Mother’s Day Story

Mother's Day

Mother’s Day is a day honoring mothers, celebrated on various days in many places around the world. There was a story of mother worship in ancient Greece which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of Greek gods. This festival was held around the Vernal Equinox around Asia Minor and eventually in Rome itself from the Ides of March (15 March) to 18 March.

England celebrated a day called “Mothering Sunday”, celebrated on the 4th Sunday of Lent, “Mothering Sunday” to honor the mothers of England. The tribute to celebration of the mother’s day came from Anna Jarvis who first decided to raise awareness of poor health conditions in her community, a cause she believed would be best advocated by mothers. She called it “Mother’s Work Day. During this time, many of the England’s poor worked as servants for the wealthy. As most jobs were located far from their homes, the servants would live at the houses of their employers. Until it had came on Mothering Sunday, the servants could have the day off to return home and spend time with their mothers.
As Christianity spread throughout Europe the celebration changed to honor the “Mother Church” – the spiritual power that gave them life and protected them from harm. Over time the church festival blended with the Mothering Sunday celebration . People began honoring their mothers as well as the church.

In 1907 Ana Jarvis, from Philadelphia, began a campaign to establish a national Mother’s Day. Ms. Jarvis persuaded her mother’s church in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate Mother’s Day on the second anniversary of her mother’s death, the 2nd Sunday of May. By the next year Mother’s Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia.

Ms. Jarvis and her supporters began to write to ministers, businessman, and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mother’s Day. It was successful as by 1911 Mother’s Day was celebrated in almost every state. President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement proclaiming Mother’s Day as a national holiday that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.

Mother’s Day SMS / Quotes

Mother’s Day SMS, Mother’s Day Quotes, Mother’s Sayings, Popular Mother’s Day SMS on Mother Holidays.

Impressive Mother's day Quotes

“God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.”

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“For the hand that rocks the cradle, is the hand that rules the world.”
William Ross Wallace

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“I luv u mom
having u makes me feel safe & calm
I miss u mom
Missing touches 2 my face with ur chapped palm
u r the greatest
because u r my mom :)”

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“For the best mom
who always had a smile for me
I know we may be far apart right now
So here’s a great big hug and kiss
Happy Mother’s Day’

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“You’ve seen me laugh
You’ve seen me cry
And always you were there with me
I may not have always said it
But thanks and I love you
Happy Mother’s Day”

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“M is for the million things she gave me,
O means only that she’s growing old,
T is for the tears she shed to save me,
H is for her heart of purest gold,
E is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
R means right, and right she’ll always be.
Put them all together, they spell “MOTHER”
A word that means the world to me.”

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“If I had a flower for each time I thought of My Mother, I could walk in my garden forever.”

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“Once upon a memory
Someone wiped away a tear
Held me close and loved me,
Thank you, Mother dear.”

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“The Miracle of Life nurtured by a woman who gave us love and sacrifice…MOTHER”
Joel Barquez

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“There is no velvet so soft as a mother’s lap, no rose as lovely as her smile, no path so flowery as that imprinted with her footsteps”

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“Who ran to help me when I fell,
And would some pretty story tell,
Or kiss the place to make it well?
My Mother.”

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Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.

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“To the world you might just be one person,
but to one person you might just be the world.”

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“The Miracle of Life nurtured by a woman who gave us love and sacrifice…MOTHER.”

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“Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother. ”
Oprah Winfrey

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‘My mom is a neverending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune.”
Graycie Harmon

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“Before a day was over,
Home comes the rover,
For mother’s kiss—sweeter this
Than any other thing!”
William Allingham quotes

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“No gift to your mother can ever equal her gift to you – life”
Anonymous quotes

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“It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn’t.”
Barbara Kingsolver

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“Mother – that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries.”
T. DeWitt Talmage

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“There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ”
Chinese Proverb

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“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.”
Abraham Lincoln

Mother’s Day in Different Languages

mother day sayings in different languages

How to Say “Mother” in Different Languages


Afrikaans: Moeder, Ma
Albanian: Nene, Meme
Arabic: Ahm
Aragones: Mai
Asturian: Ma
Aymara: Taica
Azeri (Latin Script): Ana
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Basque: Ama
Belarusan: Matka
Bergamasco: Mader
Bolognese: Meder
Bosnian: Majka
Brazilian Portuguese: Mae
Bresciano: Mader
Breton: Mamm
Bulgarian: Majka
Byelorussian: Macii
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Calabrese: Matre, Mamma
Calo: Bata, Dai
Catalan: Mare
Cebuano: Inahan, Nanay
Chechen: Nana
Croatian: Mati, Majka
Czech: Abatyse
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Danish: Mor
Dutch: Moeder, Moer
Dzoratai: Mere
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English: Mother, Mama, Mom
Esperanto: Patrino, Panjo
Estonian: Ema
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Faeroese: Mooir
Finnish: Aiti
Flemish: Moeder
French: Mere, Maman
Frisian: Emo, Ema, Kantaaiti, Aiti
Furlan: Mari
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Galician: Nai
German: Mutter
Greek: Mana
Griko: Salentino, Mana
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Hawaiian: Makuahine
Hindi: Ma, Maji
Hungarian: Anya, Fu
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Icelandic: Mooir
Ilongo: Iloy, Nanay, Nay
Indonesian: Induk, Ibu, Biang, Nyokap
Irish: Mathair
Italian: Madre, Mamma
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Japanese: Okaasan, Haha
Judeo Spanish: Madre
Kannada: Amma
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Kurdish Kurmanji: Daya
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Ladino: Uma
Latin: Mater
Leonese: Mai
Ligurian: Maire
Limburgian: Moder, Mojer, Mam
Lingala: Mama
Lithuanian: Motina
Lombardo Occidentale: Madar
Lunfardo: Vieja
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Macedonian: Majka
Malagasy: Reny
Malay: Emak
Maltese: Omm
Mantuan: Madar
Maori: Ewe, Haakui
Mapunzugun: Nuke, Nuque
Marathi: Aayi
Mongolian: eh
Mudnes: Medra, mama
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Neapolitan: Mamma
Norwegian: Madre
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Occitan: Maire
Old Greek: Mytyr
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Parmigiano: Madra
Persian: Madr, Maman
Piemontese: Mare
Polish: Matka, Mama
Portuguese: Mae
Punjabi: Mai, Mataji, Pabo
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Quechua: Mama
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Rapanui: Matu’a Vahine
Reggiano: Medra
Romagnolo: Meder
Romanian: Mama, Maica
Romansh: Mamma
Russian: Mat
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Saami: Eadni
Samoan: Tina
Sardinian (Limba Sarda Unificada): Mama
Sardinian Campidanesu: mamai
Sardinian Logudoresu: Madre, Mamma
Serbian: Majka
Shona: Amai
Sicilian: Matri
Slovak: Mama, Matka
Slovenian: Mati
Spanish: Madre, Mama, Mami
Swahili: Mama, Mzazi, Mzaa
Swedish: Mamma, Mor, Morsa
Swiss German: Mueter
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Telegu: Amma
Triestino: Mare
Turkish: Anne, Ana, Valide
Turkmen: Eje
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Ukrainian: Mati
Urdu: Ammee
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Valencian: Mare
Venetian: Mare
Viestano: Mamm
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Wallon: Mere
Welsh: Mam
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Yiddish: Muter
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Zeneize: Moae

How to Say “Happy Mother’s Day” in Different Languages

Albanian: Urime tet? marsin

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Catalan: Feli? Dia de la Mare
Chile: buona festa della mamma
Chinese: Mu Qin jie kuai le
Croatian: Sretan Majcin dan

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Danish: Tillykke med mors dag
Dutch: Gelukkig Moederdag

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French: bonne f?te des m?res, maman.

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German: Herzlichen Gl?ckwunsch zum Muttertag

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Hebrew: Yom ha’em sameah
Hungarian: Napjt kivnok

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Lithuanian: Sveikinu (from one) or Sveikiname (from many) su Mamos Diena

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Italian: Buona festa della Mamma

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Japanese: Haha nohi omedeto

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Korean: Omoninalul chukahamnida

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Norwegian: Mors dag

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Polish: Szczesliwego dnia matki, Mamo!
Portuguese: Feliz dia de las Mes

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Russian: S dn?m Materi

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Serbian: Srecan Dan Majki
Spanish: Feliz D?a de las Madres
Swedish: Har den ran p Mors dag

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Tagalog: Maligayang Araw ng mga Ina
Thai: Suksan Wan Mae
Turkish: Anneler Gnn Kutlu Olsun Anneciim

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Yiddish: A gliklikhn Mutertog

Mother Day in Various Countries

Mother’s Day Celebration Date is vary in countries around the world. Here’s how.. 😉

Mother Day in Various Countries

Occurrence Country
  • Second Sunday of February
Norway
  • February 2
Greece
  • Shevat 30

(Falls anywhere between January 30 and March 1)

Israel
  • March 3
Georgia
  • March 8
Afkanistan, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Laos, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  • Fourth Sunday in Lent
Ireland, Nigeria, United Kingdom
  • March 21

(vernal equinox)

Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Lebanon, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria,
United Arab Emirates, Yemen (All Arab countries in general)
  • March 25

(vernal equinox)

Slovenia
  • April 2 (Chinese Calendar)
China
  • April 7

(vernal equinox)

Armenia
  • Baisakh Amavasya (Mata Tirtha Aunsi)
Nepal
  • First Sunday of May
Hungary, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain
  • May 8
Albania (Parents’ Day), South Korea (Parents’ Day)
  • May 10
El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico
  • Second Sunday of May
Anguilla, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, People’s Republic of China, Republic of (Taiwan), Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Curacao, 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, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Slovakia, South Africa, St. Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Singapore, Suriname
Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe,
  • May 15
Paraguay
  • May 26
Poland
  • May 27
Bolivia
  • Last Sunday of May
Algeria, Dominican Republic, France (First Sunday of June if Pentecost occurs on this day), French Antilles (First Sunday of June if Pentecost occurs on this day), Haiti, Mauritius, Morocco, Sweden
Tunisia
  • May 30
Nicaragua
  • June 1
Mongolia (The Mothers and Children’s Day.)
  • Second Sunday of June
Luxemberg
  • Last Sunday of June
Kenya
  • August 12
Thailand (the birthday of Queen Sirikit Kitiyakara)
  • August 15
Antwerp (Belgium), Costa Rica
  • Second Monday of October
Malawi
  • October 14
Belarus
  • Third Sunday of October
Argentina (Día de la Madre)
  • Last Sunday of November
Russia
  • December 8
Panama
  • 20 Jumada al-thani (the sixth month of the islamic calendar)
Iran
  • December 22
Indonesia

Ref: wikipedia