Father's Day
Father's Day, is observed on the feast day of Fathers. It is celebrated as a public international day, like in many other countries including the U.S., on the third Sunday of June.
In Greece, like in other European countries, this day is named (Fête des Peres/Feast of Fathers)
Father's Day
In [[New Zealand]], Father's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September and it is not a public holiday. Fathers' Day seems to have been first observed at [[St Matthew's, Auckland|St Matthew's Church]], [[Auckland]] on 14 July 1929 and first appeared in commercial advertising the following year. By 1931 other churches had adopted the day. In 1935 much of Australia moved to mark the day at the beginning of September and New Zealand followed, with a [[Wellington]] advert in 1937, a [[Christchurch]] Salvation Army service in 1938 and in Auckland from 1939.