Mother's Days in various parts of the world
Mother's Day is celebrated on different days throughout the world. "Mother’s Day" occurs around the world at different times in different countries: In the UK, much of the English speaking world, many of the Commonwealth countries including Australia and New Zealand, and Canada, while many Island around the World including Caribbean and Mediterrain Islands, plus many Baltic countries all celebrate Mothers Day or Mothering Sunday in 2009 is on 22nd March. In the USA and a large part of the rest of the World 2009 has Mothers Day or Mothering Sunday on 10th May. Norway is an exception being on 8th February 2009. France and some North African countries have their Mothers Day or Mothering Sunday in 2009 on May 31st. Spain & Portugal celebrate Their Mothers Day on 3rd May 2009. In some countries on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and others on the second Sunday in May. There are individual countries which link Mother’s day with Women’s day and Parent’s day
second Sunday in February |
Norway |
Shevat 30 (falls anywhere between January 30 and March 1) |
Israel |
March 3 |
Georgia |
March 8 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina , Serbia , Montenegro , Slovenia , Macedonia , Albania , Bulgaria , Romania , Belarus , Russia , Ukraine , Vietnam . The date coincides with the International Women's Day. |
fourth Sunday in Lent (Mothering Sunday - March 22 in 2009) |
Ireland , United Kingdom |
March 21 (first day of spring) |
Bahrain , Egypt , Lebanon , Syria , Palestinian Territories , Jordan , Kuwait , United Arab Emirates , Yemen |
April 7 |
Armenia |
first Sunday in May |
Hungary , Lithuania , Portugal , Spain |
May 8 |
South Korea , Albania (Parents' Day) |
May 10 |
much of South America, El Salvador, Guatemala, India, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Singapore |
second Sunday in May
see: Mother's Day ( United States ) |
Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, cuador, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Malta, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe |
May 26 |
Poland |
May 27 |
Bolivia |
last Sunday in May |
France (except if it coincides with Pentecost day, in which case Mother's Day will be shifted to the first Sunday of June), Dominican Republic, Haiti, Sweden |
May 30 |
Nicaragua |
August 12 |
Thailand (the birthday of Queen Sirikit Kitiyakara) |
August 15 (Assumption Day) |
Antwerp ( Belgium ), Costa Rica |
second or third Sunday in October |
Argentina (Día de la Madre) |
last Sunday in November |
Russia |
December 8 |
Panama |
December 22 |
Indonesia |
20th Jumada al-thani (also called Women's Day) |
Iran and other Muslim peoples, especially Shias. The date is the (disputed) birthday of Fatima Zahra. The Islamic calendar is lunar so it cycles relative to the Western calendar. |
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