09/02/2021
At this time of the year coming up to VALENTINE'S DAY, I thought it might be interesting to know the origin of the day. I looked it up and found this:.......
"Valentine’s Day has origins in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, held in mid-February. The festival, which celebrated the coming of spring, included fertility rites and the pairing off of women with men by lottery. At the end of the 5th century, Pope Gelasius I replaced Lupercalia with St. Valentine’s Day. It came to be celebrated as a day of romance from about the 14th century."
My how times have changed..... the pairing of couples by lottery!!!
Lets be grateful that we live in a time when we have choice in our life partner!
Valentine's Day is celebrated on Sunday, February 14 2021.