All Saints’ Day

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All Saints’ Day is a Christian solemnity celebrated on November 1st in Western churches to honor all known and unknown saints.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian holy day
liturgical feast
solemnity
alsoKnownAs All Hallows
Feast of All Saints
Hallowmas
linked to: Halloween
associatedWith lighting candles on graves
relics of saints
veneration of saints
visits to cemeteries
category Christian feast days
Holidays honoring the dead
November observances
celebratedIn Europe
Latin America
many predominantly Catholic countries
the Philippines
linked to: Philippines
commemorates spiritual union between the Church militant and the Church triumphant
date November 1
dayRelativeToEaster fixed date feast
developedFrom early commemorations of martyrs
followedBy All Souls’ Day
frequency annual
hasLiturgicalReadings Beatitudes in many Western lectionaries
honors all saints
known saints
unknown saints
isPartOf Allhallowtide
liturgicalCalendar Western Christian calendar
liturgicalColor white
month November
obligationStatus holy day of obligation in the Roman Catholic Church in many countries
observedBy Anglican Communion
Lutheran churches
Methodist churches
Reformed churches
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Western Orthodox churches
some other Protestant churches
originPeriod early Christian centuries
precededBy All Hallows’ Eve
rankInRomanRite solemnity
relatedFeast All Souls’ Day
Sunday of All Saints in Eastern Christianity
religion Christianity
theme communion of saints
remembrance of the dead

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1755 Lisbon earthquake day All Saints’ Day
Apostle Thaddeus (Jude) commemoratedOn All Saints' Day in many Christian traditions
linked to: All Saints’ Day
Pentecostarion usedForFeast All Saints Sunday
linked to: All Saints’ Day
Apostles' Fast follows Sunday of All Saints
linked to: All Saints’ Day
Reformation Day relatedTo All Saints’ Day
Christian liturgical year includesFeast All Saints' Day
linked to: All Saints’ Day
Church of Norway hasHoliday All Saints’ Day
Halloween influencedBy Christian All Hallows’ Day
linked to: All Saints’ Day
Christian culture hasHoliday All Saints' Day
linked to: All Saints’ Day
Book of Pentecost usedForFeast All Saints Sunday
linked to: All Saints’ Day
All Saints alsoKnownAs Solemnity of All Saints
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Feast of All Saints (Byzantine tradition) relatedFeast Feast of All Saints (Western tradition)
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Día de Muertos associatedWithDate All Saints’ Day
All Hallows, London Wall namedAfter All Hallows (All Saints)
subject linked to: All Hallows, London Wall church
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Gede lwa feastDay All Saints Day
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Gede Nibo associatedDay All Saints' Day
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Fèt Gede linkedTo All Saints' Day
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Allhallowtide hasPart All Saints’ Day
Allhallowtide associatedWith All Saints’ Day
Catholic Church in Austria mainFeastDay All Saints' Day
linked to: All Saints’ Day
All Souls follows All Saints’ Day