Mother's Day Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Latvia==== Mother's Day in [[Latvia]] was celebrated for the first time in 1922. Since 1934, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May.<ref>{{cite web |title= Šodien sveicam Māmiņas! |author= Apollo.lv |work= Apollo.lv India |date= 13 May 2012 |url= http://www.apollo.lv/portal/life/articles/274302 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120717190029/http://www.apollo.lv/portal/life/articles/274302 |url-status= dead |archive-date= 17 July 2012 |quote= Mātes dienu Latvijā sāka svinēt 1922. gadā, bet ar 1934. gadu tika noteikts, ka šī diena svinama katra maija otrajā svētdienā līdzīgi kā citās Eiropas valstīs. 1938. gadā pēc prezidenta Kārļa Ulmaņa ierosinājuma Mātes dienu sāka dēvēt par Ģimenes dienu, uzsverot mātes lielo lomu ģimenes pavarda veidošanā un uzturēšanā. }}</ref> After the end of the Soviet [[occupation of Baltic states]] celebration was resumed in 1992.<ref>[http://www.tvnet.lv/sievietem/veseliba/421417-latvija_atzime_mates_dienu Latvijā atzīmē Mātes dienu] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330192933/http://www.tvnet.lv/sievietem/veseliba/421417-latvija_atzime_mates_dienu |date=30 March 2014 }} TVNET</ref> Mothers are also honored on [[International Women's Day]].<ref>{{cite web|title=National Holidays|url=https://www.latvia.eu/history/national-holidays|date=2015|website=Latvia.eu|access-date=9 July 2019|archive-date=4 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904025833/https://www.latvia.eu/history/national-holidays|url-status=dead}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page