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All Saint's and All Soul's Days: Diverse Christian customs 8 Articles

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    by Tenebris

    All Saints' Day and its close cousin All Souls' Day are celebrated on November 1 and 2 in Christian countries around the world. As the numbers of saints and martyrs continued to grow, each with their own locally celebrate...read more

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    by Stushie

    Acts 26:17, 18 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive f...read more

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    by Laura Sugden

    All saints day is another saints day as part of my church, a small Church of Ireland community in North Antrim, Northern Ireland. Derived from the ancient Catholic Church, we no longer follow the catholic religious traditi...read more

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    by Darian Peters

    All Saints Day is a Christian festival that is also known as All Hallows or Hallowmas. It involves the celebration of all of the saints, whether known or unknown. It is celebrated by Western Christians on the 1st November....read more

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    by Alex Kee

    All Saint's and All Soul's Days has nothing to do with Christianity and therefore nothing Christian about them, not even remotely as "customs". The Way that Jesus Christ and His Apostles (including Apostle Paul and excl...read more

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    by Kevin Zarbock

    I really fail to see how that's even true. Doesn't the good book specifically tell us not to take and make special homage to people other than God? Here are some scriptures to illustrate that point; Matthew 4:10, 23:6-11-(...read more

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    by Peggy Molloy

    Halloween has Christian origins. What is called "All Saints Day", was at one time the commemoration of martyrs, and it was changed from May to November 1, by Pope Gregory IV in 835. The night before was considered "Holy Ev...read more

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    by Angela La Fon

    SUGAR CANDY SKULLS? SOUL CAKES? It must be All Saint's Day! Around the world the Christian holiday of All Saint's Day honors and recognizes all of the saints of the Christian church, many of which were martyrs. On...read more

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