Mоther's Day
A homemade cake, one of many ways a family might celebrate Mother's Day, or Mothering Sunday Observed by Many countries Type Commercial Date Varies regionally Related to father's Day, Parents' Day, Children's Day The modern Mother's Day is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in May or in March/April, as a day to honour mothers and motherhood. In the UK and Ireland, it follows the old traditions of Mothering Sunday, celebrated in March/April.
8 March
International Women's Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women’s Day is marked on the 8th of March every year. It is a major day of global celebration of women. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements.Started as a Socialist political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries, primarily Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet bloc. In many regions, the day lost its political flavour, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love for women in a way somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Day and St Valentine's Day. In other regions, however, the original political and human rights theme designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner.
Valentine's Day
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For other uses, see Valentine and Valentine's Day .Valentine's Day Victorian Valentine's Card Also called Saint Valentine's Day Valentine's Observed by Many countries Type Cultural, Christian, commercial Significance Love and affection celebrated between lovers Date February 14 Observances Sending greeting cards and gifts, dating Saint Valentine's Day is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentine and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 500 AD. It was deleted from the Roman calendar of saints in 1969 by Pope Paul VI, but its religious observance is still permitted. It is traditionally a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). The day first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.