That’s the source of the modern observance of Halloween. All Saints' Day emanates from early Christian celebrations of martyrs in the Eastern Church, dating to the fourth century. The church ...

All Souls' Day, unlike All Saints' Day, commemorates and honors all the dead. The dates were later moved to the modern ones in the eighth century, according to The National Shrine of the ...

Today is All Saints Day, the day commemorating every saint, known and unknown, as per the Catholic tradition. Although many of the known saints have their own feast day during the year, on ...

That's the source of the modern observance of Halloween. The Christian concept of the importance of the individual soul underlies All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day, which are observed worldwide ...

Nov. 1 is the Solemnity of All Saints. Nov. 2 marks the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed, All Souls Day. Indeed ... 1430-1440, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York ...

Every year on November 1, many Roman Catholics and other Christians around the world observe All Saints Day, which honors all saints of the church deemed to have attained heaven. In the Eastern ...

Nov. 1 is the solemnity of All Saints — known more popularly as All Saints’ Day — the day on which the Catholic Church celebrates all who have attained eternal life with God in heaven.

All Saints’ Day – also known as All Hallows’ Day or Hallowmas, “hallow” meaning “holy” – is observed by Roman Catholics and most Protestant denominations on 1 November and prompts ...