HISTORY

A LONG TIME AGO, IN 387 A.D., A BABY WAS BORN IN

ENGLAND.

HIS NAME WAS MAEWYN SUCCAT.

MAEWYN WAS A COMMON BOY:

MAEWYN WENT TO SCHOOL,

MAEWYN PLAYED,

AND MAEWYN WENT TO CHURCH.

WHEN MAEWYN WAS 16 YEARS OLD HE WAS CAPTURED BY PIRATES.

THE PIRATES TOOK MAEWYN TO IRELAND.

THE PIRATES SOLD MAEWYN AS A SLAVE.

MAEWYN WORKED LIKE A SLAVE:

MAEWYN GAVE FOOD TO THE PIGS,

MAEWYN CLEANED THE FLOOR,

AND MAEWYN HAD TO LEARN ANOTHER RELIGION AND LANGUAGE.

PAGANISM

AFTER SIX YEARS, MAEWYN WAS VERY LONELY AND SAD.

AND ONE DAY HE DECIDED TO ESCAPE.

MAEWYN WALKED, WALKED, WALKED…

…WALKED 200 MILES (321 KM) UNTIL HE ARRIVED AT THE SEA.

MAEWYN EXPLAINED HIS SITUATION TO A CAPTAIN OF A FRENCH SHIP AND THE CAPTAIN TOOK HIM TO FRANCE.

DURING THE MEALS ON THE SHIPMAEWYN ALWAYS PRAYED TO GOD.

AFTER THREE DAYS THE SHIP ARRIVED IN FRANCE.

AFTER THREE DAYS ON THE SEATHEY HAD NO MORE FOOD ON THE

SHIP AND WERE VERY HUNGRY.

THE CAPTAIN ASKED MAEWYN TO PRAY FOR FOOD…

AND GOD SENT THEM FOOD IN THE FORM OF PIGS.

AFTER EATING…

… THE CAPTAIN TOOK MAEWYN BACK HOME

(ENGLAND).

MAEWYN WENT TO A MONASTERY AND…

…THE PRIEST ACCEPTED HIM IN THE MONASTERY.

ONE NIGHT MAEWYN HAD A DREAM ABOUT IRELAND AND ITS PAGAN PEOPLE.

AFTER STUDYING A LOT, MAEWYN BECAME A BISHOP AND HAD HIS NAME CHANGED TO

PATRICK.

PATRICK RECEIVED A MISSION FROM POPECELESTINE I: TO TEACH THE CHRISTIANITY TO THE PAGAN PEOPLE OF IRELAND.

PATRICK WENT TO IRELAND...

AND STARTED TEACHING THE CHRISTIANITY TO THE PAGAN PEOPLE.

PATRICK USED A SHAMROCK TO TEACH THE PAGAN PEOPLE ABOUT THE HOLY TRINITY.

PATRICK EXPLAINED THE CHRISTIAN GOD IS THREE IN ONE: THE FATHER, THE SON AND

THE HOLY SPIRIT.

Patrick also explained that people that have no religion are associated with evil like snakes

are.

AFTER SOME YEARS THE PAGAN PEOPLE OF IRELAND TURNED TO THE CHRISTIANITY AND…

…PATRICK “DROVE” ALL THE “SNAKES” OUT OF IRELAND.

PATRICK FOUNDED MANY CHURCHES IN IRELAND…

…AND CONTINUED HIS MISSION UNTIL HE DIED ON MARCH 17TH 461 A.D. …

…AND HIS NAME WAS CHANGED TO SAINT PATRICK.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY

ST. PATRICK’S DAY IS A NATIONALHOLIDAY IN IRELANDBUT IT’S CELEBRATED BY IRISH AND NON-IRISH PEOPLEIN MANY COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD.

IT’S A CHRISTIAN HOLIDAY WHEN PEOPLE CELEBRATE THE SAINT WHO CONVERTEDIRELAND FROM PAGANISM TO CATHOLICISM.

THE CELEBRATIONOF ST. PATRICK’S DAY

ST. PATRICK’S DAY IS CELEBRATED WITH FESTIVALS, PARADES AND MASSES.PEOPLE USE AND WEAR IRISH AND NON-IRISH SYMBOLS SUCH AS THE COLOR GREEN, THE COLORS OF THE COUNTRY FLAG, TRADITIONAL IRISH FOOD AND DRINK, GREEN CLOTHES, SHAMROCKS, 4-LEAFED CLOVERS, SNAKES, LEPRECHAUNS, RAINBOWS, POTS OF GOLD, HARPS, THE HOLY TRINITY, ETC. TO CELEBRATE THIS IMPORTANT HOLIDAY.

SYMBOLS OF ST. PATRICK’S DAY

THE HOLY TRINITY

SHAMROCK

4-LEAFED CLOVER

SNAKE

THE COLOR GREEN

GREEN TUXEDO GREEN T-SHIRTGREEN NIKE SNEAKERS

GREEN MUFFIN GREEN BEERGREEN

APPLE SYMBOL GREEN BEARD

LEPRECHAUN

RAINBOW

POT OF GOLD

HARP

GUINNESS BEER

IRISH COFFEE

IRISH FLAG

AND ITS COLORS

IRISH COOKIES

ST. PATRICK’S DAY IN THE WORLD

U.S.A.

CHICAGO RIVER

NEW YORK PARADE NYC ST. PATRICK CATHEDRAL

ENGLAND

PARADE IN LONDON

CANADA

PARADE IN MONTREAL

GERMANY

PARADE IN MUNICH

DENMARK

PARADE IN COPENHAGEN

RUSSIA

PARADE IN MOSCOW