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The first day of Valentine’s week starts with Rose Day. Rose has been a symbol of love for lovers all over the world. Each colour represents different things—red means love, yellow means friendship, pink signifies admiration, and white means purity. So choose your Valentine’s Day roses and shower your dear ones with love. The holiday and its origins weren't always so lovey-dovey. Here is a history lesson on Valentine's Day, plus when it takes place in 2024. This year, Valentine's Day falls on Wednesday, Feb. 14 Ash Wednesday, this year, falls on the same date as Valentine's Day: Feb 14. Easter, this year, falls on the same date as April Fool's Day: April 1. VALENTINE'S DAY. Valentine’s Day began as St. Valentine’s Day, a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. February 14th first became associated with romantic love during the High Middle Ages as the tradition of courtly love was then flourishing. This year, Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday fall on the same day for the first time since 2018. What are the faithful to do? Catholic Reddit users have ideas. As rare as it may sound, it’s not uncommon for Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day to fall on a Wednesday together. In fact, it hasn’t been long since our last shared Ash First, a quick refresher: Valentine's Day always falls on February 14, but the day of the week varies by year. In 2025, Valentine's Day will be on a Friday for the first time since 2020. How Did Valentine’s Day Start? Some historians believe it has roots in the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia. 7. The tradition of giving Valentine's Day flowers dates back to the 17th century. Giving red roses may be an obvious romantic gesture today, but it wasn't always! When is Ash Wednesday? Valentine's Day is, of course, always Feb. 14. But Ash Wednesday, Mardi Gras and President's Day are so-called moveable feasts. Pope declared Feb. 14 as Valentine's Day in 5th Century Pope Gelasius declared Feb. 14 as St. Valentine’s Day in 496 AD. It was not until much later, however, that the day became definitively The skull of St Valentine is kept in the Greek-Catholic Church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in Rome. Credit: nomadFra/Shutterstock “I think the convergence of Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day can really show us how we’re supposed to do penance — not only as individuals, but in communion with others, and how our penance is always ordered toward our neighbor,” said Father Dustin Dought CNA Staff, Feb 11, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). If you’re giving up sweets for Lent, you may not be happy to learn that this year Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day. “Why not celebrate Valentine’s a few days early, on World Marriage Day, which always falls on the Sunday closest to Valentine’s Day? This year, World Marriage Day falls on Sunday, Feb. 11. “Why not celebrate Valentine’s a few days early, on World Marriage Day, which always falls on the Sunday closest to Valentine’s Day? This year, World Marriage Day falls on Sunday, Feb. 11. That date also happens to be Super Bowl Sunday. Ash Wednesday is a day of solemnity, fasting, and abstinence; Valentine's Day celebrates St. Valentine but tends to lend itself to indulgence. Nothing formal has been released around official direction from the church. Valentine’s Day, which always falls on Feb. 14, takes its name from an early Roman martyr, St. Valentine, who is associated with legends of secretly marrying Christian couples. But in 1969, St. Valentine’s feast day was removed from the Roman liturgical calendar, so Catholics in the Latin Church now liturgically celebrate Sts. FILE - Valentine's Day balloons are displayed at a grocery store in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Feb. 10, 2022. In 2024, Feb. 14 is a holiday heavyweight due to a calendar collision of events — it’s It's always between March 22 and April 25. To pinpoint Ash Wednesday, back up six weeks and four days from Easter. Ash Wednesday was on Valentine's Day in 1945, 1934 and 1923, but the last With very few Valentine’s Day reservations left, Betty on Burke is offering a prefix wine dinner this Wednesday, Feb. 12. Reservations can be made online, but hurry—it's a hot commodity, one A number of diocesan papers have been addressing the overlay of Ash Wednesday and St. Valentine’s Day, and the practically universal guidance is (a) Valentine’s Day (at least as celebrated
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