Share this Story: The St. Valentine of Valentine's Day never existed — here's the real reason we celebrateThe St. Valentine of Valentine's Day never existed — here's the real reason we celebrate The whole holiday may simply have been a ploy to stop early Christians from attending blood orgiesArticle content Sunday Feb. 14 is Valentine’s Day. February 14th isn’t St. Valentine’s Day anymore, it’s Saints Cyril and Methodius Day. So where do we get the idea of St. Valentine as someone secretly marrying people or passing love notes between imprisoned couples or whatever? So the St. Valentines, despite paying the ultimate price for their faith, are all remembered for something they absolutely did not do. Anyway; it doesn’t matter where St. Valentine’s Day comes from.

Source: National Post February 10, 2021 14:19 UTC