All Saints Day (Nov. 1) – People attend mass, pray and sing, and visit shrines and graves of saints. All Souls Day (Nov. 2) – People pray for those who have died, asking the saints to help ...

Under the leadership of the Backstreet Cultural Museum’s executive director Dominique Dilling, who in 2020 took over the position following the death of her father, Sylvester Francis, this year’s ...

Guardian Angel School in Oran has an annual tradition of putting on a Saints program by the 8th grade students. It usually occurs a few days before All Saints' Day, which is November 1. Our 8th ...

All Saints Day as it is known today began in 735 when Pope Gregory III dedicated a chapel in St. Peter's Basilica in honor of all the saints. The chapel was meant to house relics of the martyrs ...

All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day As Christianity spread, many pagan rituals were adapted to the new faith to be more attractive to converts. The period of reflecting on the dead continues ...

Christians in many countries around the world are celebrating All Saints’ Day, a somber and spiritual day in the church’s liturgical calendar that shares pagan roots with Halloween.

Traditionally, the Christian calendar recognizes Oct. 31 as All Hallows’ Eve, holding a vigil when the faithful would pray and fast prior to the feast day of All Saints' Day (or All Hallows’ Day).

All Saints Day was formally established in 609 AD by Pope Boniface IV, although it was then held on May 13. The pontiff also created All Souls Day which is now held one day after the feast of all ...

But on Friday, Christians in many countries around the world are celebrating All Saints’ Day, a somber and spiritual day in the church’s liturgical calendar that shares pagan roots with Halloween.

All Saints’ Day is also known as All Hallows' Day. Patrons would dress up in costumes of evil spirits or saints in order to depict the battle between good and evil. The Day of the Dead.