After the death of Alexander the Great, a eunuch named Philetaerus established the ancient Greek city of Pergamon a major ...

Anna Jarvis spearheaded the effort to make Mother's Day a national holiday, she later grew to despise the holiday for being ...

The idea was brought from America by Mrs. Pal Petri, the wife of a state secretary. The first Hungarian Mother's Day ...

Mother’s Day, which is celebrated on different dates around the world, always falls on the second Sunday of May in the U.S. It origins can be traced to ancient Greeks and Romans who held festivals to ...

always falls on the second Sunday of May in the U.S. It origins can be traced to ancient Greeks and Romans who held festivals to honor the mother goddess Rhea and Cybele, according to History.com.

Hallmark's website notes that the official holiday of Mother's Day is celebrated every second Sunday in May, and that its origin is often attributed to the efforts of Anna Jarvis (1864-1948) in the ...

The coffin with the Pontiff's remains, who wanted to be buried with his worn-out shoes, was bid farewell by thousands of ...

Legend holds that the grotto was also a place for the worship of Cybele, the pagan goddess of the earth, known as Magna Mater, or Great Mother, who gave it its name. “The Romans loved natural ...

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