Mother's Day in Romania

Mother’s Day (Ziua Mamei) is a special day for mothers and mother figures in Romania on the first Sunday of May. Many Romanians also celebrate Father’s Day on the following Sunday.

Motherly love: a Romanian woman adoring her newborn baby.

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What do people do?

Many mothers and mother figures are given cards, flowers, and other gifts on Mother’s Day (also spelled as Mothers’ Day). Some families prepare special meals for their mothers. Some Romanians celebrate the day on March 8 but Romanian law maintains that the official Mother’s Day is observed on the first Sunday of May.

Public life

Mother’s Day is an observance and not a public holiday in Romania.

Background

Mother’s Day had been popularly celebrated on March 8, which is Women’s Day in Romania, for many years. On October 15, 2009, the Romanian government adopted a law that set the country’s official Mother’s Day on the first Sunday of May and Father’s Day on the second Sunday of May. Some Romanians still prefer to celebrate Mothers’ Day on March 8. Mother’s Day is also celebrated in other countries.

Symbols

Flowers, chocolates and other gifts symbolize one’s appreciation for mothers and mother figures on Mother’s Day.

About Mother's Day in other countries

Mother's Day Observances

Related holidays

• International Women's Day ―Friday, March 8, 2013
• Father's Day ―Sunday, May 12, 2013
• Children's Day ―Saturday, June 1, 2013

Other holidays in May 2013 in Romania

• Labor Day / May Day ―Wednesday, May 1, 2013
• Public holiday ―Thursday, May 2, 2013
• Public holiday 2 ―Friday, May 3, 2013
• Orthodox Easter Day ―Sunday, May 5, 2013
• Orthodox Easter Monday ―Monday, May 6, 2013
• Father's Day ―Sunday, May 12, 2013