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St. Patrick's Day


Saint Patrick’s Day is a well-known cultural and religious feast held on 17 March in order to celebrate the saint patron of Ireland. Although the celebration originally was set to commemorate the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, it now became popular all over the world. It is believed that, according to the legend, Saint Patrick explained the idea of Holy Trinity to the pagans, by using the three-leaved shamrock. That is why the official color of the feast is green. Celebrations involves parades and festivals of Irish folk music. The biggest one is held in Dublin and lasts few days. But the most impressive one is the one in Chicago where the whole river is being dyed green. Everything becomes green on St. Patrick’s day: the Fountain in front the White House, The London Eye, Empire State Building, Niagara Falls, even the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw. According to the statistics each year, worldwide consumption of Guinness equals 13 million pints.



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