VALENTINE DAY AND A

CHRISTIAN.
 Valentine’s Day

• (plural Val·en·tine's Days) noun

• February 14: the Christian feast day of
St. Valentine and the traditional day for
sending a romantic card or gift,
especially anonymously, to somebody
you love. February 14.
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 valentine

• val·en·tine [vállən tn]

• (plural val·en·tines) noun
• 1. Valentine's Day card: a greeting card or gift sent,
traditionally anonymously, to somebody on
Valentine's Day as a token of love 2. recipient of
valentine: the person to whom somebody sends a
card or gift on Valentine's Day as a token of love
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 Valentine’s Day

• Valentine’s Day, annual holiday

honoring lovers. It is celebrated on
February 14 by the custom of sending
greeting cards or gifts to express
affection. The cards, known as
valentines, are often designed with
hearts to symbolize love.
The holiday probably derives
from the ancient Roman feast of
Lupercalis (February 15), also
called the Lupercalia. In an
annual rite of fertility, eligible
young men and women would be
paired as couples through a town
lottery.
Briefly clad or naked men would
then run through the town carrying
the skins of newly sacrificed goats
dipped in blood.
The women of the town would
present themselves to be gently
slapped by the strips and marked
by the blood to improve their
chances of conceiving in the coming
As Christianity came to
dominance in Europe,
pagan holidays such as
Lupercalia were
frequently renamed for
early Christian martyrs.
In 496 Pope Gelasius officially
declared February 14 to be the
feast day of two Roman martyrs,
both named Saint Valentine,
who lived in the 3rd century.
Neither Saint Valentine seems to
have an obvious connection to
courtship or lovers.
Despite attempts by the Christian
church to sanctify the holiday, the
association of Valentine’s Day with
romance and courtship continued
through the Middle Ages.
In medieval France and England it was
believed that birds mated on February
14, and the image of birds as the
symbol of lovers began to appear in
poems dedicated to the day.
By the 18th century it was common for
friends and lovers to exchange handwritten
notes on Valentine’s Day. Printed cards had
largely replaced written sentiments by the
19th century.
In 1840 Esther Howland of Worcester,
Massachusetts, created the first line of mass-
produced Valentines for sale.
Today, Valentine’s Day is second only to
Christmas as the most popular card-sending
holiday
 WHO SHOULD BE OUR MODEL OF
LOVE?
• JOHN 3 :16
• “FOR GOD SO LOVE THE WORLD,
THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN
SON. THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVE IN
HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE
EVERLASTING LIFE.”
• CHRIST SHOULD BE OUR MODEL OF
LOVE AND NOT VALENTINE.
 JOHN 14 : 15

•“IF LOVE ME KEEP

MY
COMMANDMENT”
 1 CONRINTHIANS 13 : 1-13

AND NOW ABIDE

• “…

FAITH, HOPE, LOVE,

THESE THREE; BUT THE
GREATEST OF THESE IS
LOVE.”
DO WE NEED A SPECIAL DAY TO SHOW
LOVE?

• THE BIBLE SAYS:

“LOVE YOUR
NEIGHBOUR AS YOUR
SELF”
 HOW DO YOU LOVE YOURSELF?
• IT MUST BE ALL YEAR AFFAIRS.
• LOVE MUST BE SHOWN AS CHRIST DID.
• IT MUST BE A CONTINUOUS PROCESS.
• WE MUST SHOW OUR LOVE NOT ONLY TO
OUR LOVE ONES AND RELATIVES BUT ALSO TO
OUR ENEMIES.
 CONCLUSION

• SINCE VALENTINE, THE HOLIDAY PROBABLY WAS DERIVED

FROM THE ANCIENT ROMAN FEAST OF LUPERCALIS
(FEBRUARY 15), ALSO CALLED THE LUPERCALIA, LATER
CHRISTIANIZED LIKE CHRISTMAS, WE DO NOT HAVE TO
PARTICIPATE IN SUCH WORLDLY FESTIVITIES.
• BESIDES, PARTICIPATING IN VALENTINE MAY LEAD TO
PROMISCUITY.
• CHRIST MUST BE OUR BETTER ENSAMPLE OF LOVE
AND NOT VALENTINE.
• LOVE MUST BE SHOWN ALL YEAR ROUND AND NOT
14 FEBRUARY ALONE OR VALENTINE DAY.
• WE MUST LOVE OUR LOVE ONES, RELATIVES AS
WELL AS OUR ENEMIES.