A brief overview of why the second Sunday belongs to all mothers
Mother's Day: Why and since when have we celebrated this holiday
The second Sunday in May traditionally belongs to Mother's Day, a day when we commemorate the most important women in our lives, without whom we would not be here. How did this holiday come about and when?
Origin and history
Motherhood has been celebrated in various forms for centuries. Civilizations have always remembered the strength of the female body and its unique ability to bring new life to this world.
The forerunner of Mother's Day was also the Roman celebration of motherhood, which was celebrated on the first day of March. This day was called Matronalie and was dedicated to the goddess Juno, the protector of married women and future mothers. In ancient Greece, the feast of fertility and mothers was celebrated, associated with the worship of the pagan goddess Rhey = Cybele, the mother of the gods.
From the 16th century, the fourth Sunday from the beginning of Lent was the so-called Christian holiday. Mothering Sunday. This day served to visit his home church, the place of his origin where their families and mothers lived. Because many poor people served far from home, they were given time off for this journey. Along the way, people used to pick flowers that they brought to church or their mother. This tradition has been preserved in Great Britain and Ireland and they continue to celebrate Mother's Day on this day.
The first idea for regular international celebrations came from Anne Marie Jarvis, who is considered the founder of the day. She fought for this day to be officially recognized and celebrated. She celebrated it for the first time in 1907 in the circle of her loved ones as a mass for her mother. A year later, he was officially celebrated at Grafton Church in honor of all the mothers. In 1914, the holiday was officially declared a national holiday by the American president and he paid tribute to his mothers throughout America.
Alica Masaryková, the daughter of President T. G. Masaryk, contributed to the fact that she began to celebrate this day in Czechoslovakia.
After World War II, however, International Women's Day was a more preferred holiday, and Mother's Day went to the background. After 1989, it became public again.
The date of the celebrations of this day is not precisely given, and it is another day around the world, also due to the traditions on which the individual countries are based. Slovakia, the Czech Republic, America, Germany and Austria prefer the second Sunday in May. While the United Kingdom and Ireland celebrate it on the fourth Sunday of Lent. In Russia, the celebrations took place on the last Sunday in November and in Poland on 26 May. On the contrary, in Arab countries, this day is celebrated on March 21.
Meaning
It is a day when the world pays homage to mothers and motherhood. The goal of this day is to remember those uniqueness and irreplaceability of the mother. Stop for a moment and pay tribute to them for all their endless love and care.
It is customary that on this day children give their mothers, mothers, mothers, mothers a small gift as a thank you for what they sacrificed for them. Children in kindergartens and schools present their mothers with handmade gifts or prepare a special performance for them. However, adults also commemorate this holiday and will delight their mother with a flower or a small thing.
Stop for a moment and please your mother with a gift
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