On major feast days, they would have an extended service of readings (scriptural, patristic, and from lives of the saints) in addition to chanting the psalms. This all would be done in the dark ...
All Saints’ Day, also known as All Hallows’ Day, the Feast of All Saints, the Feast of All Hallows, the Solemnity of All Saints and Hallowmas, is a Christian solemnity celebrated in honor of all 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 ...
“(All Saints Day today) honors all of the saints throughout the church, and it was that same Pope Gregory that eventually assigned November 1 as the feast day of all saints throughout the entire ...
1, is a Christian feast honoring all saints, known and unknown, who have attained heaven. Halloween literally means “holy evening” from the root word “hallow,” meaning “holy,” and ...