Editing Father's Day (section)

== History ==
For centuries, the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] has appointed the second Sunday before [[Nativity of Jesus|Nativity]] as the [[Nativity Fast#Sunday of the Forefathers|Sunday of the Forefathers]] to commemorate the ancestors of [[Christ]] according to the flesh, starting with [[Adam]] and emphasizing the patriarch [[Abraham]], to whom God said,
{{Blockquote | In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed | Genesis 12:3, 22:18}}

This feast can fall between 11 and 17 December.<ref>{{Citation | title = Orthodox Christian | url = http://orthochristian.com/109437.html}}.</ref>  This feast includes the ancestors of [[Mary, mother of Jesus]] and various prophets.

A customary day for the celebration of fatherhood in [[Catholic]] [[Europe]] is known to date back to at least 1508. 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 celebration was brought to the [[Americas]] by the Spanish and Portuguese. The [[Catholic Church]] actively supported the custom of a celebration of fatherhood on [[Saint Joseph's Day|St. Joseph's Day]] from either the last years of the 14th century or from the early 15th century,<ref name= "natgeo">{{cite magazine |last=Emily |first=Jan |title=For Father's Day, 15 Images of Awesome Dads |date= 20 June 2015 | url=https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/150621-pictures-fathers-around-the-world/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620211446/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/150621-pictures-fathers-around-the-world/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=20 June 2015 | magazine = [[National Geographic]]}}</ref> apparently on the initiative of the [[Franciscans]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Peter |first=Kirwin |title=Happy Father's Day From This Father To All Fathers |url=https://thecasa.org/2016/06/happy-fathers-day-father-fathers-2/ |publisher=Franciscan Renewal Center }}{{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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. The Coptic celebration may date back to the fifth century.<ref name= natgeo />

In the United States, whether to celebrate this day nationwide or not is a matter for debate. In 1908, [[Grace Golden Clayton]] proposed the day to honor those men who had died in a mining accident in the US. 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 nationwide.<ref>{{Cite news|date=18 June 2017|title= Meet Sonora Smart Dodd, the woman who started the tradition of Father's Day |work= [[The Economic Times]]|url= https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/meet-sonora-smart-dodd-the-woman-who-started-the-tradition-of-fathers-day/articleshow/59202599.cms |access-date= 20 June 2020}}</ref>

In addition to Father's Day, [[International Men's Day]] is celebrated in many countries on 19 November in honor of both men and boys.<ref>{{Cite web |title= International Men's Day: Here are the top 5 diet, health and fitness tips for men |url= https://www.timesnownews.com/health/article/international-mens-day-top-5-health-tips-for-men-to-stay-fit-and-healthy/316547 |access-date=20 June 2020 |website=[[Times Now]]|date= 19 November 2018 }}</ref>