single, monolithic organism, but was turning into a collection of armed formations warring among themselves. In other words, this is a civil war. And at this time, the Christian priest Valentin actively worked to ensure that the fire of civil war broke out in the country. Good humanity!
No one claims that the Roman Empire was fair. Not at all. Its existence was determined by the course of globalization. But civil wars always lead to suffering for many people. The Christian priest Valentin, while crowning the soldiers, committed a crime against the people, preparing a civil war, while covering up his actions with the hypocritical assertion that he was acting for the good and in the interests of the people.
In 496, after the dismemberment of the Roman Empire, Pope Gelasius declared February 14 "St. Valentine's Day." This day was declared the holiday of all lovers (a kind of PR campaign for the church). And for the last 15 years, the Orthodox of Holy Rus' have been celebrating St. Day in February. Valentine is a ritual of the Catholic Church2.
Sources:
1. Y.V. Ushakov “St. Valentine - patron saint of the mentally ill”
2. A.I. Beloglazov “The Russian Orthodox Church kisses a Valentine”
Beloslav "Boomerovod"
A near imaginary future. Year 20xx...
- What does “I won’t celebrate?” mean?
Commissioner for Educational and preventive work grunted in surprise and dropped the pen. While he was lifting her, groaning and cursing, a young guy Denis, 23 years old, dressed at home, in a T-shirt and sports trousers stood in the gate opening and watched this picture.
- But I won’t and that’s it! This is not our holiday! Alien! - the guy answered, waiting for the fat commissioner to take a vertical position. “I wonder - where do they sew uniforms for them? The tea will be no smaller than size 56,” he thought.
- I'll give it to you, alien! Do you see the decree?
He began to poke a photocopy of the stamp paper “On the Celebration of St. Valentine’s Day” in his face and continued:
- The government, you know, takes care of him, they gave him an extra holiday, but he wanders around! Once it is said to celebrate, it means to celebrate!
"Alien!" , he mimicked the guy. And then enlightenment dawned on his head, which was sparse of thoughts:
- Or maybe you’re also a racist? Since the holiday is foreign to you? No, he's definitely a racist! Now you will quickly thunder along 282!
- In general, why did you suddenly decide that I’m not celebrating? - he interrupted the train of thoughts that had begun.
- How can you look, you see, everyone hung balloons on their houses, hearts and all that. Everything is according to the decree. Since the government considers this holiday to be such a great one, then it should be celebrated; in St. Petersburg they even made it an official kissing day. There, gays were specially invited for these purposes as a sign of reconciliation and repentance for the totalitarian past.
- Why are there no balls in that two-story mansion opposite? - asked the owner of the house
- Wow!!! These are Tajik hardworking migrants! After all, a thousand-year-old culture and original traditions cannot be imposed on them,” the commissioner sprinkled with cliches memorized in political classes. “In short, if I buy these balls and hang them up, will everything be fine?” - Denis responded wearily
- To hell with you! Buy it, hang it, cross it off the list! After all, by buying these useful things you help our dear hardworking migrants! must understand the political situation! Still green. In general, I’ll come and check in an hour,” he threatened, squeezing into the official “six”...
Addition from readers
By the way, St. Valentine can also be accused of undermining the military power of the state, with all the ensuing consequences for those who celebrate this day. Because, according to legend, at the time when St. Valentine preached the Christian faith, which was outlawed, the Roman Empire waged a difficult war with the Goths. And so that legionnaires would not become attached to their families and would fight better, the Roman Emperor Claudius II forbade men from getting married, and women and girls from getting married.
But Saint Valentine, who was an ordinary priest and sympathized with the unhappy lovers, dared to disobey the emperor and secretly from everyone, under the cover of darkness, sanctified the marriage loving men and women. This soon became known to the authorities, and Saint Valentine was thrown into prison and sentenced to death.
