The International Women's Day has been observed since the early 1900's. However, the holiday originated in pagan tradition. The 8th of March is the day that harmoniously combines sensibility, beauty, coquetry and tenderness. All the women, mother or not, are honored by the husbands, children, relatives and friends. The legend says that during the time of the Olympus deities, the people celebrated the Mother’s Day at the start of spring, dedicated to the mother of all deities Rhea. The Hebraic Talmud tells about a spring day in which the women did not work as it was a day of celebrations for them. At a Socialist International meeting in Copenhagen in 1910, an International Women's Day of no fixed date was proposed to honor the women's rights movement and to assist in achieving universal suffrage for women. Since its birth in the socialist movement, International Women's Day has grown to become a global day of recognition and celebration across developed and developing countries alike. This date is also commemorated at the United Nations and is designated in many countries as a national holiday. When women on all continents, often divided by national boundaries and by ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic and political differences, come together to celebrate their Day, they can look back to a tradition that represents at least nine decades of struggle for equality, justice, peace and development. The day after March 8 in some regions is dedicated to men in honor of the Christian holiday “40 Saints Martyrs of Sevasta” observed on March 9 according to the standard calendar. The church commemorates the killing of 40 martyrs from Sevasta fortress that lived during the reign of the pagan king Licinius (308-324) and were martyred because they refused to abandon their belief in Jesus. This religious holiday gave birth to different popular traditions. One of these is the honoring of men.