why we celebrate the valantine day?

Question

was there any incident? &why it is on 14th feb

Answer 1

ur guess is as good as mine

Answer 2

On 14th feb it is Birthday of Saint Valentine - who said "Love is Spice of Life" and so every Lover celebrates this Day.

Most Important thing I would Like to tell you that on this day if you propose to any Girl or Boy they cant say NO unless and Until they are already Engaged.

So Be prepared For This Valentine Day - and Find Partner for Yourself.

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achu
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Answer 3

I have heard that it was a saint who did something for a boy in love with a girl...
Here in my country we celebrate at church ..great saints..but it is not about the love between a girl and a boy..perhaps because dramatical things happened and they gave their lives to save the icon of God ...and the Christianity...Besides..we are not that rich to buy presents for these days ..we buy only of Christmas , and of Easter...and for the days of some saints..we buy presents for those who are wearing the name of a saint...
Last time , when had money I bought a little gift for the teacher of my daughter ..when it was celebrated the day of a saint..at church..She was very ..happy..to get a gift on this occasion..

Answer 4

its just an excuse to make men buy women chocolate and to force men to have to remember another holiday- the 14th of Feb is a random day I guess

Answer 5

They are remnants of the roman festival of lust, Lupercalia. The christians made it St. Valentine as a way to push monogamy on the people. Chocolates are an aphrodisiac, or instill passion in someone and red roses mean "love" in the language of flowers while yellow mean "friendship"

Answer 6

"One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men -- his crop of potential soldiers. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death."

http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=882&display_order=1&mini_id=1084

Answer 7

Yes there was and it is named after a person involved in that incident! Go to any search engine for more detailed information.

Answer 8

As early as the fourth century B.C., the Romans engaged in an annual young man's rite to passage to the God Lupercus. The names of the teenage women were placed in a box and drawn at random by adolescent men; thus, a man was assigned a woman companion for the duration of the year, after which another lottery was staged. After eight hundred years of this cruel practice, the early church fathers sought to end this practice... They found an answer in Valentine, a bishop who had been martyred some two hundred years earlier.

According to church tradition St. Valentine was a priest near Rome in about the year 270 A.D. At that time the Roman Emperor Claudius-II who had issued an edict forbidding marriage.
This was around when the heyday of Roman empire had almost come to an end. Lack of quality administrators led to frequent civil strife. Learning declined, taxation increased, and trade slumped to a low, precarious level. And the Gauls, Slavs, Huns, Turks and Mongolians from Northern Europe and Asian increased their pressure on the empire's boundaries. The empire was grown too large to be shielded from external aggression and internal chaos with existing forces. Thus more of capable men were required to be recruited as soldiers and officers. When Claudius became the emperor, he felt that married men were more emotionally attached to their families, and thus, will not make good soldiers. So to assure quality soldiers, he banned marriage.
Valentine, a bishop , seeing the trauma of young lovers, met them in a secret place, and joined them in the sacrament of matrimony. Claudius learned of this "friend of lovers," and had him arrested. The emperor, impressed with the young priest's dignity and conviction, attempted to convert him to the roman gods, to save him from certain execution. Valentine refused to recognize Roman Gods and even attempted to convert the emperor, knowing the consequences fully.
On February 24, 270, Valentine was executed.

"From your Valentine"
While Valentine was in prison awaiting his fate, he came in contact with his jailor, Asterius. The jailor had a blind daughter. Asterius requested him to heal his daughter. Through his faith he miraculously restored the sight of Asterius' daughter. Just before his execution, he asked for a pen and paper from his jailor, and signed a farewell message to her "From Your Valentine," a phrase that lived ever after.


Valentine thus become a Patron Saint, and spiritual overseer of an annual festival. The festival involved young Romans offering women they admired, and wished to court, handwritten greetings of affection on February 14. The greeting cards acquired St.Valentine's name.

The Valentine's Day card spread with Christianity, and is now celebrated all over the world. One of the earliest card was sent in 1415 by Charles, duke of Orleans, to his wife while he was a prisoner in the Tower of London. The card is now preserved in the British Museum.

Answer 9

its just so the stores can sell $99. dollar roses witch are normally $2 dollars the day before! and its just so the store can make more money ,i wouldn't be surprised if the stores came up with valentines day!

Answer 10

We need to remembering the best lovers.
like saleem anarkali romio juliot lyla majnu.
thanks

Answer 11

good frikin question!!!!

to me its all about more money to spent and made. although it works for me in that it was the day i got married. so now when all other guys forget their anniversary mine is nationaly advertised, i never have to worrry about forgetting