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Happy Mother's Day Alicastro

Today we celebrate Mother's Day, be it the opportunity to pay tribute to mothers and especially the great love that only they can give.

Historical
The first celebrations of Mother's Day dates back to ancient Greece, where he surrendered honor Rhea, the mother of the gods Zeus, Poseidon and Hades.

The Encyclopedia Britannica says: "A festival derived from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. The mother formal worship, with ceremonies to Cybele, or Rhea, the Great Mother of the Gods, was executed in Ides of March throughout Asia Minor "(1959, Vol 15, pg. 849).

also Romans called this celebration "The Hillary" when purchased from the Greeks and was held on March 15 in the temple of Cybele and for three days were offerings.

Early Christians transformed the celebrations in honor of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. In the Catholic calendar on 8 December, the feast of the Immaculate Conception, a date that is held in celebration of Mother's Day in some countries like Panama.

in England by the seventeenth century, was held a similar event, also to the Virgin, who was called Mothering Sunday. Children were attending Mass, and returned home with gifts for their mothers.