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Valentnes day, or the Ides of February in the Roman calendar, is the festval of the . Lupercus was the god of shepherds and his festval was intended to insure fertlity in the coming spring. At the beginning of the fes- tval, there was an animal sacrifce, and thongs (whips) were then made out of the hides of the animals. The Luperci priests would then run through the streets, dressed in bloody goatskins, and lash the women of the city with the thongs, a ritual which was meant both to promote fertlity among the women, as well as an easy childbirth.

In Greek, he is known as the Lycaean , *Lycaean is a word connected with the Greek for 'wolf' the Romans called him Inuus or Lu- The Wolf Suckling and Remus as seen in the term lycanthropy for 'werewolf'.+ Etymo- percus. logically, Luperci, Lupercalia, and Lupercal all relate to Pan is famous for his sexual powers, and is the Latn for 'wolf' lupus, as do various Latn words con- ofen depicted with a phallus (Penis), Dioge- nected with brothels. The Latn for she-wolf was slang nes of Sinope, speaking in jest, related a for prosttute. The legends say that Romulus and Re- myth of Pan learning masturbaton from his mus were nursed by a she-wolf in the Lupercal. Servius, father, Hermes, and teaching the habit to a 4th century pagan commentator on Vergil, says that shepherds. Beastality was rampant during it was in the Lupercal that Mars ravished and impreg- the Greco-Roman era! nated the twins' mother. (Servius ad. Aen. 1.273)

Christan Holidays are ancient pagan feasts that were ushered in by the Roman Catholic Church during the rule of emperor Constantne. Constantne was a pagan sun-worshipper who had a "Christan experience" that wanted to unite his empire, both Christan and pagan together. He achieved this by re-writng history and re-naming pagan feasts with so called Chris- tan names. St. Valentne's Day began as a liturgical celebraton of one or more early romans named Valentnus. Pagans in Rome celebrated the evening of February 14th and February 15th and as an idolatrous festval in honor of Lu- percus "the hunter of wolves". It was not untl the reign of Pope Gelasius that the holiday became a "Christan" custom. "As far back as 496, Pope Gelasius changed Lupercalia on February 15th to St. Valentne's Day on February 14th." The orig- inal Saint Valentne was Nimrod, on this day in February, Semiramis, the mother of Tammuz, was said to have been puri- fed and to have appeared for the frst tme in public with her son as the original "mother and child." Looking For a Location Near You To Fellowship www.israelunite.org/contact-us/ (718)-303-9655 Outside N.Y. Call (855) 484-4842 (IUIC) youtube.com/joiniuic www.periscope.tv/israelunitedinchrist