Sentences with phrase «roman pagan holiday»

Valentine's Day originally had it's origins in the Roman pagan holiday of Lupercalia Day.

Not exact matches

The Catholic church set the birth of Jesus to be at the same time of the pagan holidays of the Winter Solstice, which the Romans called Saturnalia.

From the vestments (which are really nothing more than the Fourth Century CE court clothing of the Eastern Roman Empire), the canonized saints (which are essentially «Christian» demigods that replaced the pagan pantheon), the numerous feast days and holy days (which replaced pagan holidays), the statues and painted icons (which replaced pagan idols), and the episcopal structure (in which «third sons» of landed aristocrats who had no hope of inheriting their fathers» titles and lands could become «princes of the church» with as much worldly comfort as the «first sons» and almost as much wealth and power), the Anglican Church was practically indistinguishable from the Roman Church except that they used English in the Mass instead of Latin.

Third, the pagans this holiday was stolen from wasn't atheistic, but polytheistic in nature (greco - roman culture).

Throughout history there have been a number of love - related meals or feasts celebrated on that date, including the pagan Feast of Lupercalia, and the Roman holiday honoring Juno, the goddess of women and marriage.