Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day is celebrated every year on 14th February which is commonly known as a special day for lovers. It is well-known because lovers all around the world consider it as a special day for expressing their love for their beloved ones by exchanging greetings, flowers, gifts, e-cards, love letters etc. On that particular we can there will many love proposals for a boy/ girl and they will be thinking of expressing their love to each other in many unique ways and different styles. Symbol of heart is the most used symbol for love and one can find lot of greetings, e-cards, gifts, chocolates, candies in the shape of a heart on St. Valentine’s Day. Different pairs will have different kinds of plans, celebrations on 14th of every February.

Various numbers of poems and quotations on love are available which have been written by lovers for their partners as a part of expressing their love. Even a lot of movies with wonderful love stories have been picturized targeting this day and released as Valentines Day special movies in many languages across different countries of the world. Many people will be even interested to know some facts like why is Valentine’s Day celebrated, what is the history of Valentine’s Day, what is so special about Valentine’s Day. It is difficult to know what exactly is the history and story of Valentines Day because it’s been a long time since these celebrations have started so, let us know the famous story behind the celebrations of this auspicious day.
 

  

History and Story of Valentine’s Day:

It was during the third century (around 270 AD) that a priest named Saint Valentine belonging to Rome used to help in performing secret marriages against his Emperor’s law along with his mate Saint Marius. Claudius II was the Emperor of Rome at that time who wants to build a strong army for his Empire. He was in a thought of building his army with young and brave soldiers because he believed that young and unmarried soldiers would make a strong army and serve his Empire better because they will not have any wives and families so that there would be no worries in losing their lives and take part in wars. So he passed a law that unmarried men of Rome should not marry. But many young people hated this law and were against this. Even Saint Valentine was one among them and as a priest he used to perform marriages secretly without the knowledge of the Emperor. This continued for few days until one night where St. Valentine was got caught marrying a couple and luckily the couple escaped. He was put in jail after getting caught and was sentenced to death. During his stay in prison, he was visited by many young ones who believed in love and were against the Roman law. They expressed their thoughts about him in helping in secret marriages by throwing flowers and papers with some note on them. A girl who was the daughter of guard of the prison where Valentine was put also met him and it is said that they were close with each other and used to talk for a lot of time. February 14th is the day on which Saint Valentine was put to death. On the day of his death he sent a note with a message ‘Love from your Valentine’ to the prison guard’s daughter. And from this day a tradition of exchanging of messages between lovers has been carried and 14th February has been named Valentine’s Day after the famous personality Saint Valentine who had a great respect towards true love and relationships.The celebrations of Valentine’s Day have been increasing year by year in many countries around the globe.

Here are some questions related to Valentine’s Day:

When is Valentine’s Day celebrated?

February 14th

Which country did St. Valentine belong to?

Rome

What is Saint Valentine by profession?

Priest

Who was the emperor when Valentine was sentenced to death?

Claudius II Gothicus

What is the importance of Valentine’s Day?

It stands for celebration of love where people express their love for each other with the help of love greetings, red rose flowers, gifts, chocolates, Valentines’ Day candies, e-cards, love letters etc.

What is most popular color on Valentine’s Day?

Mostly red color and pink

What are common gifts that are exchanged between lovers on Valentine’s Day?

Most probably flowers, heart shaped gifts, greetings, e-cards, chocolates, candies etc.

What is the symbol that resembles love?

Heart shaped symbol