In many countries, there is a holiday, which is dedicated to my mother. International Mother's Day, which is celebrated in Ukraine. Discover the history and traditions of the holiday, congratulate the closest person in this day with the holiday.
Mother's Day is an international holiday, in many countries around the world celebratedthe second Sunday of May. In 2019 Mother's Day is celebrated on May 12. In Ukraine, the Mother's Day - this is a relatively new holiday, which not many people know. To support and evaluate the work of the mother - what could be better? At Mother's Day, like any holiday has its own traditions and history.
Mother's Day is different from the International Women's Day on March 8, when congratulates all girls, girls, women. The Mother's Day decided to honor only those women who are already mothers or are preparing it to become - pregnant.
holiday has roots in prehistoric times, when there was the mother cult in ancient Greece and in Asia Minor arranged Ides of March. Celebrated mothers in "Mothering Sunday" and in the UK since the 17th century.
The emergence of the modern world festival began in 1872 in the US, but finally was fixed only in 1907, when an American Anna Jarvis, in memory of his mother, turned to the authorities with a request to allocate one day a year to honor mothers. 7 years later, in 1914, US President Woodrow Wilson announced that the second Sunday in May - national holiday of all mothers of America. His initiative was supported by 23 other countries.
In Ukraine the status of national holiday Mother's Day was in 1999, and is now celebrated annually on the second Sunday of May. Do not forget, this year's Mother's Day - May 12.
necessarily Congratulate your mom on the occasion by, for example, a beautiful poem.
