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Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated all over the world on March 17th. It is a religious holiday that evolved into a secular celebration of Ireland's culture. The holiday is named after Saint Patrick who is the most widely known patron saint of Ireland.
Photo sources from top, then left to right: 1, 2, 3, 4The person who has later canonized as St Patrick was born in Roman Britain in the 4th century. At the age of 16 he was kidnapped and taken to Ireland as a slave. He remained captive for about 6 years until he had a dream in which he was told by God to flee and return to Britain. The dream came true and he returned to Britain and studied to be a priest.
Photo sources from top, then left to right: 1, 2, 3, 4In 432 St Patrick returned to Ireland as a bishop and proceeded to convert Irish to Christianity. He used the shamrock, a three- leaf clover, to explain the concept of Trinity to the Irish.
Photo sources from top, then left to right: 1, 2, 3, 4Saint Patrick's Day became an official public holiday in Ireland in 1903. And in the mid-1990s the Irish government began a campaign to use Saint Patrick's Day to showcase Ireland and its culture. Wearing green and displaying images of shamrock have become a tradition for Saint Patrick's Day all over the world.
Story by Alla (FleetingStillness)
10 comments:
interesting article!
thank you so much for including my embroidery!
What a great post and such a spring fresh items!
A very interesting post with useful information! Thank you, and thank you for including my card.
So nice finds!
Adorable collection!!
beautiful greens!
Interesting! Thank you
Interesting story! Thank you for sharing and including my thread acorns ornament!
Very interesting information!
Excellent collection! ♥
Thanks for including my little Gnome!
Beautiful!
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