Editing Father's Day (section)

== European traditions ==

=== Roman Catholicism ===
In the Roman Catholic tradition, fathers are celebrated on [[Saint Joseph's Day]] (commonly called the Feast of Saint Joseph), 19 March, though in certain countries Father's Day has become a secular celebration.<ref>{{cite web|author=Kerry Tilby|date=June 2007|title=Father's Day|url=http://www.kiwifamilies.co.nz/Topics/Festivals/Fathers+Day.html|access-date=23 May 2008|publisher=Kiwi Families|archive-date=8 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008125714/http://kiwifamilies.co.nz/Topics/Festivals/Fathers+Day.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is also common for Catholics to honor their "[[spiritual father]]", their [[parish priest]], on Father's Day.<ref>[https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/19257/catholics-come-home-to-launch-organization-to-encourage-priests "Catholics Come Home to launch organization to encourage priests"]. [[Catholic News Agency]]. April 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2010.</ref>

===Austria===
In [[Austria]], Father's Day (''Vatertag'') is celebrated on the second Sunday of June and it is not a public holiday.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Father's Day in Austria in 2021|url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/fathers-day|access-date=26 June 2020|website=Office Holidays}}</ref>

===Belarus===
In [[Belarus]] Father's Day is celebrated on 21 October.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Holidays and observances in Belarus in 2020|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/belarus/|access-date=28 June 2020|website=timeanddate.com}}</ref>

===Belgium===
In [[Belgium]], Father's Day (''Vaderdag''/''Fête des Pères'') is celebrated on the second Sunday of June or 14 June, and it is not a public holiday, except for Antwerp where it is celebrated on 19 March.<ref>{{Cite web|title=When is Father's Day in Belgium? What day is Father's Day in Belgium?|url=https://researchmaniacs.com/Days/FathersDay/When-Is-Fathers-Day-In-Belgium.html|access-date=28 June 2020|website=researchmaniacs.com}}</ref>

===Bulgaria===
In [[Bulgaria]], Father's Day is celebrated on 26 December and it is not a public holiday. According to the Eastern Orthodox tradition, fathers are celebrated on [[Saint Joseph's Day]] - one day after Christmas.<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 June 2017|title=When is Father's Day around the world?|url=https://metro.co.uk/2017/06/15/when-is-fathers-day-around-the-world-6711731/|access-date=30 June 2020|website=Metro}}</ref>

===Croatia===
In [[Croatia]], according to the Roman Catholic tradition, fathers are celebrated on [[Saint Joseph's Day]] (''Dan svetog Josipa''), 19 March. It is not a public holiday.<ref>{{Cite news|date=11 June 2020|title=Happy Father's Day 2020: History, significance and celebrations|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/more-lifestyle/father-s-day-2020-history-significance-and-why-we-celebrate/story-t1E61gqQJZ9i6iYDbjP38N.html|access-date=30 June 2020|website=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref>

===Denmark===
{{See also|Constitution Day (Denmark)}}

In Denmark, Father's Day (''Fars dag'') is celebrated on 5 June.<ref name="fars-dag-dk">{{cite web|title=Fars Dag|language=da|url=http://www.historie-online.dk/special/farsdag/|publisher=Dansk Historisk Fællesråd|access-date=20 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804074937/http://www.historie-online.dk/special/farsdag/|archive-date=4 August 2016}}</ref> It coincides with [[Constitution Day (Denmark)|Constitution Day]].

===Estonia===
In [[Estonia]], Father's Day (''Isadepäev'') is celebrated on the second Sunday of November. It is an established [[Public holidays in Estonia|flag flying day]] and a national holiday.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Father's Day in Estonia in 2020 {{!}} by Office Holidays|url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/estonia/fathers-day|access-date=30 June 2020|website=www.officeholidays.com}}</ref>

===Finland===
In [[Finland]], Father's Day ({{Langx|fi|Isänpäivä}}; {{Langx|sv|Fars dag}}) is celebrated on the second Sunday of November. It is an established [[Flag flying days in Finland|flag flying day]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=When is Father's Day in Finland? What day is Father's Day in Finland?|url=https://researchmaniacs.com/Days/FathersDay/When-Is-Fathers-Day-In-Finland.html|access-date=30 June 2020|website=researchmaniacs.com}}</ref>

===France===
In [[France]] lighter manufacturer Flaminaire introduced the idea of Father's Day first in 1949 for commercial reasons. Director Marcel Quercia wanted to sell their lighter in France. In 1950, they introduced "la Fête des Pères", which would take place every third Sunday of June (following the American example). Their slogan is "''Nos papas nous l'ont dit, pour la fête des pères, ils désirent tous un Flaminaire''" (Our dads told us, for Father's Day, they all want a Flaminaire). In 1952, the holiday was officially decreed. A national Father's Day committee was set up to give a prize for fathers who deserved it most (originally, candidates were nominated by the social services of each town hall's/mayor's office); This complements ''la Fête des Mères'' (Mother's Day) which was made official in France in 1928 and added to the calendar in Vichy in 1941.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Father's Day in France|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/france/father-day#:~:text=Father%27s%20Day%20is%20not%20a,third%20Sunday%20June%20in%20France.|access-date=30 June 2020|website=timeanddate.com}}</ref>

===Germany===
[[Image:Hiking tour on father's day.JPG|thumb|Hiking tour on Father's Day with smaller wagons.]]

In Germany, Father's Day (''Vatertag'') is celebrated differently from other parts of the world, as it is celebrated on [[Ascension Day]] (the Thursday forty days after Easter), which is a federal holiday. Regionally, it is also called gentlemen's day, ''Herrentag'' or Männertag (men's day). It is a tradition for groups of males (young and old but usually excluding pre-teenage boys) to do a hiking tour with one or more smaller wagons, ''[[:de:Bollerwagen|Bollerwagen]]'', pulled by manpower. In the wagons are wine or beer bottles (according to the region) and traditional regional food, ''[[:de:Hausmannskost|Hausmannskost]]''. Many men use this holiday as an opportunity to get [[Alcohol intoxication|drunk]].<ref name="urge">{{Cite news| title = German Minister Urges Fathers Not to Get Drunk on Father's Day! | author=Agence France-Presse | url = http://www.medindia.net/news/German-Minister-Urges-Fathers-Not-to-Get-Drunk-on-Fathers-Day-36153-1.htm}}</ref> According to the [[Federal Statistical Office of Germany]], alcohol-related traffic accidents triple on this day.<ref>{{citation |title= Der Tag der gefragten Väter |date= 9 June 2013 |language= de |work= [[Tiroler Tageszeitung]] |url= http://www.tt.com/Tirol/6673231-2/der-tag-der-gefragten-väter.csp |quote= Bei unseren deutschen Nachbarn ist der Vatertag – der dort zu Christi Himmelfahrt gefeiert wird – nicht von Ausflügen mit der Familie oder kleinen Geschenken der Kinder gekennzeichnet, sondern von einer Lokaltour in feucht-fröhlicher Männerrunde. Laut dem Statistischen Bundesamt gibt es an diesem Tag auch durchschnittlich dreimal so viele durch Alkohol bedingte Verkehrsunfälle als an anderen Tagen. |access-date= 20 November 2021 |archive-date= 14 March 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170314202501/http://www.tt.com/Tirol/6673231-2/der-tag-der-gefragten-v%C3%A4ter.csp |url-status= dead }}</ref> The tradition of Father's Day is especially prevalent in [[Eastern Germany]].<ref name="urge" />

These traditions are probably rooted in [[Christian faith|Christian]] Ascension Day's [[procession]]s to the farmlands, which has been celebrated since the 18th century.<ref name="spiegel2006">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/booze-brothers-father-s-day-debauchery-in-deutschland-a-414461.html|title=Booze Brothers: Father's Day Debauchery in Deutschland|magazine=[[Der Spiegel|Spiegel]]|date= 4 May 2006 |access-date=16 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="stern">{{Cite news|url=http://www.stern.de/panorama/vatertag-an-christi-himmelfahrt-von-modischen-herrenpartien-und-der-erhoehung-jesu-1565801.html|title= Von modischen Herrenpartien und der Erhöhung Jesu |date=12 May 2010|publisher=Der Stern|language=de|access-date=12 May 2010}}</ref> Men would be seated in a wooden cart and carried to the village's plaza, and the mayor would award a prize to the father who had the most children, usually with a big piece of ham.<ref name="spiegel2006" /> In the late 19th century the religious component was progressively lost, especially in urban areas such as Berlin, and groups of men organized walking excursions with beer and ham.<ref name="spiegel2006" /> By the 20th century, alcohol consumption had become a major part of the tradition.<ref name="spiegel2006" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Pints for Papa: Father's Day in Germany Is One Big Booze Fest|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/father-s-day-in-germany-is-one-big-booze-fest-a-833802.html|access-date=15 June 2014|agency=Spiegel}}</ref> Many people will take the following Friday off work, and some schools are closed on that Friday as well; many people then use the resulting four-day-long weekend for a short vacation.

===Greece===
[[File:Baba s'agapo sygapa.jpg|alt=Athens, Syntagma Square, SYGAPA, 2004|thumb|A 2004 outdoor banner at [[Syntagma Square]], [[Athens]], [[Greece]], with the message "{{lang|el|Μπαμπά Σ'αγαπώ}}", i.e. "Daddy I love you".]]

In Greece, Father's Day ({{lang|el|η γιορτή του πατέρα}}) is officially celebrated on the third Sunday of June. The SYGAPA<ref>{{Cite web |title=ΣΥ.Γ.Α.Π.Α. |url=http://sos-sygapa.eu/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=sos-sygapa.eu}}</ref> association, which supports the needs of divorced fathers, raises awareness and advocates for the father's role in society, also organizes various events on the day across the country.<ref>{{cite news |title=Γιορτή του Πατέρα 2020: Αφιερωμένο στους μπαμπάδες το σημερινό Doodle της Google |url=https://www.cnn.gr/kosmos/story/224182/giorti-toy-patera-2020-afieromeno-stoys-mpampades-to-simerino-doodle-tis-google |access-date=8 August 2020 |work=CNN.gr |date=21 June 2020 |language=el}}</ref>

===Hungary===
In [[Hungary]], Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.<ref>{{Cite web|title=When is Father's Day in Hungary? What day is Father's Day in Hungary?|url=https://researchmaniacs.com/Days/FathersDay/When-Is-Fathers-Day-In-Hungary.html|access-date=30 June 2020|website=researchmaniacs.com}}</ref>

===Iceland===
In [[Iceland]], Father's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of November.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Feðradagur|url=https://www.stjornarradid.is/efst-a-baugi/frettir/stok-frett/2006/06/02/Fedradagur/|access-date=8 November 2020|website=stjornarradid.is}}</ref>

===Italy===
In [[Italy]], according to the Roman Catholic tradition, Father's Day is celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day, commonly called the Feast of Saint Joseph (''Festa di San Giuseppe''), 19 March. It was a public holiday until 1977.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LEGGE 5 marzo 1977, n. 54 (Disposizioni in materia di giorni festivi) |url=https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:legge:1977;54 |access-date=19 March 2023 |website=Normattiva |language=it}}</ref>

===Latvia===
In [[Latvia]], Father's Day (''Tēvu diena'') is celebrated on the second Sunday of September and is not a public holiday. In Latvia people did not always celebrate this day because of the USSR's influence with its own holidays. This day in Latvia was officially born in 2008 when it was celebrated and marked in the calendar for the first time on 14 September (second Sunday of September) to promote the idea that man as the father must be satisfied and proud of his family and children, also, the father is important to gratitude and loving words from his family for devoted to continuous altruistic concerns. Because this day is new to the country it does not have established unique traditions, but people borrow ideas from other countries' Father's Day traditions to congratulate fathers in Latvia.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fathers' Day in Latvia|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/latvia/fathers-day|access-date=30 June 2020|website=timeanddate.com}}</ref>

===Lithuania===
In [[Lithuania]], Father's Day (''Tėvo diena'') is celebrated on the first Sunday of June and is a public holiday.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fathers' Day in Lithuania|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/lithuania/fathers-day|access-date=30 June 2020|website=timeanddate.com}}</ref>

===Malta===
Malta has followed the international trend and celebrates Father's Day on the third Sunday in June. As in the case of Mother's Day, the introduction of Father's Day celebrations in Malta was encouraged by [[Frans Said|Frans H Said]] (Uncle Frans of the children's radio programs). The first mention of Father's Day was in June 1977,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Said |first1=Frans |title=Forty Years of Father's Day |url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20170611/letters/Forty-years-of-Father-s-Day.650433 |access-date=17 June 2018 |work=[[Times of Malta]] |date=11 June 2017}}</ref> and the day is now part of the local events calendar.<ref>''The Times of Malta'' 11 June 2017</ref><ref>''Il-Mument'' 18 June 2017</ref>

===Netherlands===
In the [[Netherlands]] (including [[Kingdom of the Netherlands#Constituent countries|its constituent countries]] in the [[Caribbean]]), Father's Day (''Vaderdag'') is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.<ref>{{Cite web|title=When is Father's Day in Netherlands? What day is Father's Day in Netherlands?|url=https://researchmaniacs.com/Days/FathersDay/When-Is-Fathers-Day-In-Netherlands.html|access-date=30 June 2020|website=researchmaniacs.com}}</ref> Traditionally, as on Mother's Day, fathers get breakfast in bed made by their children and families gather together and have dinner, usually at the grandparents' house. In recent years, families also started having dinner out, and as on Mother's Day, it is one of the busiest days for restaurants. At school, children handcraft presents for their fathers. Consumer goods companies have all sorts of special offers for fathers: socks, ties, electronics, suits, and men's healthcare products.

===Norway===
In [[Norway]], Father's Day (''Farsdag''), is celebrated on the second Sunday of November. It is not a public holiday.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Father's Day in Norway|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/norway/fathers-day|access-date=30 June 2020|website=timeanddate.com}}</ref>

===Poland===
In [[Poland]], Father's Day ({{langx|pl|Dzień Ojca}}) is celebrated on 23 June and is not a public holiday. [[Google]] recognized Poland in its Father's Day 2019 [[Google Doodle|Doodle]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Father's Day 2019 (Poland)|url=https://doodles.google/doodle/fathers-day-2019-poland/|access-date=30 June 2020|website=www.google.com}}</ref>

===Portugal===
Father's Day (''Dia do Pai'') is celebrated on 19 March (see Roman Catholic tradition below) in Portugal. It is not a bank and public holiday.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Father's Day in Portugal in 2021|url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/fathers-day|access-date=1 July 2020|website=Office Holidays}}</ref>

===Romania===
The law instituting the celebration of Father's Day in Romania passed on 29 September 2009, and stated that Father's Day will be celebrated annually on the second Sunday of May. The first time it was celebrated was on 9 May 2010.

===Russia===
Russia continues the [[Soviet Union]]'s tradition of celebrating [[Defender of the Fatherland Day]] on 23 February. It is usually called "Man's Day" and it is considered the Russian equivalent of Father's Day.<ref name="saunders">{{citation |title= Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation |volume= 78 |series= Historical Dictionaries of Europe, Historical dictionaries of French history |author= Robert A. Saunders, Vlad Strukov |edition= illustrated |publisher= Scarecrow Press |year= 2010 |isbn= 9780810854758 |page= 246 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=l_uAoNJiOMwC&q=%22International+Women%27s+Day%22+%22mother%27s+day%22&pg=PA246}}</ref> In 2021, President [[Vladimir Putin]] established the Father's Day as falling on the third Sunday of October.<ref name="russian_president_order">{{cite act| type=Executive Order| title=On Father's Day |date=2021-10-04 |institution=President of Russian Federation |at=№ 573|access-date=2024-10-21|url=http://en.kremlin.ru/acts/news/66852}}</ref>

===Slovakia===
In Slovakia, Father's Day ({{Langx|sk|deň otcov}}) is celebrated on the third Sunday of June. It is not a public holiday.<ref>{{Cite web|title=When is Father's Day in Slovakia? What day is Father's Day in Slovakia?|url=https://researchmaniacs.com/Days/FathersDay/When-Is-Fathers-Day-In-Slovakia.html#:~:text=Father%27s%20Day%20in%20Slovakia%20is,Sunday%20of%20June%20each%20year.|access-date=1 July 2020|website=researchmaniacs.com}}</ref>

===Spain===
Father's Day (''El Día del Padre'') is observed on the feast day of Saint Joseph, which is 19 March.<ref>{{citation |title= Padres por horas |work= [[Faro de Vigo]] |date= 19 May 2010 |url= http://www.farodevigo.es/sociedad-cultura/2010/03/19/padres-horas/421621.html }}</ref> It is celebrated as a public holiday in some regions of Spain.<ref>{{citation |title= El año 2013 contará con 8 festivos nacionales, uno menos que 2012 |work= El Huffington Post |date= 3 November 2012 |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.es/2012/11/03/el-ano-2013-contara-con-8_n_2068730.html }}</ref>

===Sweden===
In [[Sweden]], Father's Day (''Fars dag''), is celebrated on the second Sunday of November but is not a public holiday.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Father's Day in Sweden|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/sweden/father-day|access-date=1 July 2020|website=timeanddate.com}}</ref>

===Switzerland===
In most of [[Switzerland]] the holiday is celebrated on the first Sunday of June; in [[Ticino]], the Italian speaking [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]], it is an official public holiday, celebrated on 19 March.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Giorni festivi in Ticino |url=https://www4.ti.ch/dfe/de/uil/legge-lavoro/giorni-festivi-in-ticino-1 |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=Ti.ch |language=it }}</ref>

===Turkey===
In [[Turkey]], Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June and is not a public holiday.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Turkey marks Father's Day|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/life/turkey-marks-father-s-day/1884621|website=aa.com.tr}}</ref>

===Ukraine===
In [[Ukraine]], Father's Day ({{Langx|uk|День батька|translit=Den batka}}) is celebrated on the third Sunday of June. It is not a public holiday.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-19 |title=Father's Day in Ukraine {{!}} United Nations in Ukraine |url=https://ukraine.un.org/en/51770-fathers-day-ukraine,%20https://ukraine.un.org/en/51770-fathers-day-ukraine |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=ukraine.un.org |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===United Kingdom===
[[File:A_Royal_Navy_Officer_Hugs_His_Daughter_After_Returning_from_a_Long_Deployment_on_HMS_Chiddingfold_MOD_45153053.jpg|alt=|thumb|A [[Royal Navy|Royal Navy Officer]] hugs his daughter after returning from a long deployment on HMS ''Chiddingfold''|244x244px]]
In the [[United Kingdom]], Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June.<ref name="DEF"/> The day does not have a long tradition; [[Steve Roud]], in ''The English Year'' (2006), states that it entered British popular culture "sometime after the Second World War, not without opposition".<ref name="Englishyear">{{cite book | title=The English Year | publisher=Penguin Books | author=Roud, Steve | author-link = Steve Roud |year=2006 | location=London | page=215 | isbn=978-0-140-51554-1}}</ref>