Стр.118 Valentines Day/Peter and Fevrona Day ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 4 класс
Valentinetasks Day/Peter and Fevronia Day 1 Look at the pictures and the title of the text. What is the text about?
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Valentinetasks Day/Peter and Fevronia Day
1 Look at the pictures and the title of the text. What is the text about? How do you think the people in the pictures are related to the text? Tell the class about it. Then read the text and check your answers.
The History of Valentinetasks Pay
Every February, all over the world, people exchange sweets, flowers and gifts in the name of St. Valentine. But who was St. Valentine? Why do we celebrate Valentinetasks Day on 14th February? Why do we give flowers and cards to the people we love?
Some people believe that Father Valentine was a priest in Italy in the third century. The Roman Emperor Claudius II didntaskt want his soldiers to marry. But Father Valentine continued to marry them in secret. When Claudius found out, he put Father Valentine in prison. Father Valentine died
on 14th February.
When Father Valentine was in prison, the young couples he married visited him secretly and gave him flowers and thank-you notes. Thattasks how the tradition of giving flowers and cards started.
2 What do you know about Peter and Fevronia Day? Complete the sentences. Then read and check your answers.
The Day of Married Love and Family Happiness holiday is on 8th July. Peter and Fevronia day, the Orthodox patron saints of marriage and family life.
A 16th-century story tells how Prince Peter, who ruled the Russian city of Murom in the 13th century, was very ill. Fevronia, a young peasant woman cured the prince and he promised to marry her. The prince at first broke his promise, but in the end they got married.
Peter and Fevronia died at the same time on 8 July, 1228. The city of Murom is the centre of the celebrations. One of the traditions is to exchange ‘fevronki’, a type of Valentinetasks Day heart-shaped cards.
1 Peter and Fevronia Day is on 8th July.
2 Peter and Fevronia are patron saints of marriage and family life.
3 One of the traditions is to exchange fevronki a type of Valentinetasks Day card.