International Mother's Day Dates in different countries around the world

Mother's Day is celebrated all around the world. It seems to be a universal thing that cultures put a day aside each year to celebrate the act of motherhood. To pay tribute both to the miracle of birth and to the special woman who performed that miracle: your mother. However not everywhere celebrates Mother's Day on the same 'Mothering Sunday' as the UK.

There are many different Mother's Day celebrations around the world, as the complicated table below makes clear! The most common alternative date is the second Sunday in May. This is the American date, and it came about like this...

For whatever reason, possibly a wish to disassociate themselves from British traditions, the pilgrim fathers who first travelled to America didn't seem to take Mothering Sunday with them. Centuries later, in 1908, Mrs Anna Jarvis set up Mother's Day as the Americans know it today, for the second Sunday in May. In 1914 she was successful, and since then this has been the date of Mother's Day in America - and beyond.

Celebrate Mother's Day around the World, by sending flowers from our special range of flowers for delivery on Mother's Day on the following dates: -

Date	Countries
8 Feb 2015	Norway
3 Mar 2015	Georgia
8 Mar 2015	Afghanistan , Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Laos, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine
15 Mar 2015	United Kingdom, Ireland, Nigeria, Bangladesh (This is the 4th Sunday of Lent)
21 Mar 2015	Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen - (This is also the Vernal or Spring Equinox)
25 Mar 2015	Slovenia
7 Apr 2015	Armenia
3 May 2015	Hungary, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain, Mozambique
8 May 2015	South Korea (Parent's Day)
10 May 2015	El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Belize
10 May 2015	Anguilla, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Curaasao, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Malaysia, Malta, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, The Netherlands, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
15 May 2015	Paraguay
26 May 2015	Poland
31 May 2015	Algeria, Dominican Republic, France, Haiti, Mauritius, Morocco, Sweden, Tunisia
30 May 2015	Nicaragua
1 Jun 2015	Mongolia (Mother's & Children's Day)
14 Jun 2015	Luxembourg
28 June 2015	Kenya
12 Aug 2015	Thailand
15 Aug 2015	Costa Rica, Antwerp (Belgium)
12 Oct 2015	Malawi
14 Oct 2015	Belarus
18Oct 2015	Argentina
29 Nov 2015	Russia
8 Dec 2015	Panamá
22 Dec 2015	Indonesia