St. Patrick’s Day

    St. Patrick was the patron saint of Ireland, who was once Christian and born in Britain. St. Patrick at the age of 16, was kidnapped by some Irish raiders and taken to Ireland and became a shepherd, outdoors and away from people. Then one day, he heard a voice telling him to go back home to your family, St. Patrick believing it was God followed his command.

   

  Once at his homeland with his family, he felt like he could not forget about Ireland, then one day he believed that an angel told him to go back to Ireland as a missionary. Before returning he was ordained a priest and spent 40 years at Ireland to spread Christianity faith among the Celtic Pagan Population. 

  On March 17, 1416 they honor him for spreading the religion across Ireland. Green is worn because of Ireland’s nickname “The Emerald Isle,” although this holiday was originally supposed to be blue but since of the nickname they changed it to green instead. There is a legend said in Ireland, that wearing green makes a person invisible to leprechauns that will pinch anyone they see, which is the people not wearing green.