Is St Valentine’s Day a Christian festival?
By 
Karen Murdarasi2022-02-14T09:53:00
Karen Murdarasi isn’t sure there’s much historical accuracy in the myths and legends that surround the origins of St Valentine’s Day. But that doesn’t mean Christians shouldn’t take the opportunity it presents to love those around them well.
Related articles
-
OpinionChristian Valentine’s Day memes: the good, the bad and the unbearably cringe
This Valentine’s Day, Jonty Langley takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the best and worst Christian dating memes. Little did he realise there would be so many to choose from!
-
OpinionDoes the Bible really claim that Mary was a virgin?
The virgin birth is one of Christianity’s wildest – and most disputed claims. But was it just a case of misinterpretation?
-
OpinionIs Christmas a pagan festival?
Is Jesus’ birth really the reason for the season? Or did early Christians simply steal a much older, pagan festival and parachute Christ in? Karen Murdarasi explains
More from History
-
OpinionJohn Henry Newman has been made a Doctor of the Church. But who is he and what does it mean?
St John Henry Newman, one of the most influential English theologians of the 19th century, is to be made a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo. Jack Chisnall, who lived in Newman’s room at Oxford, explains what it means - and the impact Newman had on his own life and faith
-
OpinionThe Killing Fields: Can there be redemption for a genocidal killer?
Today marks 50 years since the beginning of the Khmer Rouge’s reign of terror, during which 1.3 million people were killed and buried in the Cambodian Killing Fields. In looking at the history, Julia Cameron unearths a shocking story of God’s lavish grace
-
OpinionSam Sharpe: the slave-turned-preacher who helped to bring about abolition
Sam Sharpe was a Jamaican Baptist deacon who was hung for inciting a riot in 1831. He played a key role in ending the enslavement of Africans in the Caribbean. This Black History Month, Rev Dr Carlton Turner pays tribute to the faith of a man who sought to bring freedom to his people
- Issues
- Topics A-Z
- Writers A-Z
- © 2025 Premier Christianity
Site powered by Webvision Cloud