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Like &subscribe👍🙏💖🥳Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, lit. 'the Day of the Festival of Patrick'), is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick (c. 385 – c. 461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland.

Saint Patrick's Day
A stained glass window depicts Saint Patrick dressed in a green robe with a halo about his head, holding a sham rock in his right hand and a staff in his left.
Saint Patrick depicted in a stained-glass window at Saint Benin's Church, Ireland
Official name
Saint Patrick's Day
Also called
Feast of Saint Patrick
Lá Fhéile Pádraig
Patrick's Day

(St) Patty's Day (Chiefly North America; considered incorrect by the Irish)[1][2][3][4]
Observed by
Irish people and people of Irish descent
Catholic Church (see calendar)
Anglican Communion (see calendars)
Eastern Orthodox Church (see calendar)
Lutheran Church (see calendar)
Type
Ethnic, national, Christian
Significance
Feast day of Saint Patrick,
commemoration of the arrival of Christianity in Ireland
Celebrations
Attending parades and a céilí Wearing green and shamrocks Drinking Irish beer and Irish whiskey
Observances
Attending Mass or service
Date
17 March
Next time
17 March 2022
Frequency
Annual
Saint Patrick's Day was made an official Christian feast day in the early 17th century and is observed by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion (especially the Church of Ireland),the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Lutheran Church. The day commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland,and celebrates the heritage and culture of the Irish in general.Celebrations generally involve public parades and festivals, céilís, and the wearing of green attire or shamrocks.Christians who belong to liturgical denominations also attend church servicesand historically the Lenten restrictions on eating and drinking alcohol were lifted for the day, which has encouraged and propagated the holiday's tradition of alcohol consumption.

Saint Patrick's Day is a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland,Northern Ireland,the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador (for provincial government employees), and the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat. It is also widely celebrated in the United Kingdom,Canada, United States, Brazil, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand, especially amongst Irish diaspora. Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated in more countries than any other national festival.Modern celebrations have been greatly influenced by those of the Irish diaspora, particularly those that developed in North America. However, there has been criticism of Saint Patrick's Day celebrations for having become too commercialised and for fostering negative stereotypes of the Irish
Saint Patrick was a 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and Bishop in Ireland. Much of what is known about Saint Patrick comes from the Declaration, which was allegedly written by Patrick himself. It is believed that he was born in Roman Britain in the fourth century, into a wealthy Romano-British family. His father was a deacon and his grandfather was a priest in the Christian church. According to the Declaration, at the age of sixteen, he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and taken as a slave to Gaelic Ireland.It says that he spent six years there working as a shepherd and that during this time he found God. The Declaration says that God told Patrick to flee to the coast, where a ship would be waiting to take him home. After making his way home, Patrick went on to become a priest.

According to tradition, Patrick returned to Ireland to convert the pagan Irish to Christianity. The Declaration says that he spent many years evangelising in the northern half of Ireland and converted thousands.

Patrick's efforts were eventually turned into an allegory in which he drove "snakes" out of Ireland, despite the fact that snakes were not known to inhabit the region.

Tradition holds that he died on 17 March and was buried at Downpatrick. Over the following centuries, many legends grew up around Patrick and he became Ireland's foremost saint. #march #celtic #shopsmall #irishmusic #fourleafclover #luckycharms #irishpride #stpatricksdayparty #photography #luck #stpatricksdaynails #stpatricksdaymakeup #stpatricksdayweekend #irishamerican #stpatricksdaycookies #etsy #paddy #stpatricksdaybaby #kissme #party #stpatricksdaytee #charms #instagood #gotgreen #irishamericans #stpatricksdaychicago #homemade #stpats #covid #irishpub

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