Mother’s Day – Sunday 30th March, 2025
Mothering Sunday is a day honouring mothers and mother churches, celebrated in the United Kingdom, Ireland and some Commonwealth countries on the fourth Sunday in Lent since the Middle Ages.
It was originally a day when Christians visited their mother church, the church in which they were baptised.
Later, Mothering Sunday became a day when domestic servants were given a day off to visit their mother church, usually with their own mothers and other family members.
Over the past century, it has developed into a way of saying thank you to our mums, after that style of holiday became popular in America.
A day to celebrate mothers is held at different times of the year in different parts of the world.
It is the fourth Sunday of Lent in the UK, the Channel Islands, Ireland and Nigeria.
In much of Eastern Europe, it is celebrated on 8th March, to coincide with International Women’s Day.
Parts of the Middle East mark the occasion on 21st March, the Spring Equinox, while America, Canada, India, China, many African countries and areas of Asia hold their celebrations on the second Sunday of May.
