This holiday doesnt have a deep religious history. Its history is very romantic. The holiday got its name in honor of the Christian martyr Valentine sentenced by Roman pagans to death. In the III century A.D. the Roman Emperor Claudius edited a decree forbidding marriages. He thought that marriages held soldiers at home and didnt give them the opportunity to be good warriors. But the young priest called Valentine wreathed the pairs secretly. When Claudius found out that the priest didnt obey his decree, he put Valentine into prison and sentenced him to death. In prison Valentine wrote messages to the jailers daughter. Young people fell in love with each other in spite of grim conditions and close death. Before the execution in the 14th of February, 270 he sent his girl a short farewell note with the words from Valentine that afterwards began to mean eternal attachment, faith and love. According to church tradition St. Valentine was a priest near Rome

In England and Scotlands St. Valentine day is accompanied secret presenting an prize and Valentinok. Olden days at night February 13 rich and poor enamoured placed their own grants on stairs fondest door rang and run away. The First Valentinka came up for England her its has sent Charles duke Orleanskiy. The Unmarried girls else before sunrise on February 14 expects its narrowed beside window. They believe that first man who they see in this morning their sweetheart. In England in understandable terms became not only to present Valentinki, but also sweetnesses and Teddy Bear