02/14/2024 - Day of all lovers

13-02-2024

According to one version, the celebration of Valentine's Day began in the Roman Empire in 270 BC, during the reign of Claudius II (268-270). During the war, Claudius apparently did not want soldiers to marry, because he believed that marriage made them weak and burdened with family life.
However, a clergyman named Valentin married the lovers secretly. When the ruler found out about it, the bishop was captured, subjected to severe torture and later beheaded for "anti-state" activities.

On the night before his execution, which took place on February 14, he wrote a love letter in verse to a girl, probably the daughter of a prison warden, whom he had befriended in prison, and signed it: "Your Valentine." Later, such letters were called "valentines".

"Etalon-Ukraine" company congratulates everyone on Valentine's Day and wishes you incredible love and happiness every day!

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