Grandmother's Day in Russia. Grandparents' Day in Russia When is grandfather's holiday

What a blessing that in 2009 Russia joined the Europeans, who had previously celebrated Grandparents' Day for several days. Finally, we, in a single impulse, can express words of sincere gratitude to our loved ones, who adore and pamper us, their grandchildren. Let's all together on October 28 congratulate our young and not so grandparents, warm them with our attention, give a piece of the care that they give us every day.

And even though the history of this holiday is very short, the idea of holding it was submitted by the Dutch, or rather their Flower Council. But the Russians gladly took up the initiative and are happy to present special compositions of autumn flowers to their honorary family members. Thus, mutual love and affection of generations is expressed, family ties are strengthened, loved ones feel their unity, the continuity of family traditions is revived.

Today is not an easy day
Unique and big -
Holiday for grandmothers
And dear grandfathers!

We want to live for a very long time
Don't be sad at all
Smile and joke
Run, jump and play pranks!

Let the grandchildren entertain
Sincerely congratulate you
They amuse you all day long
To drive away all ailment and laziness!

All grandparents
Congratulations today.
You celebrate your holiday
I wish you fun.

I wish the grandchildren
Growing up healthy
And endless joy
They brought you every day.

May happiness and health
Adds children's laughter.
I wish for grandchildren
You were the best.

Let the children's palms
They warm your soul
Love of the hearts of loved ones
Let it not leave you.

Our dear, beloved grandparents, we congratulate you on your day and want to thank you very much for the love, bestowal, wisdom and patience that you give to your grandchildren and children. We wish you, our relatives, good health, mutual love and family happiness, and that the grandchildren love, appreciate, and the children be grateful and always remember you.

All grandparents
We congratulate you today.
We wish, dear
Good health to you.

Let them give only joy
Crazy grandchildren.
Live with optimism
Happy and rich.

Happy Grandma and Grandpa Day!
Happiness, joy, kindness,
Let sadness not frown your forehead,
Life will be bright, cheerful.

Let health not fail
And spring lives in the soul,
Fighting mood
And bring good luck!

Grandmothers and grandfathers,
Family and loved ones!
We love you
You are irreplaceable!

Happiness and health to you
Vigor and strength,
To every day of life
He brought joy.

Grandmothers, grandfathers are our beloved,
Be fate and heaven kept,
Your care, love and patience
Worthy of attention and respect.

May there be no sadness in your life
Children and grandchildren always visit
Happiness and joy will settle in the house,
And never fails health.

The most beloved, the most dear,
Those who wait for us the most, protect,
Those that pamper us and treat us,
Grandparents, congratulations!
Be always healthy and cheerful,
And do not worry about us in vain,
We need you, we need you endlessly,
Grandmothers, grandfathers - you are our happiness!

All grandparents
We are in a hurry to congratulate
On your kind, bright holiday
We wish you:

Health, vivacity, success,
Fun, joy and laughter,
So that every day brings you
Success in everything and a lot of strength!

So that the grandchildren often visit,
And so that you do not know sadness,
Live in abundance so that always,
Never be discouraged!

Grandmothers and grandfathers,
We congratulate you!
To be warmly warmed
From relatives we wish.

Good health,
For many years.
To you with love,
Would always live.

To the joy of grandchildren,
They just brought.
To not know boredom
And you were happy!

Do you love grandchildren?
And you let them all
Kiss them with love
And spoil you in every possible way.

We congratulate you on the holiday
And let our pranksters
You are appreciated and understood
And they love it too.

Photo: Alexander Raths/Rusmediabank.ru

For me, the word grandfather is one of the most cherished and bright in the world. For me personally, it causes a wave of the warmest experiences and vivid memories. And I kindly envy the Poles, who widely celebrate the grandfather's holiday on January 22.

Snow is falling quietly and on the white clean snow there are many traces of grandchildren hurrying to visit their grandfathers.

In Poland, people prepare in advance for this wonderful holiday in the most serious way, carefully choosing gifts, not necessarily expensive, but certainly such that the beloved will like it.

On this day, grandchildren come to visit their grandfathers with flowers. On this day, it is not only possible, but also necessary to give men flowers! And grandfathers, in turn, give sweets to their grandchildren, even if these grandchildren already have children themselves and maybe their own grandchildren.

It’s a pity that we don’t have such a tradition, although it turns out that there is Grandfather’s Day in Russia! True, it is combined with Grandmother's Day, and it is supposed to be celebrated on the last Sunday of October.

I would like to especially rejoice for the generations that have grandfathers! Those who were born earlier had their grandfathers taken away by the war. My own grandfather also died. And I was replaced by the husband of my grandfather's sister.

Before the revolution, he served in the tsarist army and was an educated person, read a lot, and besides, he was kind and wise. I learned a lot from him and owe a lot to him. I remember the days when we went to grandfather were the happiest in my life. I still sometimes dream about how we sit with my grandfather on the roof of their house and pick ripe bird cherry from the branches.

Unfortunately, my grandfather passed away when I was still a teenager. And it was the first and very heavy loss in my life.

I really like modern still quite young grandfathers who walk with their grandchildren, do interesting things, take them fishing, take them on hikes and much more. And, despite some skepticism towards the grandfathers of some grandmothers and mothers, in fact, a grandfather can take care of his grandchildren no worse than a grandmother.

The advantage in grandfather's upbringing is that he does not lisp, does not treat with excessive guardianship, that is, he gives the child to breathe freely, take initiative and develop. And even if the grandfather does not live in the same apartment with his grandchildren, then parents who maintain normal relations with the older generation can always give the grandfather a grandson or granddaughter for the weekend to be alone, go to visit or go to the theater.

Many grandfathers can also look after a sick child while the parents are at work. They make excellent nurses who not only give medicine on time, feed, drink, but also entertain with interesting stories from their lives or read a book.

And some grandfathers are able to captivate with something not only their own grandchildren, but also their friends and girlfriends.

As a child, I had a friend whose grandfather organized a puppet theater at home. We gathered at a friend’s house, made dolls ourselves under the guidance of her grandfather, sewed costumes, invented scenery, and then played mini performances ourselves, which were attended not only by small children, but also by our own parents.

I am sure that children in whose lives a grandfather occupies an important place grow up to be happier and more mature people.

And it is not in vain that they say that grandchildren are loved more than children. Grandfather already has upbringing experience, and he will not repeat the mistakes that he made in his youth. Often between the grandfather and grandchildren there is such a strong spiritual connection that they understand each other perfectly and even without words.

Wise grandfathers, like no one else, are able to unobtrusively expand the horizons of the child, teach him to understand himself, not to come into conflict with the inner and outer world. Grandfather will willingly share with his grandchildren the worldly and spiritual experience that he managed to accumulate during his life.

Retired grandfather, it's generally just a treasure! While parents often lack the time and patience, the grandfather has enough of both. At the same time, grandfather is most often still full of physical strength, energy and enthusiasm. And at the same time, he was born when there were no computers, but there were outdoor games and sports. That is what he will instill in computer boys and girls. And those in return will make their grandfather an advanced Internet user.

And maybe, already having children of their own, the grandchildren will remember long walks with their grandfather in the forest or in the park, where the grandfather taught them to distinguish maple from ash, and the voice of a nightingale from the trills of the oriole.

Returning mentally to my own childhood, I remember how my grandfather taught me to love every blade of grass, leaf, to understand animals and communicate with them. He also taught me to meet sunrises, see off sunsets, look at the stars.

These are just those invaluable skills that modern city dwellers lack and impoverish their inner world.

And yet boys learn masculinity from their grandfather, and girls acquire an invaluable ability to understand, respect and appreciate men, trust them, love them.

So whatever one may say, a grandfather is simply necessary for a person, like a sip of clean water. Therefore, both children and adults, do not forget to visit your grandfathers not only on holidays, but also on weekdays, call them more often.

If they are already old, then every call, every kind word will cheer them up and prolong their life.

And you can congratulate grandfathers on the holiday on January 22 and on the last Sunday of October. The main thing is that they know that they are loved and needed. And this should be done when the grandfathers are still alive, so as not to be tormented later by remorse that they did not like, did not say, did not give enough.

So, it’s better not to delay, buy a gift for your grandfather, something tasty that he loves and go to visit. And when he opens the door, tell him - happy holiday, beloved grandfather! And let Grandfather's holiday become our good tradition.

In our country, many celebrations are celebrated dedicated to various categories of relatives. Marked by public attention and mothers, and fathers, and daughters, and sons, and even brothers and sisters, having a common date of celebration. In the second half of autumn, you should address your congratulations to no less important members of your family - grandparents. Their feast falls on October 28th.

How did the Grandparents' Day holiday in Russia form?

Grandparents' Day in Russia appeared not so long ago, only in 2009. Then the Dutch Flower Bureau came up with a corresponding initiative, concerning, however, another state - the Netherlands. Our compatriots working in the same field quickly joined the implementation of the idea put forward abroad in their own country. According to some reports, representatives of show business played a certain role in the emergence of an unusual action in Russia: "star" grandparents, as well as their famous grandchildren. Since then, Grandparents' Day has taken root in the Russian expanses.

The date of the celebration of Grandparents' Day was not chosen by chance. The fact is that, according to the Slavic calendar, at the end of October, our ancestors celebrated a very specific holiday called “autumn Grandfathers”. Its purpose was to strengthen family ties with representatives of the older generation and unite all family members. The current tasks of the celebration are more prosaic, but also quite significant: Grandparents' Day should prove to older Russians their importance for society, for the country and, even more valuable, for their grandchildren.

Traditions for the celebration

According to tradition, on the Grandparents' Day celebrated annually on October 28 in Russia, the heroes of the occasion are presented with a flower in a pot as a gift. There is a simple explanation for this: a houseplant is an eloquent symbol of the long-term family cycle. In addition, it is customary to give specific flower cultures to grandparents - depending on the meaning of a particular flower. So, for example, hibiscus is presented to an elderly person with wishes of longevity and prosperity, geranium - for material prosperity, indoor rose - with the intention of emphasizing their warm feelings for the person to whom the gift is addressed.

Another custom of Grandparents' Day in Russia is to organize a tea party with sweets in the family circle, at which the heroes of the occasion are always present. The feast, as a rule, ends with a joint viewing of old photographs and immersion in memories of a bygone youth.

Charity events on October 28

Many charity events take place on Grandparents' Day in Russia. In large cities of Russia, state and commercial foundations arrange meetings for the elderly, accompanied by the use of hot tea and various goodies. All interested grandparents can also attend free music concerts, exhibitions in museums, and go on interesting excursions. Some stores give older customers good discounts on purchases on this holiday. Gifts from charitable organizations and volunteers are received on the autumn holiday by people in nursing homes. For example, a similar event took place a few years ago in the capital - it was held under the motto "Gift with love." Recently, various flash mobs have been relevant on the Russian Grandparents Day.

On Grandparents' Day in Russia about interesting things.

Most of the elderly citizens of Russia at one time provided their own children with all possible assistance in educating the younger generation. The share of such grandmothers from the total number of people living in our state is as much as 87%.
In Russia, every fourth child grows up in a family where, in addition to mom and dad, there is also a grandmother.
Psychologists say that the fact that a baby stays with a grandmother in the absence of parents instead of a nanny halves the likelihood of him getting any physical injury. It is understandable, because the control over the child of an older relative will be much more serious than that of an absolutely alien woman hired for money.
Long-term care of grandchildren (more than 9 hours a week), especially small ones, is fraught for grandmothers with an increased risk of developing heart disease and problems with blood vessels by 55%. And this is natural, since such a pastime is accompanied by nervous anxiety, and physical activity too.

According to doctors, a smoking pregnant woman gives a "green" light for the development of bronchial asthma in her grandchildren in the future. The risk of this disease in her offspring is doubled.
The most famous singing Russian elderly women are members of the national musical group Buranovskiye Babushki. The senior representative of the ensemble is 78 years old. In 2012, Buranovskiye Babushki performed in the popular Eurovision Song Contest, where they took second place.
According to the results of a sociological survey, Russians more often name their beloved grandmother on their mother's side than their grandmother on their father's side - 50% versus 14%.

Russian psychologists have identified a pattern that regular and long-term communication of children with the parents of their mothers and fathers reduces the degree of their hyperactivity and stabilizes the state of their nervous system.
Russia's oldest grandfather died on September 7, 2012. His name was Magomed Nasibovich Labazanov. This citizen lived in Dagestan. The venerable elder never engaged in intellectual work, and did not even know how to read and write. Nevertheless, he had excellent health and an excellent memory, which he retained until his own death. And it is not surprising, because Magomed Labazanov never drank alcoholic beverages, did not fall victim to smoking, adhered to the principle of rational and moderate nutrition, moved a lot and did physical labor. In addition, this man always remained faithful to his wife. Magomed Nasibovich passed away at the age of 122.
The oldest grandmother in our country is Nanu Shaova. The woman lives on the territory of Kabardino-Balkaria, she is 127 years old. The Russian woman is listed in the Russian Book of Records.

Another resident of the region mentioned above, also a long-liver, distinguished herself by the fact that she gave birth to a child at ... 79 years old. Grandmother Ula became a mother for the first time, and it happened in 1963. The baby's father is the third husband of an elderly woman, widower Tatym Margushev. Before that, Ula's grandmother had been married twice, but she never had children from any of her previous marriages. This is such a gift from God! Ula raised the child herself, as her husband died when the boy was 4 years old. And she herself outlived her son: Ahmed died of cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 42, but managed to give his mother grandchildren.
The youngest grandmother in our country is a 29-year-old resident of the Nizhny Novgorod region. Her daughter followed in the footsteps of her parent, having given birth to a child at the age of 14 from a minor guy.
All records for the number of descendants were broken by the Russian grandfather Alexei Shapoval. The man has 13 children, who in total gave him 117 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren. Almost all of their big and friendly family live in the same village, on their own land, doing manual labor.

Do not forget to congratulate grandparents on October 28 on their holiday, Grandparents Day in Russia. Give them your attention and sincere wishes!

On October 28, 2015, the Russian Federation will celebrate one of the most wonderful and very sincere holidays - the Day of Grandparents of Russia, our relatives and loved ones, without whose participation often no childhood can be considered complete, most vivid and memorable.

Why is that? Yes, it’s just that our grandparents are for many young people a moral guide in the raging sea of future (especially family) life, and their richest life experience helps not only not to go astray, but also to adequately survive many adversities.

Interestingly, Grandparents' Day in Russia began to be celebrated in 2009 on the initiative of the Dutch Flower Bureau, which was gladly picked up by Russian florists. From here came the festive offering to Russian grandparents that has since become traditional - a potted houseplant, symbolizing the long-term life cycle of a family, from its roots to the very last young sprouts. By the way, the date of the celebration - October 28 - was also not chosen by chance, because it completely coincides with the date of the ancient Slavic holiday of honoring the family, and this is also very symbolic.

But how do grandparents celebrate their day abroad? It turns out that this wonderful holiday is very popular in more than thirty countries of the world, in which it is celebrated at various times, in spring, autumn, and winter. And this, mind you, despite the fact that there is also a special Day of the Elderly in the international holiday calendar! That's because what is the worldwide authority and recognition of our dear grandparents (and love for them, of course)!

So, for example, in France, grandmothers are honored annually on the first Sunday in March (in 2015 this will happen on March 1) actually at the national level. On this day, they (and their grandchildren, but only in the company of grandmothers) are provided with free seats in tourist buses for joint sightseeing walks and travels. And in stores for ladies who bear the honorary title of grandmother, grandiose discounts are arranged in special sections (after all, any grandmother is, first of all, a charming Frenchwoman, despite her age and hobbies). Very often this day ends for many French grandmothers with a visit to a restaurant, because local restaurateurs are happy to prepare a special holiday menu for them.

On the first Sunday of September (in 2015 - September 6) Grandparents' Day is celebrated in Canada and the United States. It is customary for Canadians and Americans to celebrate this holiday in the family circle in nature (usually they arrange a barbecue for this), and in absolutely any weather.

In Italy, grandparents, since 2005, celebrate their day on the first Sunday of October (in 2015 - October 4). Catholics have always associated this day with the honoring of guardian angels, so the Italian President Carlo Ciampi, who initiated the unification of these holidays, immediately received the honorary title of "Italy's first grandfather" at the age of 84.

Interestingly, in Poland, grandparents are honored for two days: the first, on January 21, is dedicated exclusively to grandmothers, but grandfathers become “heroes of the day” on January 22. At this time, grandchildren present them with a wide variety of gifts and flowers, and Polish grandmothers (as, indeed, all the grandmothers of the world) heartily treat their most beloved relatives with sweet pies.

Do you have grandparents? Be sure to give them this holiday! After all, their love for you is limitless and, of course, is not limited to just one day. Remember this, please, more often!

To take a brief digression into the history of the holiday, as well as to find out how and when Grandparents Day 2018 will be celebrated in Russia and other countries of the world, you can read the review prepared by our information guides.

How did the original idea for the holiday come about?

Not every inhabitant of our planet knows that the authors of the idea of establishing the International Day of Grandparents are representatives of the Holland Flower Bureau. With the help of live bouquets, the Dutch "florists" invited the citizens of their country to express warm feelings for their "second parents". Europeans and residents of other countries of the world liked this initiative so much that soon this holiday received international status. The Russian Federation was no exception. In Russia, a celebration dedicated to elderly relatives has been celebrated since 2015.

Currently, Grandparents' Day is included in the holiday calendar of more than 45 countries of the world, including the USA, Australia, Japan, China, as well as some powers in Africa and Southeast Asia.

A few words about the essence of the holiday

Taking into account the invaluable importance of grandparents in the life of every person, you should never forget about the existence of a holiday that gives grandchildren the opportunity to show their attention and care for those who need it so much.

What date is the holiday celebrated in Russia

In Russia, Grandparents' Day is celebrated in sync with the inhabitants of most European countries, namely on October 28th. However, even here there are exceptions. For example, in the USA and Canada, festive events dedicated to the celebration are held on the 1st Sunday of September. French grandchildren honor "second parents" - on the 1st Sunday of March, and the Poles even divided the holiday into two - "female" and "male", which are celebrated in winter - on January 21 and 22, respectively. Italians congratulate their grandparents in the same way as the inhabitants of our country - in October. However, unlike the Russians, in the homeland of spaghetti, the date of this wonderful holiday falls on the 1st Sunday of this autumn month.

Traditional events in honor of the holiday

The main tradition of Grandparents' Day was "laid down" by the same Dutch "florists". And it consists in giving the heroes of the occasion live bouquets or indoor plants, symbolizing love and respect for older family members. Various original handmade souvenirs will also be appropriate for donation. Such a present will perfectly demonstrate the warm and reverent attitude of grandchildren to their beloved grandparents.

It is also pleasant that this holiday in our country is becoming more and more popular every year, and the list of official events dedicated to this event continues to grow rapidly. For example, many commercial enterprises organize concerts, exhibitions, excursions and dance evenings for current and former employees of advanced age, where they can not only have a great time in the company of "peers", but also get a powerful charge of pleasant emotions and unforgettable impressions.

Interesting facts about grandparents:

the youngest grandmother in the world was 23-year-old Romanian Rifka Stanescu;
the oldest grandmother who got into the Guinness Book of Records: 122-year-old resident of France Jeanne Louise Kalman;
the youngest grandfather on the planet: a resident of the UK, 29-year-old Shame Davis;
the age of the oldest grandfather known to history: 146 years (the record is held by the Indonesian Mba Ghoto, born in 1870).

Final word

Grandparents' Day is a holiday when you don't have to hold back sincere feelings and emotions. After all, the best gift for loved ones is not material gifts, but the sincere attitude, attention and care of those in whom they have invested a piece of their love, affection, tenderness and kindness.

Beautiful congratulations in honor of your beloved grandparents: