valentine's day

Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. It originated as a Christian feast day honoring one or two early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine and, through later folk traditions, has become a significant cultural, religious, and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world.There are a number of martyrdom stories associated with various Valentines connected to February 14, including an account of the imprisonment of Saint Valentine of Rome for ministering to Christians persecuted under the Roman Empire in the third century. According to an early tradition, Saint Valentine restored sight to the blind daughter of his jailer. Numerous later additions to the legend have better related it to the theme of love: an 18th-century embellishment to the legend claims he wrote the jailer's daughter a letter signed "Your Valentine" as a farewell before his execution; another tradition posits that Saint Valentine performed weddings for Christian soldiers who were forbidden to marry.There is a tradition that the Feast of Saint Valentine was established by Pope Gelasius I in AD 496 to be celebrated on February 14 in honour of Saint Valentine of Rome, who died on that date in AD 269. The feast is found in the Gelasian Sacramentary (which was compiled after Gelasius), meaning that is has been observed since at least the eighth century. The day became associated with romantic love in the 14th and 15th centuries when notions of courtly love flourished, apparently by association with the "lovebirds" of early spring. In 18th-century England, it grew into an occasion in which couples expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). Valentine's Day symbols that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards. In Italy, Saint Valentine's Keys are given to lovers "as a romantic symbol and an invitation to unlock the giver's heart", as well as to children to ward off epilepsy (called Saint Valentine's Malady).Saint Valentine's Day is not a public holiday in any country, although it is an official feast day in the Anglican Communion and the Lutheran Church. Many parts of the Eastern Orthodox Church also celebrate Saint Valentine's Day on July 6 in honor of Roman presbyter Saint Valentine, and on July 30 in honor of Hieromartyr Valentine, the Bishop of Interamna (modern Terni).

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  1. C

    Valentine yako iliendaje?

    Wana MMU, na waumini wote wa mapenzi mpo salama? Valentine yako iliendaje? Matarajio yalifikiwa? Ulipata ulichokuwa unafikiria ungepata? Valentine wako allitokomea? Au ulipata surprise ya mwaka iliyoongeza tabasamu siku hiyo na kufanya iwe Valentine ya kukumbukwa? Let's go😀😀
  2. I am Groot

    Kuna watu wako hivi siku ya leo Valentine's day😂

    SOMETIMES wako Alone; SOMETIMES they're not😂😂 P Ila jamaa kipaji sana🙌🙌
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    Historia Fupi ya Siku ya Wapendanao (Valentine's Day)

    Hii ni siku inayoadhimishwa kila mwaka ifikapo Februari 14. Imetokana na Mtakatifu, Askofu wa Kanisa Katoliki wa miaka ya 496 baada ya Kristo aliyeitwa Valentino. Siku hii watu wengi huiadhimisha kwa kupeana zawadi mbalimbali kama kadi, maua na nyingine nyingi zenye ishara ya upendo. Fahamu...
  4. MIXOLOGIST

    Umejipangaje kuisherekea sikukuu pendwa ya valentine's day 2024

    Waslaam wana JF Kwa wale wazeee wa ma-lovey dovey dovey hii ni sikukuu pendwa sana kwenu Binafsi, ninafikiria kwenda kusherekea na watoto yatima, nataka nitoe sadaka ya vitu mbali mbali kwa watoto yatima ili upendo wa Mungu uendelee kuwa nao Asanteni
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    Tetesi: Wema kuzindua ghorofa lake Valentine's Day

    Hongera Tanzania's sweetheart! Hakika unastahili pongezi Kwa kazi nzuri.
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    Valentine ni siku ya kulana kimasihara

    Hii siku inaweka presha kwa watu wengi muda mfupi. Leo ukimtoa mtoto wa kike aliyempweke utakuwa umejishindia biko. Subiri turushe kete ofisini maana wife kasafiri.
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    Wengine wakifurahia Valentine's Day, mimi naugulia maumivu ya kuchapiwa

    Daah maisha siyo fair na wala hayajawahi kuwa fair hata kidogo na hayatawahi kuwa fair hata kidogo as long as tunashaishi wacha tuendelea kuhustle. Si maana yaani bwana mwingine anacheka na wengine wanafurahi, yaani sio poa kabisa. Si mnakumbuka story yangu ta jana baada ya manzi wangu...
  8. Bujibuji Simba Nyamaume

    Neno kwa umpendaye siku hii ya wapendanao St. Valentine's Day

    Here why! 'Cause I am hooked on yuh lovin like a big snapper fish Di way yuh look di way yuh dressed a dat mi caan resist Yuh personality there's no odda like it Buji Buji tellin' di world woman yuh criss A woman like you is one in a million Waan yuh inna mi arms twenty four seven I would a get...
  9. De Opera

    Haki ya nani X wangu atapata tabu sana na mpango wangu Februari 14

    Wakuu, plani yangu kesho ni hiyo kwa ajili ya EX wangu. 😂 Mwenye plan nyingine anipe tafadhali! ---------------👇-------------- This's for (Jokes). If you want a serious post, go and write what suits you! 🙌 Sometimes we need to be funny, so kila muda umekunja tu sura! Utakuwa na matatizo ya...
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    Valentine's day inaniharibia bajeti

    Hayawi hayawi sasa yamekuwa! Nimeshapatikana mieee na tarehe 14 ndo hiyoooo... sawa ndo nimefall lakini baada ya kuorder zawadi ya Mr...design kama vile ni gharama.... no regrets, nina tafakari tu. Hili wazo na nyie wenzangu hamlipatagi hapa na pale??
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    Valentine's day, what can you do?

    Valentine's Day is a special day dedicated to celebrating love and affection between intimate partners. This holiday is widely celebrated around the world and offers an opportunity to express love and appreciation for that special someone in your life. While the traditional approach to...
  12. Kasomi

    Happy Valentine's day to you all (JF members & JF Crew)

    If someone ask me when shall I stop loving and using JF, ask my intellect when will it stop learning? I have one wish for Valentine’s Day To you all JF members
  13. Kasomi

    Fahamu machache kuhusu siku ya Wapendanao(Valentine 's Day)

    MACHACHE KUHUSU SIKU YA WAPENDANAO((VALENTINE'S DAY) Salute mate, hongereni wenye wenza kipindi hiki cha tarehe 14 februari. Pia hongera kwangu kwa 10,000 Messages since nijisajili cheers 🥂🥂🥂 Back to topic, Yafuatayo ni machache kuhusu Siku ya wapendanao yaani Valentine's day. 1- hufanyika...
  14. Kimemeta

    Valentine's Day: Kwanini akina dada wanadhani wao ndiyo wanatakiwa wapewe zawadi na sio wao kutoa zawadi?

    Ni jioni tulivu kuelekea kesho siku ambayo wanadamu tumeamua kuopotosha kabisa maana yake halisi na kujiwekea maana ambayo inatufurahisha sisi kizazi cha uovu. Haya hili tumekubali sasa kuna jingine kama heading inavyosomeka. Yani akina dada wanajiona wao ndo wanaostahili kupewa zawadi toka kwa...
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