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! ====Argentina==== In [[Argentina]], Mother's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of October. The holiday was originally celebrated on 11 October, the old liturgical date for the celebration of the [[Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God|Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary]] but after the [[Second Vatican Council]], which moved the Virgin Mary festivity to 1 January, the Mother's Day started to be celebrated the third Sunday of October because of popular tradition.<ref name="argentina">{{cite news | author = Padre Fabián Castro | title= El día de la madre en el mundo y en la Argentina |date= 3 October 2010 |publisher= padrefabian.com.ar |language= es|url= http://padrefabian.com.ar/el-dia-de-la-madre-en-el-mundo-y-en-la-argentina/ | access-date = 13 May 2013 | quote= La cuestión tiene que ver con el calendario litúrgico que la Iglesia Católica utilizaba antes de la reforma producto del Concilio Vaticano II. Allí el 11 de octubre era la festividad de la Maternidad de la Virgen María. (Actualmente se celebra el 1 de enero). Con este motivo era costumbre argentina pasar la celebración litúrgica al domingo anterior o siguiente al 11. Con el lento correr de los años la tradición popular fue fijando como el tercer domingo de octubre la celebración de la Madre y las madres.}}</ref> [[Argentina]] is the only country in the world that celebrates Mother's Day on this date.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b4IpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT34 |author=Baby Professor|title=A Special Day for Mommies: Origin of Mother's Day – Holiday Book for Kids|page=34|publisher=Speedy Publishing LLC|isbn=978-1541910553|year=2017|access-date=8 July 2019}}</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