The history of Mother's Day is more than 100 years old and the earliest Mother's Day celebration can be found among the ancient Greece. This day came into being from a tradition of Mother’s worship in Greece, who held a festival to Cybele, a great mothers of Greek gods.
In the history, the Mother’s Day began as a religious celebration like the early Christian during the 1600’s in Europe celebrated a day to tribute Mary, the Mother of Christ as the Mother Church. Over the time this festival converted into Mothering Sunday which was celebrated on the 4th Sunday of Lent (the 40 days period leading to Easter). In that time on Mothering Sunday, the servants who generally lived with their employers were allowed to go back home and honour their mothers. Treat them with special Cake called Mothering Cake.
In the U.S in 1908 Ana Jarvis, from Grafton began a rally for the creation of an National Mother’s Day in remembrance of her mother. Her request was honoured, on 10th May 1908, the first Mother's Day was celebrated at Andrew’s Methodist Church in Grafton. Two carnation flowers were given to every mother attendance in Church. So white carnation flowers pay tribute to deceased mums while pink or red carnation flowers are for alive mums. Finally in 1914, the U.S Government officially declared the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day. Since that day carnation flowers became very popular on Mother's Day in U.S.
Many other countries of world celebrate Mother’s Day at different dates of year because this day has number of different origin. But there are some countries like Finland, Canada, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Turkey, China, Australia, Denmark, Japan, Belgium, South Africa, Bangladesh, India, Germany and Pakistan also celebrate Mother’s Day on the second of May. In Ireland, United Kingdom and Nigeria celebrate Mothering Sunday on fourth Sunday of Lent.
Mother's Day 2008
Country
Day
Date
Pakistan
Second Sunday in the month of May
May 11, 2008
United States
Second Sunday in the month of May
May 11, 2008
Canada
Second Sunday in the month of May
May 11, 2008
Anguilla, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Malta, Malaysia, Myanmar, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, St. Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
Second Sunday in the month of May
May 11, 2008
Belgium
Second Sunday in the month of May
May 11, 2008
Norway
Second Sunday in the month of February
Feb 9, 2008
Georgia
Monday
March 3rd, 2008
United Kingdom, Ireland, Nigeria
Fourth Sunday in Lent (Mothering Sunday - March 2 in 2008)
March 02, 2008
Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Lebanon, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen (All Arab countries in general)
Friday
March 21, 2008
Hungary, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain
First Sunday in May
May 03, 2008
Greece
Second Sunday in the month of May
May 11, 2008
Afghanistan, Albania*, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Laos, Macedonia*, Montenegro, Moldova*, Montenegro, Romania*, Russia*, Serbia, Ukraine. *In Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Guyana, Italy, Macedonia, Mongolia, and Russia it is observed as International Women's Day, not specifically Mothers' day.
Saturday
March 08, 2008
Algeria, Dominican Republic, France (except if it coincides with Pentecost day, in which case Mother's Day will be shifted to the first Sunday of June), Haiti, Mauritius, Morocco, Sweden, Tunisia.
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