"of saints in Heaven. In the liturgical books of the western Catholic Church (the Latin Church) it is called the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (), and is celebrated annually on 2 November. In the ordinary form of the Roman Rite, as well as in the Personal Ordinariates established by Benedict XVI for former Anglicans, it remains on 2 November if this date falls on a Sunday; in the 1962−1969 form of the Roman Rite, use of which is still authorized, it is transferred to Monday, 3 November. On this day in particular, Catholics pray for the dead. In"
"All Souls Day (film) All Souls Day, or All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos, is a 2005 zombie film written by Mark A. Altman and directed by Jeremy Kasten. It premiered at the 2005 Slamdance Film Festival, and the Sci Fi Channel played it on June 11, 2005. There is also an uncut version on DVD. In a small Mexican town, Vargas Diaz uncovers a hidden Aztec temple deep in the nearby mine. Luring the townspeople in, he blows up the entrance, trapping those inside forever. In exchange for the sacrificing the townspeople, Vargas receives eternal life. Years later,"
"Zaduszki Zaduszki or Dzień Zaduszny is a Polish name of All Souls' Day, Western Christian holiday celebrated on 2 November, a day after All Saint's Day. The word ""Zaduszki"" originating from ""Dzień Zaduszny"", can be roughly translated into English as ""the day of prayers for the souls"". On this day people visit cemeteries to light candles and pray for the souls of the dead, especially those believed to be in purgatory. Zaduszki is not a public holiday in Poland. All Souls' Day was introduced to Europe in year 998 in Benedictine monasteries, and since the 13th century became officially acknowledged"
"All Souls' Day (film) All Souls' Day is the English title for ""Zaduszki"", a film released in 1962, directed by the Polish film director Tadeusz Konwicki. Much like Konwicki's 1958 film ""The Last Day of Summer"", ""All Souls' Day"" is a story of survivors and the lasting psychic damage of World War II. In both films, the director embraces his position as a film amateur, self-consciously avoiding genre conventions. Unlike his earlier effort, however, ""All Souls' Day"" is driven by more conventional plot and dialogue elements that move beyond experimental filmmaking. Two young lovers, Wala (Ewa Krzyzewska) and Michael (Edmund"
"the 1 November date was a Germanic rather than a Celtic idea. In the 11th century, 2 November became established as All Souls' Day. This created the three-day observance known as Allhallowtide: All Hallows' Eve (31 October), All Hallows' Day (1 November), and All Souls' Day (2 November). It is widely believed that many of the modern secular customs of All Hallows' Eve (or Halloween) were influenced by the festival of Samhain. Samhain and Samhain-based festivals are held by some Neopagans. As there are many kinds of Neopaganism, their Samhain celebrations can be very different despite the shared name. Some"
"even later, with the date in Ireland being 20 April. In the early 11th century, the modern date of All Souls' Day was popularized, after Abbot Odilo established it as a day for the monks of Cluny and associated monasteries to pray for the dead. The word ""Allhallowtide"" was first used in 1471, and is derived from two words: the Old English word ""halig"", meaning ""saint"", and the word ""tide"", meaning ""time"" or ""season"" (cf. Christmastide, Eastertide). The latter part of the word ""Hallowmas"" is derived from the word ""Mass"". The words ""hallow"" and ""saint"" are synonyms. The Christian attitude"
"holiday to All Hallows' Eve celebration in Western Europe, one could see that they are closely linked. The given information is taken from the Dictionary of Svarog's House (Словарь Дома Сварога)- http://pagan.ru/slowar/z/zadushki8.php Zaduszki Zaduszki or Dzień Zaduszny is a Polish name of All Souls' Day, Western Christian holiday celebrated on 2 November, a day after All Saint's Day. The word ""Zaduszki"" originating from ""Dzień Zaduszny"", can be roughly translated into English as ""the day of prayers for the souls"". On this day people visit cemeteries to light candles and pray for the souls of the dead, especially those believed to"
"on all Christian souls for a soule-cake."" Historically, in France, on All Souls' Day, ""the burial fraternities were especially active in decorating the churchyard, and everywhere priests led a procession around the graveyard and blessed the graves."" Allhallowtide Allhallowtide, Hallowtide, Allsaintstide, or the Hallowmas season, is the triduum encompassing the Western Christian observances of All Saints' Eve (Halloween), All Saints' Day (All Hallows') and All Souls' Day, which last from 31 October to 2 November annually. Allhallowtide is a ""time to remember the dead, including martyrs, saints, and all faithful departed Christians."" The present date of Hallowmas (All Saints' Day)"
"from individuals and groups, including businesses and private organizations, may be made to MMOS in support of All Soul’s Weekend. All Soul's Weekend All Souls Weekend is an event in Tucson, Arizona. It draws on Mesoamerican, Spanish Roman Catholic, and Mexican rituals, incorporating many diverse cultural traditions with the common goal of honoring and remembering the deceased. All Souls Weekend is more commonly known as All Souls Procession weekend and is derived from the All Souls Procession, an event first initiated and organized in 1990 by Tucson artist Susan Kay Johnson to ""express her sorrow"" over the recent death of"
"the Church of England it is called The Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day) and is an optional celebration; Anglicans view All Souls' Day as an extension of the observance of All Saints' Day and it serves to ""remember those who have died"", in connection with the theological doctrines of the resurrection of the body and the Communion of Saints. In the Eastern Orthodox Church and the associated Eastern Catholic Churches, it is celebrated several times during the year and is not associated with the month of November. Beliefs and practices associated with All Souls' Day vary widely"
"3 November. In pre-1970 forms of the Roman Rite, still observed by some, if All Souls Day falls on a Sunday, it is always transferred to 3 November. In the minor propers (Introit, Gradual, Tract, Sequence, Offertory, and Communion) are those used for Renaissance and Classical musical requiem settings, including the Dies Irae. This permits the performance of traditional requiem settings in the context of the Divine Worship Form of the Roman Rite on All Souls Day as well as at funerals, votive celebrations of all faithful departed, and anniversaries of deaths. According to The Enchiridion of Indulgences, An indulgence,"
"All Soul's Weekend All Souls Weekend is an event in Tucson, Arizona. It draws on Mesoamerican, Spanish Roman Catholic, and Mexican rituals, incorporating many diverse cultural traditions with the common goal of honoring and remembering the deceased. All Souls Weekend is more commonly known as All Souls Procession weekend and is derived from the All Souls Procession, an event first initiated and organized in 1990 by Tucson artist Susan Kay Johnson to ""express her sorrow"" over the recent death of her father and to initiate an artistic ritual in honor of the dead in Tucson. Johnson had studied art therapy"
"fellowship of the church, especially family members and friends."" However, today, All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day have become conflated, and many Christians remember all the dead souls or ""saints"" on All Saints' Day.' The observance of All Souls' Day ""was spread throughout Europe"" by Saint Odilo of Cluny in the late 13th century. Like All Hallows' Eve and All Saints' Day, family members often attend mass and visit the graves of their deceased loved ones, placing flowers and lighted candles there. In many Anglican / Episcopal, Evangelical Lutheran and Roman Catholic Christian services, an A.D. 7th-century prayer ""The"
"its Lutheran citizens: Totensonntag, the last Sunday before Advent. This custom was later also adopted by the non-Prussian Lutherans in Germany, but it has not spread much beyond the Protestant areas of Germany. In the Anglican Communion, All Souls' Day is known liturgically as the Commemoration of All Faithful Departed, and is an optional observance seen as ""an extension of All Saints' Day"", the latter of which marks the second day of Allhallowtide. Historically and at present, several Anglican churches are dedicated to All Souls. During the English Reformation, the observance of All Souls' Day lapsed, although a new Anglican"
"and folk belief are related to customs of ancestor veneration practiced worldwide, through events such as, in India Pitru Paksha, the Chinese Ghost Festival, the Japanese Bon Festival. The Roman custom was that of the Lemuria. The formal commemoration of the saints and martyrs (All Saints' Day) existed in the early Christian church since its legalization, and alongside that developed a day for commemoration of all the dead (All Souls' Day). The modern date of All Souls' Day was first popularized in the early eleventh century after Abbot Odilo established it as a day for the monks of Cluny and"
"a Lesser Festival called ""Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day)"". In the Methodist Church, saints refer to all Christians and therefore, on All Saint's Day, the Church Universal, as well as the deceased members of a local congregation are honoured and remembered. In Methodist congregations that celebrate the liturgy on All Souls Day, the observance, as with Anglicanism and Lutheranism, is viewed as an extension of All Saints' Day and as such, Methodists ""remember our loved ones who had died"" in their observance of this feast. Some believe that the origins of All Souls' Day in European folklore"
"Righteous and the Just. The following Sunday is the Sunday of the Faithful Departed (similar to All Souls Day in Western calendar). In East Syriac tradition the All Saints Day celebration falls on the first Friday after resurrection Sunday. This is because all departed faithful are saved by the blood of Jesus and they resurrected with the Christ. Normally in east Syriac liturgy the departed souls are remembered on Friday. Church celebrates All souls day on Friday before the beginning of Great lent or Great Fast. The Christian holiday of All Saints' Day falls on 1 November, followed by All"
"All Saints' Day All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day, Hallowmas, the Feast of All Saints, or Solemnity of All Saints, is a Christian festival celebrated in honour of all the saints, known and unknown. In Western Christianity, it is celebrated on 1 November by the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the Methodist Church, the Lutheran Church, the Reformed Church, and other Protestant churches. The Eastern Orthodox Church and associated Eastern Catholic Churches and Byzantine Lutheran Churches celebrate it on the first Sunday after Pentecost. Oriental Orthodox churches of Chaldea and associated Eastern Catholic churches celebrate All"
"commemorating the dead, observed in November: All Souls Day in the case of the Roman Catholic Church, ""Ewigkeitssonntag"" or ""Eternity Sunday"" in the case of the Lutheran church. Though not a public holiday since July 1997, Remembrance Sunday is observed in Hong Kong, and is marked by a multi-faith memorial service at the Cenotaph in Central, Hong Kong. The service is organised by the Hong Kong ex-servicemen Association, and is attended by various Government officials and the representatives of various religious traditions such as the Anglican Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Buddhist community, the Taoist"
"besieging their hotel, while trying to uncover the secrets hiding within the hotel's rooms. ""All Souls Day"" premiered at the 2005 Slamdance Film Festival. It aired on the Sci Fi Channel on June 11, 2005. Anchor Bay released it on DVD in the US on January 17, 2006. Dennis Harvey of ""Variety"" wrote that it ""sometimes appears to laugh at its own cliches, but mostly it's just dumb."" Brad Miska of Bloody Disgusting rated it 1/5 stars and called the execution ""breathtakingly bad"" despite the interesting premise. Joshua Siebalt of Dread Central rated it 2.5/5 stars and wrote, """"All Souls"
"a public celebration in downtown Tucson, the organizers influence but do not control the traditions participants choose to represent and honor in the event. Each year thousands of participants in All Souls Weekend activities choose to wear calavera-style makeup and objects, familiar to many in Tucson due to the city's location 50 miles from the US-Mexico border. After the Spanish conquest of middle America, ancient Mesoamerican rituals merged with Roman Catholic tradition along with modern cultural interests in the Americas, yielding the holiday known today as ""Día de los Muertos"" in Spanish or Day of the Dead in English. At"
"All Souls' Day (or on All Saints' Day which is its Eve). They visit the houses and sing one or other of the traditional Souling-songs, and are then rewarded with gifts of money, or cakes, or sweets"". Simpson (1976) also states that in some villages in Cheshire, children have maintained the Souling tradition and go out Souling either on Halloween or the first two days of November. Hutton (2001) believes Souling is being observed in modern times in Sheffield. The custom on the outskirts of Sheffield is known as caking-night and traditionally took take place either on 30/31 October or"
"least one writer has argued that All Soul’s Weekend in Tucson represents a further step in the evolution of precolonial Mesoamerican rituals and Day of the Dead. Though there is evidence the All Souls Procession was directly inspired by the history of Day of the Dead, the organizers of the All Soul’s Weekend emphasize that the event includes and encourages all forms of individual expression, drawing from many cultures, religions, and rituals. The mission of the weekend’s primary organizing body, Many Mouths One Stomach (MMOS), includes the perspective that death is a universal experience, uniting deceased loved ones with the"
"Holy Ones"". All Saints' Day All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day, Hallowmas, the Feast of All Saints, or Solemnity of All Saints, is a Christian festival celebrated in honour of all the saints, known and unknown. In Western Christianity, it is celebrated on 1 November by the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the Methodist Church, the Lutheran Church, the Reformed Church, and other Protestant churches. The Eastern Orthodox Church and associated Eastern Catholic Churches and Byzantine Lutheran Churches celebrate it on the first Sunday after Pentecost. Oriental Orthodox churches of Chaldea and associated Eastern Catholic churches"
"over the 2004 memorial service for Fern Holland, a Tulsa lawyer and human rights activist who was the first U.S. civilian to be killed in the Iraq War. In February 2010 he travelled to Uganda to speak in opposition to the proposed Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill. All Souls has also been noted for its efforts to re-examine the 1921 Tulsa race riot, including the controversial role of the church's co-founder and ""Tribune"" publisher Richard Lloyd Jones, as well as the riot's lasting impact in Tulsa. In the summer of 2008 the church rented space to New Dimensions, the congregation of Carlton"
"Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), it combines aspects of many different cultural traditions. The first All Souls Procession was organized by local artist Susan Kay Johnson in 1990 and involved 35 participants; by 2013, participation was estimated at 50,000. The Procession, held at sundown, consists of a non-motorized parade through downtown Tucson featuring many floats, sculptures, and memorials, in which the community is encouraged to participate. The parade is followed by performances on an outdoor stage, culminating in the burning of an urn in which written prayers have been collected from participants and spectators. The"
"All Souls that he planted an undercover FBI agent in the church to monitor the congregation and undermine Eaton's ministry. All Souls has been performing interracial and same-sex weddings for decades. On the evening of September 11, 2001, All Souls and its newly called senior minister, Robert M. Hardies, held a memorial service which was covered by National Public Radio. Soon thereafter, All Souls hosted a public memorial service for Joseph Curseen Jr. and Thomas Morris Jr., two local postal workers who died from anthrax exposure. It was recently the site of a large conference of religious liberals and progressives,"
"to participate in a requiem of All Souls' Day and say a Litany of the Faithful Departed at least once a month"". At the Reformation the celebration of All Souls' Day was fused with All Saints' Day in the Church of England or, in the judgement of some, it was ""deservedly abrogated"". It was reinstated in certain parishes in connection with the Oxford Movement of the 19th century and is acknowledged in United States Anglicanism in the ""Holy Women, Holy Men"" calendar and in the Church of England with the 1980 ""Alternative Service Book"". It features in ""Common Worship"" as"
"St Nicholas on behalf of the suffering souls. November 2, All Souls' Day, holds special significance for the devotees of St. Nicholas of Tolentino. St Pius V did not include him in the Tridentine Calendar, but he was later inserted and given September 10 as his feast day. Judged to be of limited importance worldwide, his liturgical celebration was not kept in the 1969 revision of the General Roman Calendar, but he is still recognized as one of the saints of the Roman Catholic Church. A number of churches and oratories are dedicated to him, including San Nicolò da Tolentino"
"religious ceremony honoring ancestral spirits known as ""faun phii"" (""spirit dance"" or ""ghost dance"") takes place. It includes offerings for ancestors with spirit mediums sword fighting, spirit-possessed dancing, and spirit mediums cock fighting in a spiritual cockfight. In Catholic countries in Europe (continued later with the Anglican Church in England), November 1 (All Saints' Day), became known and is still known as the day to honor those who have died, and who have been deemed official saints by the Church. November 2, (All Souls Day), or ""The Day of the Dead"", is the day when all of the faithful dead"
"All Souls (The X-Files) ""All Souls"" is the seventeenth episode of the fifth season of the American science fiction television series ""The X-Files"". The episode originally aired on the Fox network on April 26, 1998. The episode's teleplay was written by Frank Spotnitz and John Shiban, from a story by Dan Angel and Billy Brown; it was directed by Allen Coulter. The episode is a ""Monster-of-the-Week"" story, a stand-alone plot which is unconnected to the mythology, or overarching fictional history, of ""The X-Files"". ""All Souls"" received a Nielsen household rating of 8.5 and was watched by 13.44 million viewers in"
"Office of the Dead"" is read out in churches on All Souls' Day."" In England, a popular tradition associated with All Souls' Day is souling, in which ""bands of children, or of poor men, went round to the houses of the well-to-do on Souling Day, as they called it, begging money, apples, ale, or doles of cake. In some parts specially baked cakes were prepared in readiness to give away; they were called soul-cakes."" The individuals who go souling often chant rhymes as they go door to door; for example, an old saying goes: ""A Soule-cake, a soule-cake, have mercy"
"Saturday of Souls Saturday of Souls (or Soul Saturday) is a day set aside for the commemoration of the dead within the liturgical year of the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches. Saturday is a traditional day of prayer for the dead, because Christ lay dead in the Tomb on Saturday. There are several Soul Saturdays throughout the year: In the Bulgarian Orthodox Church there is a commemoration of the dead on the Saturday before the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, i.e. on 8 November (instead of the Demetrius Soul Saturday). These days are devoted to prayer for departed"