February 14th

Today is St Valentine's day. Valentine was martyred in Rome c 269 and is said to have left a love letter to his sweetheart; hence the custom of cards and romance on Feb 14th.

It is also the day in the church calendar when St Cyril and St Methodius, two brothers, are remembered for their work in taking the gospel to the Slavic people in the Balkans during the ninth century and for their insistence in using the local language rather than Latin. You can read about them at:
http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/02/14.html