Why is St. Patricks Day celebrated?
Celebrated on March 17 (the date of St. Patrick’s death), Saint Patrick’s Day is a religious holiday to commemorate the life of the Irish patron saint.
Saint Patrick was kidnapped by Irish raiders and taken as a slave at the age of 16. He said he was told by God in a dream to flee from captivity and return to Britian, where he studied to be a priest at the Church Auxerre in Gaul. He returned to Ireland to bring religion to their pagan traditions. He used methods including using a shamrock to explain Trinity to the Irish. He is the leader of Irish Christianity.
People celebrate St. Patrick’s Day to honor the guy who brought Christianity to Ireland. The MYTH about St. Patrick driving all the snakes out of Ireland(there are no snakes in Ireland, never were), refers to how he managed to convert the pagans living there, or forced them out of Ireland because they refused to convert.
St. Patrick’s Day is a fun way to celebrate the Luck o’ the Irish with your friends and family. This spring time party is a great way to teach your kids the customary importance of this Day. Plan a fun filled St. Patrick’s Day party for kids with great party games, crafts, and food. Selecting a St. Patrick’s Day party theme should be easy, as all you have to do is Go Green!! You don’t need to be Irish to kick up your heels and get started. So why not gather the wee lads and lasses and celebrate this day in perfect Irish style!
It is sometimes said that St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated because it is the day that the patron saint of Ireland, Patrick, drove the serpents from Ireland. More traditionally, the date is when St. Patrick died. St. Patrick died on 17 March 461 AD. and has been celebrated ever since. St. Paddy is celebrated is because St. Patrick spent thirty years building and setting up monasteries and places of worship all around Ireland. As anyone who has been to Ireland will know, religion is a big part of being Irish.
• 1 of 10 by Linda Paul Traditions abound on St. Patrick’s Day, including wearing of the green, drinking green beer, and watching for leprechauns. St. Patrick’s Day originated, of course, in Ireland as at first a holy day and later as a symbol of Irish read more • 2 of 10 by Diana G. Lea St. Patrick’s Day History and Celebration St. Patrick’s Day will soon be here and many of us, Irish or not, will be wearing the green. Who was St.
