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Valentine's Day (English: Valentine's Day) or also known as Valentine's Day, on February 14 was a day where lovers and those who are in love declares his love in the Western World. The dark origins as a Roman Catholic feast day of Saint Valentine is discussed in the article. Some readers may want to read the entries Valentinius anyway. This feast may not be associated with romantic love before the end of the Middle Ages when such concepts were created.This feast is now mainly associated with the mutual exchange of lovers-notisi notisi in the form of "valentines". Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped including a card and a picture of a Cupid (UK: cupid) wings. Start of the 19th century, a tradition started writing notisi declaration of love to mass production of greeting cards. The Greeting Card Association (U.S. Greeting Card Association) estimates that worldwide, approximately one billion valentine cards are sent per year. [1] This makes this holiday is the second biggest holiday after Christmas where greeting cards sent. The same association also estimates that the women who buy less than 85% of all valentines.In the United States began in the second half of the 20th century, the tradition of exchanging cards also include the provision of expanded and all kinds of gifts, usually by men to women. Usual form of his gifts of roses and chocolates. Beginning in the 1980s, the diamond industry began to promote Valentine's Day as an opportunity to give jewelry.A date on Valentine's Day is often thought that couples who are dating are involved in a serious relationship. Actually, Valentine's Day Romance is not just the girlfriend or boyfriend, Valentine is the greatest day in question does not mean other than Romance and Valentine did not feel the love.In the United States this holiday became associated with a common love platonic greeting of "Happy Valentine's", which can be spoken by the men to their female friends, or, to a male friend male friend and female friend to his girlfriend.History of Valentine's DayCelebration of Fertility in FebruaryAssociation of mid-February with love and fertility has been there from eternity. According to the chronicle of ancient Athens calendar, the period between mid-January to mid February is the month of Gamelion, dedicated to the sacred marriage of Zeus and Hera god.In ancient Rome, February 15th is the feast of Lupercalia, a celebration of Lupercus, the god of fertility, which represented half-naked and dressed in goat skins. As part of the purification ritual, the priests of Lupercus meyembahkan sacrifice goats to the god and then after drinking wine, they will be running in the city of Rome jejalanan while carrying pieces of sheep skin and touching anyone they met. Especially young women willingly going ahead with it because they believe that they will be blessed with fertility and can give birth with ease.Feast of the ChurchAccording to the Catholic Encyclopedia (Catholic Encyclopaedia 1908) [2], the name of Valentine was able to refer at least three martyrs or saints (holy men) are different:

    a priest in Rome
    a bishop Interamna (modern Terni)
    a martyr in the Roman province of Africa.The connection between these three martyrs feast of romantic love is not clear. Even Pope Gelasius I, in the year 496, states that in fact nothing is known about these martyrs, but the day February 14 is set as a memorial feast of saint Valentine. [3] Some say that Pope Gelasius I accidentally set it to outperform the day feast of Lupercalia which was celebrated on February 15.Skeletal remains unearthed from the tomb of Saint Hyppolytus he Tibertinus near Via Roma, identified as the body of St. Valentinus. Then placed in a gold coffin and sent to the church Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland. The body has been given to them by Pope Gregory XVI in 1836. Many travelers now make pilgrimages to this church on Valentine's Day, in which the gold coffin, paraded in a procession of solemn procession and brought to a high altar. On that day a special mass was held and dedicated to the young people and those who are in a relationship of love.This feast is removed from the ecclesiastical calendar in 1969 as part of a broader effort to remove saints of questionable origin and based only legend. But the feast is still celebrated in some parishes.ValentiniusScience teacher Valentinius influential Gnosticism, is a candidate bishop of Rome in 143. In his teachings, wedding bed has a major place in a version of Christian Charity. The emphasis is much different from the concept of ... Christianity in general. Stephan A. Hoeller, an expert, expressed his opinion about Valentinius about this: "In addition to the sacrament of baptism, confirmation, Eucharist, the priesthood and the oil, the flow is also a prominent gnosis Valentinius emphasizes two great and mysterious sacraments called" redemption "(apolytrosis) and" place aisle "..." [5].The medieval eraThe first record of association of the feast of St. Valentine with romantic love is in the 14th century in England and France, where it is believed that February 14 is the day when the birds looking for a partner for mating. This belief is written on the work of English poet Geoffrey Chaucer's famous mid-century 14. He writes in a story Parlement of Foules (Conversation Birds) that

        For this was sent on Seynt Valentyne's day ("For this was sent on the day of Saint Valentine")
        When every foul Cometh there to choose his mate ("When all the birds come there to choose their partners")At times it was common for lovers to exchange notes on this day and calling their partner "Valentine" them. A Valentine card from the 14th century is said to be part of the collection pernaskahan British Library in London. [4] Most likely a lot of legends about the saint of Valentinus invented in this era. Some of them told me that:

    The evening before St. Valentine would fall as a martyr (a saint in the Catholic doctrine), he wrote a declaration of love he gave to the little prison warden says, "From Valentinusmu".
    When the Roman soldiers were forbidden to marry by the Emperor Claudius II, St. Valentine secretly helped marry them.In most versions of these legends, February 14 is connected to a miscarriage as a martyr.Valentine's Day in the modern eraValentine's Day was probably imported into North America from Great Britain, countries that colonize the area. In the United States the first Valentine cards are mass produced printed after 1847 by Esther A. Howland (1828 - 1904) of Worcester, Massachusetts. His father owned a bookstore and office supply stores are great and he was inspired to produce the card from an English valentine she received. (Since 2001, The Greeting Card Association annual awards issue, "Esther Howland Award for a Greeting Card Visionary".)Valentine's Day tradition in the countries of non-WesternIn Japan, Valentine's Day has emerged thanks to a massive marketing, as the day on which the women gave the men they love chocolate. But this is not done voluntarily but become a liability, especially for those who work in offices. They give chocolates to their male co-workers, sometimes at great expense. Chocolate is known as giri-choko, from the words giri (obligation) and choco (chocolate). And thanks to further marketing efforts, a day counter, called "White Day" (White Day) appeared. On this day (March 14), men who have got chocolate on Valentine's Day is expected to give something back.In Taiwan, in addition to Valentine's Day and White Day, there was one other festivals similar to the second day of this feast of the judging function. His name is "Girl Day" (Qi Xi). This day was held on the 7th day, month-7 according to the Chinese chronicle kamariyah calendar.In Indonesia, the cultural exchange of letters between the lovers speech also began to emerge. Culture is a popular culture among young people. Various forms of celebrations, starting from the sharing of love with your spouse, parents, people who are materially disadvantaged, and visit the orphanage where they desperately need the love of fellow human beings. Shops and the media (TV, radio, and magazines), especially in big cities in Indonesia bloom organize events related to Valentine.