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St Patrick's Day

Saturday, 17 March

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St Patrick’s Day


Green attire, Church Services and no restriction on food and drinks, doesn’t this remind of the St Patrick’s Day? Well! St Patrick’s Day is not a day of green clothes or unlimited food and beverages. It is observed as a religious holiday with no limitation to a particular Nation.

 

17 March commemorates the most commonly recognized Ireland saint, St Patrick and the introduction of Christianity in Ireland. St Patrick’s Day has been on the calendars from the 17th century and has become a secular feast since then.

 

St Patrick’s Day is generally perceived as a traditional Roman Catholic and Irish holiday. The day is so popular that most people who are not Catholics also love to celebrate it.

On the other, most people don’t really know the purpose of celebrating St Patrick’s Day.  When we dig into the history, we get know many interesting events and facts that are informative and amazing to know.

 

St Patrick lived in Ireland long ago and was known as a missionary as he went around preaching people about religion and spirituality. The history has recorded the Irish myths and culture that say that St Patrick was the man who drove snakes away from Ireland. However, most people disagree with this as they feel that Ireland is an island and so it is hard for the snakes to survive there. St Patrick had a strong urge to spread Christianity and he struggled a lot to establish numerous monasteries and churches across Ireland. Patrick’s mission to spread Christianity as a religion has lasted for three decades. He breathed his last on March 17th in the 5th century. So, this day is celebrated as the St Patrick’s Day.

 

On the other hand, the color green has no relation with the color of St Patrick though! Green is the symbol of Ireland since the 19th century. So, people wear green to pay tribute to Ireland on this day.

 

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