In South Africa, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June. In Seychelles, Father's Day is celebrated on 16 June and is not a public holiday. In Nigeria, the third Sunday in June is the dedicated day to celebrate Father's Day. In Mozambique, Father's Day is observed on 19 March every year. In Morocco, the third Sunday in June is the dedicated day to celebrate the Father's Day. In Kenya, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday. In Egypt, Father's Day is celebrated on 21 June of every year. In Algeria, the third Sunday in June is the dedicated day to celebrate the Father's Day. Though Father's Day on 8 August was first celebrated in Shanghai in 1945, there is no longer an official Father's Day in mainland China since 1949.Īfrican traditions Algeria ^ As with Russia, the celebration is officially for people who served or are serving in the Mongolian Armed Forces, but the congratulations are for all fathers and all other adult men and male children as well.In addition to Father's Day, International Men's Day is celebrated in many countries on 19 November in honour of both men and boys. Though it was not accepted then, in 1909 Sonora Smart Dodd, who along with her five brothers was raised by her father alone, after attending Mother's Day in a church, convinced the Spokane Ministerial Association to celebrate Father's Day worldwide. In 1908, Grace Golden Clayton proposed the day to honour those men who had lost their lives in a mining accident in the US.

Whether to celebrate this day worldwide or not remained a debatable topic. The Coptic celebration may date back to the fifth century. In the Coptic Orthodox Church, the celebration of fatherhood is also observed on St Joseph's Day, but the Copts observe this on 20 July. Joseph's Day from either the last years of the 14th century or from the early 15th century, apparently on the initiative of the Franciscans. The Catholic Church actively supported the custom of a celebration of fatherhood on St.

This celebration was brought to the Americas by the Spanish and Portuguese. It is usually celebrated on 19 March, as the feast day of Saint Joseph, who is referred to as the fatherly Nutritor Domini ('Nourisher of the Lord') in Catholicism and 'the putative father of Jesus' in southern European tradition. This feast includes the ancestors of the Mary, mother of Jesus and various prophets.Ī customary day for the celebration of fatherhood in Catholic Europe is known to date back to at least 1508. This feast can fall between 11 and 17 December. In thy seed shall all of the nations of the earth be blessed For centuries, the Eastern Orthodox Church has appointed the second Sunday before Nativity as the Sunday of the Forefathers to commemorate the ancestors of Christ according to the flesh, starting with Adam and emphasising the Patriarch Abraham, to whom God said,

Feliz dia del padre