The two main Mother’s Day occasions have different roots and meanings, the European Mothering Sunday is said to have it’s history in the ancient crucible of civilization - Greece, however there is also another explanation, a more family oriented tale.
In the middle ages children were often apprenticed to learn a trade or skill. When this [...]
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For more than 500 years the fourth Sunday of Lent has been observed and celebrated in Europe. Often called Laetare Sunday, the more commonly known name is Mothering Sunday.
This ancient celebration (not to be confused with the American holiday Mothers Day) was also once known as “the Sunday of the Five Loaves,” from the traditional [...]
Different countries celebrate Mother’s Day on various days of the year because the day has a number of different origins. The celebrations (in one form or another) have existed for over a thousand years.
One school of thought claims this day emerged from a custom of mother worship in ancient Greece, which kept a festival to [...]
In most countries, Mother’s Day is a new concept copied from western civilization. In many African countries, the idea of one Mother’s Day has its origins in copying the British concept, although there are many festivals and events celebrating mothers within the many diverse cultures on the African continent that have been there centuries before [...]
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