When was Father's Day number on. What date is Father's Day celebrated in Russia and in other countries

The draft decree on the establishment of a new holiday is under consideration by the government.

As Izvestia was told in the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children, new holiday- Father's Day - is expected to be celebrated for the first time in October this year. The collection of signatures in support of the draft decree on the establishment of Father's Day in Russia initiates the interregional Union of Fathers.

We expect that on the last Saturday of the upcoming October we will celebrate this significant holiday, ”Olga Epifanova, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children, told Izvestia.

According to her, this holiday will emphasize the importance of the father's role in the family.

In our country, as a result of numerous wars, a significant part of the male population died, and for decades boys have been brought up by women. Therefore, it is simply necessary to raise the key importance of the role of the father in the family, she explained. -The idea of ​​the holiday is precisely in this - to show the most important role of the father for the traditional Russian family. In addition, it is the father who, by his example, can teach his sons how to love and care for their mother. This is especially true in our modern world. Europe and America have passed laws on same-sex marriages, where parents have become parent #1 and parent #2, and we in Russia will celebrate mom and dad's day.

The draft decree of the President of the Russian Federation on the introduction of the all-Russian holiday Father's Day as part of the implementation of the Concept of State Family Policy until 2025 was prepared by the Ministry of Labor in November 2015. In accordance with the proposal of the department, the holiday will be celebrated in last sunday October. This date, as reported in the explanatory note to the document, is close to the birthday of the right-believing Prince Dmitry Donskoy (October 25, according to a new style), who had eight sons and four daughters. In addition, it is in October that several holidays of male professions and military historical dates are celebrated at once.

In the world, Father's Day is celebrated in almost 50 countries, this holiday is official in almost 30 countries, including the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Japan and others. It usually falls on the third Sunday in June. In some Catholic countries, such as Spain or Italy, Father's Day is celebrated on March 19 - the day of St. Joseph.

In Russia, the holiday has not yet become official, but despite this, in some regions they celebrate regional holidays. For example, Father's Day is in the Arkhangelsk, Volgograd, Vologda, Magadan and Ulyanovsk regions, as well as in the Altai Territory, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District.

Senator Elena Mizulina, as one of the initiators of the establishment of Father's Day, told Izvestia that this holiday will be able to increase the social status of the father in the family.

The very idea of ​​the possible appearance in Russia of a new family holiday- Father's Day - hatched for several years. And the first wide discussion of the possibility of such a holiday took place exactly a year ago within the walls of the State Duma on round table"On the Establishment of Father's Day in Russian Federation", - she said. - I believe that by establishing Father's Day, we raise the social status of the father in the family and in society, his role in raising children, the prestige of fatherhood in general.

According to Mizulina, the creation of such a special holiday of fatherhood is very closely related to the theme of patriotism.

After all, a modern Russian patriot is not only a defender of the Fatherland. No less a patriot is the one who takes care of his family, who brings up worthy sons and daughters with love, care and responsibility and thereby creates a stable present, shapes the future prosperity and development of Russia, she stressed. - This kind of patriotism, in my opinion, deserves no less respect and recognition in society.

Journalist Georgy Alpatov, a member of the interregional paternal committee, fully supports the idea of ​​creating a new holiday.

In general, I believe that our government and society need to pay great attention to fatherhood, - he said, - because the role of the father, unfortunately, is not properly covered in our country, there is no proper attitude towards fatherhood. In our country, along with motherhood, it is necessary to protect fatherhood, as this is also a very important social function.

The idea of ​​establishing Father's Day was also supported by the psychologist Pavel Volzhenkov.

Such a holiday must be introduced, he believes. - Father's Day will help unite complete families and remind parents of children from single-parent families that the child, in addition to the mother, with whom children usually remain after a divorce, also has a father. This will help both the man and the woman to understand that the family is their choice and they need to respect their family and their partner. Overall, Father's Day is good holiday both in terms of parenting and child psychology, and in terms of relationships between partners in the family.

Mother's Day in Russia was established in 1998. The holiday is celebrated on the last Sunday of November. In addition, on July 8, Russia celebrates the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity.

Father's Day is an event celebrated in many countries. In the United States of America, this holiday was founded in 1909, when one of the residents - Sonora Smart - decided to thank her father, who did a lot for the family.

After the death of his mother, six children remained in the arms of his father, William Jackson Smart. All subsequent years he brought them up and showed care without the slightest shadow of selfishness.

The holiday that Sonora arranged was supposed to be celebrated on June 5, but due to unsuccessful organization, the celebration had to be postponed two weeks ahead - on the 19th. Since then, Father's Day has spread to other states and has become a national American holiday.

Some countries, such as China, Japan, Great Britain, France, Holland and others, have adopted this glorious custom. However, not all states celebrate Father's Day on the same day: in Italy it falls on March, in Germany on the Ascension of the Lord.

One of the customs is decoration in the form of roses: red if the father is alive, and white if the father is no longer alive. Therefore this wonderful holiday differs also in beauty. And the symbolic meaning of the event lies in gratitude to the father for the birth and care.

February 29, 2020, in , there will be a welterweight fight between two professional American boxers: Jesse Vargas and Mikey Garcia.

We tell where will it take place, what time will it start and where to watch boxing Garcia - Vargas February 29 (March 1), 2020.

The meeting of the fighters will be the final one during the boxing evening, which will be held at Ford Center with a capacity of 12 thousand spectators, which is part of the Zvezda complex ( Ford Center at The Star) located in Frisco, Texas (USA).

What time does Garcia vs Vargas boxing start?
The start of the event, which includes nine fights, is scheduled for 18:00 local (Eastern) time on February 29, 2020, which corresponds to 02:00 a.m. Moscow time on March 1, 2020.

Most Anticipated Boxing The fight between Garcia and Vargas will start at approximately 7 am Moscow time on March 1, 2020 (Sunday morning), after completing 8 previous fights.

By the way, in the second fight of the evening (out of nine) Uzbek boxer Israil Madrimov will compete against Charlie Navarro. Also, the fight of the Russian Murat Gassiev against Jerry Forrest was originally planned at the tournament, which was later canceled.

Where to watch the fight Garcia - Vargas February 29 (March 1), 2020:

IN live meeting Garcia - Vargas will show "First channel. The beginning of the direct connection from the "Ford Center" - 06:55 Moscow time.

And on the site of the "First" channel, the fight can be watched online and in the recording.

since ancient times leap years various beliefs and traditions were associated. Today we will talk about what can a woman ask a man on a leap day on February 29, and he has no right to refuse.

There is an old European custom, according to which once every four years - February 29 - a woman can ask for a hand (offer to marry her) from a man, and not vice versa. AND a man has no right to just refuse from this proposal - he must either agree or "pay off" (pay a "fine" for refusal). In monetary terms, the "fine" is equal to the cost of 12 pairs of gloves. It is believed that this is how many pairs of gloves a woman will need to hide her absence. wedding ring until the next leap day.

This tradition originated in Ireland in the 4th century AD, when Saint Patrick, who spread Christianity in the country, allowed women to make marriage proposals to men once every four years. This was done in order to "balance" the roles of men and women in society, just as a leap day on February 29 balances the calendar.

In the Middle Ages, in a number of European countries, this rule was even approved at the legislative level. For example, in the 13th century in Scotland, when young knights died en masse in battles and many girls could not find a mate, a law was passed according to which on February 29 a woman could propose to a man, and if he refused, he was obliged to pay a fine . Similar laws were adopted at different times in England, Denmark and other countries.

And even in Rus' there was a similar tradition. Only for "our" girls, the opportunity to call a loved one as a husband did not work for one day, but throughout the whole leap year. The leap year was called the "year of the bride", while matchmakers could not be sent to the girls, because. they chose their own future husbands. Since then, in Russia, a leap year is considered unlucky for a wedding, since men did not have the opportunity to choose their own bride.

In 2020, Father's Day in Russia will be celebrated 21st of June(third Sunday of the month).

And this means that there is time to prepare well for everyone in advance and worthy of congratulations. best dads peace.

There are a lot of holidays in our life, and very different ones, from symbolically obligatory to popularly beloved, from calendar to purely family ones.

However, there are also very special holidays, those that exude extraordinary warmth and tenderness, despite the fact that, by our standards, they are still quite young and unusual.

Probably, Father's Day in Russia also belongs to such holidays, which has not yet become official, but this is only for now, because it cannot be otherwise!

In fact, Father's Day has long been celebrated in different countries, since the role of the father in the family is difficult to overestimate, and even drawing the attention of society to the problems of conscientious fathers (who often face them no less than mothers) is generally a good thing.

That is why on this day it is customary in the world not only to honor exemplary fathers, but also to organize numerous charitable events in their support that help financially alleviate the situation of their family for fathers who are raising their children alone.

Father's Day has its roots in the United States of America of the last century, where it was first celebrated on June 19, 1910.

But Sonora Dodd, the daughter of William Smart, who himself raised and raised his six children after his wife died after the birth of the last baby, proposed to establish such a holiday.

At the same time, a loving and caring father managed to work on his own farm from morning to night so that his children would not need anything.

In 1966, this Father's Day was declared a national holiday in the United States and was officially celebrated every third Sunday in June.

Today, at the same time, the best fathers are honored in Great Britain and France, Japan and China, as well as many other countries, including Russia, where the holiday dedicated to fathers has taken root since 2002 (first in Cherepovets, and by 2012 it reached Moscow, where he was solemnly celebrated in the Catherine Park).