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'''Allhallowtide'''{{efn|also known as '''Hallowtide''',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/little-moreton-hall/things-to-see-and-do/view-page/item994753/ |title=Tudor Hallowtide |year=2012 |publisher=[[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty]] |quote=Hallowtide covers the three days – 31 October (All-Hallows Eve or Hallowe'en), 1 November (All Saints) and 2 November (All Souls). |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006071731/https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/little-moreton-hall/things-to-see-and-do/view-page/item994753/ |archive-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> '''Allsaintstide''',<ref>{{cite book|last=Kennedy|first=David|title=Using Common Worship: Times and Seasons Part 1 – All Saints to Candlemas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bt85g3XXp_0C&q=Eve%2Bof%2BAll%2BSaints%22,%2BUsing%2BCommon%2BWorship:%2BTimes%2Band%2BSeasons-%2BAll%2BSaints%2Bto%2BCandlemas&pg=PA121|date=23 November 2006|publisher=Church House Publishing |isbn=0715121138}}</ref> or the '''Hallowmas season'''<ref>{{cite book|last=Davis|first=Kenneth C.|title=Mythology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tr3C-LrfL5kC&q=Hallowmas+three&pg=PA291|access-date=1 November 2012|date=1 November 2005|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=006019460X|page=291|quote=Together, the three celebrations-the eve of All Saints' Eve, All Saints' Day, and All Souls' Day-were called Hallowmas.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Flick|first=Stephen|title=Christianizing Halloween and Hallowmas|url=http://christianheritagefellowship.com/christianizing-halloween-hallowmas/|access-date=19 October 2014|year=2009|publisher=Christian Heritage Fellowship|quote=The relics related to departed saints were placed on display during the Hallowmas season and special blessings were often promised for the veneration of these relics. In those towns and villages that were too small or poor to host a display of relics, a tradition arose which honored the lives of devoted believers by dressing like and impersonating them. Among some contemporary Christians, similar efforts have been used for the sake of appreciation rather than veneration or worship.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627133339/http://christianheritagefellowship.com/christianizing-halloween-hallowmas/|archive-date=27 June 2015}}</ref>}} is the [[Western Christian Church|Western Christian]] season<ref name="Leslie1895">{{cite book|last=Leslie|first=Frank|title=Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly: Allhallowtide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x7_QAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA539|access-date=9 April 2014|year=1895|publisher=Frank Leslie Publishing House|page=539 |quote=Just as the term "Eastertide" expresses for us the whole of the church services and ancient customs attached to the festival of Easter, from Palm Sunday until Easter Monday, so does All-hallowtide include for us all the various customs, obsolete and still observed, of Halloween, All Saints' and All Souls' Days. From the 31st of October until the morning of the 3d of November, this period of three days, known as All-hallowtide, is full of traditional and legendary lore.}}</ref> encompassing the [[triduum]] of [[All Hallows' Eve]] (Halloween), [[All Hallows' Day]] (All Saints' Day) and [[All Souls' Day]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Portaro|first=Sam |title=A Companion to the Lesser Feasts and Fasts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yp3wPBN8QyQC&q=Triduum++All+Hallows&pg=PA199|access-date=1 November 2012|date=25 January 1998|publisher=Cowley Publications|isbn=1461660513|page=199|quote=All Saints' Day is the centerpiece of an autumn triduum. In the carnival celebrations of All Hallows' Eve our ancestors used the most powerful weapon in the hoomans arsenal, the power of humor and ridicule to confront the power of death. The following day, in the commemoration of All Saints, we gave witness to the victory of incarnate goodness embodied in remarkable deeds and doers triumphing over the misantrhopy of darkness and devils. And in the commemoration of All Souls we proclaimed the hope of common mortality expressed in our aspirations and expectations of a shared eternity.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Buko|first=Andrzej |title=The Archæology of Early Medieval Poland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i6A3Q1WQIroC&q=Triduum++All+Hallows&pg=PA139|access-date=1 November 2012|year=2008|publisher=Brill Publishers|isbn=978-9004162303|page=139|quote=The custom of visiting and cleaning the graves of one's ancestors is still practiced in Poland today on All Hallows (All Saints) Day, 1st November, part of a triduum in the Catholic Church of commemorations of the dead.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Bannatyne|first=Lesley Pratt|title=Halloween: An American Holiday, an American History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rNAXt9jLXWwC&q=Hallowmas+three+All+Souls+All+Saints&pg=PA12|access-date=1 November 2012|date=1 August 1998|publisher=Pelican Publishing|isbn=1565543467|page=12|quote=The celebrations on the eve of All Saints, All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day (the three were referred to as Hallowmas) spread throughout Europe. From the British Isles to France to Poland and Italy, the religious remembrance of the ancestral dead became an annual celebration of major importance.}}</ref> as well as the [[International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church]] (observed on the first Sunday of November) and [[Remembrance Sunday]] (observed on the second Sunday in November) in some traditions.<ref name="Aleteia2022">{{cite web |title=The religious origins of Maltese traditional food |url=https://aleteia.org/2022/12/06/the-religious-origins-of-maltese-traditional-food/ |publisher=Aleteia |access-date=24 October 2023|date=6 December 2022 |quote=Take, for example, another November classic, għadam tal-mejtin: a layer of marzipan sandwiched between sweet pastry and topped with white sugar icing. Its name, literally "bones of the dead," is a (rather sweet) reminder of the beginning of Allhallowtide, the Christian liturgical season encompassing the triduum of All Saints Eve, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day, followed by the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (which is observed on the first Sunday of November) and the subsequent Remembrance Sunday (observed on the second Sunday in November).}}</ref><ref name="Oremus"/><ref name="Dyroff"/> The period begins on 31 October annually.<ref>{{cite book|last=Missett|first=Bill |title=Awakening the Soul: Book 2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lkS7bBtH9YMC&q=Hallowmas+All+Hallows+Eve+Halloween+All+Souls&pg=PA149|access-date=1 November 2012|year=2005|isbn=1420886800|quote=Thus Pope Boniface IV created All Saints Day, known as "All Hallomas" in old English, which was celebrated on November 1. Since Samhain was the day before, it became known as "All Hallows Eve," the origin of the word, "Halloween." The Church furthered its control of All Hallows Eve in the year 1000 A.D. by designating November 2 as All Souls' Day, which was celebrated very similarly to Samhain, with bonfires, parades and costumes. Soon all three holidays became one celebration known as Hallowmas.}}</ref> Allhallowtide is a "time to remember the dead, including [[Christian martyrs|martyrs]], [[saint]]s, and all faithful departed Christians."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ussu.co.uk/yourunion/stagmedia/Documents/Issues/The%20Stag%20-%20Issue%2076%20(Small%20File%20Size).pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628214833/https://www.ussu.co.uk/yourunion/stagmedia/Documents/Issues/The%20Stag%20-%20Issue%2076%20%28Small%20File%20Size%29.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 June 2015 |title=Happy Hallowe'en Surrey! |author=Rebekkah Hughes |date=29 October 2014 |work=The Stag |publisher=[[University of Surrey]]|access-date=26 June 2015 |quote=Halloween or Hallowe'en, is the yearly celebration on October 31st that signifies the first day of Allhallowtide, being the time to remember the dead, including martyrs, saints and all faithful departed Christians.}}</ref> The present date of [[Hallowmas]] (All Saints' Day) and thus also of its vigil (Hallowe'en) was established for Rome perhaps by [[Pope Gregory III]] (731–741) and was made of obligation throughout the [[Frankish Empire]] by [[Louis the Pious]] in 835.<ref name=Britannica>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=All Saints, Festival of |volume=1 |page=709}}</ref> Elsewhere, other dates were observed even later, with the date in Ireland being 20 April.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hutton |first=Ronald |author-link=Ronald Hutton |title=Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain |year=1996 |publisher=Oxford Paperbacks |location=New York |isbn=0-19-285448-8 |quote= the ''Felire'' of [[Aengus the Culdee|Oengus]] and the ''[[Martyrology of Tallaght]]'' prove that the early medieval churches [in Ireland] celebrated the feast of All Saints on 20 April |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/stationsofsunhis0000hutt}}</ref> In the early 11th century, the modern date of All Souls' Day was popularized, after Abbot [[Odilo of Cluny|Odilo]] established it as a day for the monks of Cluny and associated monasteries to [[pray for the dead]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m2s5IvaV4JIC&q=Clifford+%22feast+of+all+souls%22&pg=PA172|title=Eva Louise Lillie, Nils Holger Petersen (editors), ''Liturgy and the Arts in the Middle Ages'' (Museum Tusculanum Press 1996 ISBN 978-87-7289361-7), p. 172|access-date=30 October 2014|isbn=9788772893617|last1=Lillie|first1=Eva Louise|last2=Petersen|first2=Nils Holger|year=1996}}</ref>

== Etymology ==
The word ''Allhallowtide'' was first used in 1471,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/5281;jsessionid=AEF0BF2617DBE31DC86144F795ECCFF8?redirectedFrom=Allhallowtide#eid151926959|title=Allhallowtide|year=2014|publisher=[[Oxford English Dictionary]]|access-date=18 September 2014|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924123442/http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/5281;jsessionid=AEF0BF2617DBE31DC86144F795ECCFF8?redirectedFrom=Allhallowtide#eid151926959|url-status=live}}</ref> and is derived from three words: the [[Old English]] word {{lang|ang|[[hallow]]}}, meaning 'holy', the word ''tide'', meaning 'time' or 'season' (cf. [[Christmastide]], [[Eastertide]]),<ref name="Chambers1998">{{cite book|last=Chambers|first=Allied|title=The Chambers Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pz2ORay2HWoC&pg=RA2-PA1734|access-date=9 April 2014|year=1998|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=9788186062258|page=2|quote='''tide''' ''combining form'' denoting a time or season (''usu'' attached to a church festival, as in ''Christmas-tide'', ''Easter-tide'')}}</ref> and ''all'' (from Old English {{lang|ang|eall}}) meaning "every". The latter part of the word ''Hallowmas'' is derived from the word ''[[mass (liturgy)|Mass]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Toone|first=William |title=A Glossary and Etymological Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b-5PAAAAcAAJ&q=hallowmas+etymology&pg=PA276|access-date=1 November 2012|year=1834|publisher=Bennett|page=276}}</ref> The words ''hallow'' and ''saint'' are [[synonyms]].<ref name=Diehl>{{cite book|last1=Donnelly |first1=Mark Donnelly |last2=Diehl|first2=Daniel|title=Medieval Celebrations: How to Plan Holidays, Weddings, and Reenactments with Recipes, Customs, Costumes, Decorations, Songs, Dances, and Games |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-WKyMpNnRWUC&q=All+Saints'+Day&pg=PA13|access-date=1 November 2012|date=1 May 2001|publisher=Stackpole Books|isbn=0811728668|quote=November 1st. All Hallows' Day, or All Saints' Day. The word ''hallow'' was simply another word for saint. The feast was dedicated to all the truly holy people in the history of Christianity. The traditional color for this festival was white.}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:A-Procession-in-the-Catacomb-of-Callistus.jpg|thumb|right|Many of the remains of the [[Christian martyrs|martyrs]] of the [[ancient Church]] lie in the [[Catacombs of Rome|catacombs]]<ref name="Jeremiah2012">{{cite book|last=Jeremiah|first=Ken|title=Christian Mummification: An Interpretative History of the Preservation of Saints, Martyrs and Others|date=12 April 2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786489794|page=41|quote=Other signs found in the catacombs include the anchor, a Christian symbol for hope and the dove, which is representative of true believers: those who are saved. Also within the complex are crypts, which are small underground churches that were decorated with religious paintings, statues, or other symbols. Many of them were originally also adorned with relics of saints or Christians martyrs, and some of them had tombs dug into the floors called ''formae'' that housed the remains of martyrs, saints, or other important Christians.}}<!--|access-date=28 October 2015--></ref>]]
The Christian attitude toward the death of [[Christian martyr|martyrs]] is first exemplified in the [[New Testament]], which records that after the [[beheading of St. John the Baptist]], his disciples respectfully buried him.<ref name="Publishing1986">{{cite book|title=New American Bible for Catholics|date=1 June 1986|publisher=[[Thomas Nelson (publisher)|Thomas Nelson]]|isbn=9780529065087|quote=After the deaths of John and of Jesus, well-disposed persons request the bodies of the victims of Herod and of Pilate in turn to give them respectful burial (29; 15, 45-46).}}<!--|access-date=28 October 2015--></ref> [[Stephen]] was likewise "given a [[Christian burial]] by his fellow-Christians after he had been stoned to death by a mob."<ref name=Concordia1919>{{cite book|title=Magazin für Ev.-Luth. Homiletik und Pastoraltheologie, Volume 43|year=1919|publisher=Concordia Publishing House|page=450|quote=We also are told that, when the ungodly King Herod had beheaded John the Baptist, his disciples came and buried him. Also Stephen, the first Christian martyr, was given a Christian burial by his fellow-Christians after he had been stoned to death by a mob.}}</ref> Two of the Post-Nicene Fathers, [[Ephrem the Syrian]],<ref name="SmithWace1880">{{cite book|last1=Smith|first1=William|last2=Wace|first2=Henry|title=A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines|url=https://archive.org/details/adictionarychri07wacegoog|year=1880|publisher=J. Murray|page=139|quote=He also wrote on Repentance, on the Dead, and on Martyrs.}}</ref> as well as [[John Chrysostom]],<ref name="Tassone2001">{{cite book|last=Tassone|first=Susan|title=Praying in the Presence of Our Lord for the Holy Souls|year=2001|publisher=Our Sunday Visitor Publishing|isbn=9780879739218|page=41|quote=Honoring the Dead by St. John Chrysostom: Will you honor the dead?{{nbsp}}[...] Let us help and commemorate them. If Job's sons were purified by their Father's sacrifice, why would we doubt that our offerings for the dead bring them some consolation? Let us not hesitate to help those who have died and to offer our prayers for them.}}<!--|access-date=27 October 2015--></ref> both wrote about the importance of honoring the dead; the theologian [[Herman Heuser]] writes that in the [[early Church]], the feast days of the martyrs were local observances,<ref name="Heuser1934">{{cite book|last=Heuser|first=Herman Joseph|title=The American Ecclesiastical Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IszNAAAAMAAJ|access-date=28 October 2015|year=1934|publisher=Catholic University of America Press|page=465|quote=Apart from Sunday, early Christianity celebrated feast days. Their origin may be seen in the celebration of the anniversaries of the martyrs. In the beginning feast days were purely local observances. The earliest evidence of such anniversaries is found in a letter of the Church of Smyrna, telling of the martyrdom of its bishop, St. Polycarp. Soon this custom of celebrating a martyr's anniversary became a permanent institution.}}</ref> with [[church (building)|churches]] being built on those sites where their blood was shed.<ref name="Webb2001">{{cite book|last=Webb|first=Matilda|title=The Churches and Catacombs of Early Christian Rome|year=2001|publisher=Sussex Academic Press|isbn=9781902210575|page=7|quote=Many ancient churches were built over early Christian meetings places and sites of martyrdom, and the city abounds with artifacts, representatives and images of the early Christian period. -Amanda Claridge, author of Rome: An Oxford Archaeological Guide}}<!--|access-date=28 October 2015--></ref> Frances Stewart Mossier explains that this changed during the [[persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire]], saying that:

{{quotation|This arrangement worked very well at first, but soon there were more martyrs than there were days in the year, and so one day was set apart in honor of them all, and called All Saints' Day. This took place about the year A.D. 610. The day of the year on which the festival first occurred was the first of May, and it was not till two hundred years after that it was changed to Nov. 1, the day we now observe. The Christians of those times were in the habit of spending the night before All Saints' Day in thinking over the good and helpful lives of those in whose honor the day was kept and in praying that they might be like them. Services were held in the churches, and candles and [[Religious use of incense|incense]] burned before the pictures and statues of the saints. It was to them one of the holiest, most significant days of all the year.<ref name=Mossier>{{cite book|author1=Frances Stewart Mossier|title=Hallowe'en: The Myrtle, Volume 56 |year=1901|publisher=A.L. Freeman|page=175}}</ref>}}

Following the establishment of All Hallows' Day and its [[vigil]], All Hallows' Eve in the 8th century,<ref name=Britannica/> [[Odilo of Cluny]] popularized the day to pray for [[All Souls' Day|All Souls]],<ref name=Farmer2011>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_zJJtvK2_KsC&q=All+Souls%27+Day+Cluny&pg=PA329|title=David Farmer (editor), ''The Oxford Dictionary of Saints'' (Oxford University Press 2011 ISBN 978-0-19959660-7), p. 329|access-date=30 October 2014|isbn=978-0199596607|last1=Farmer|first1=David Hugh|date=14 April 2011|publisher=OUP Oxford }}</ref> forming the third day of the [[triduum]] of Allhallowtide.<ref>{{cite web |title=Redeeming Halloween by rediscovering Allhallowtide |url=https://www.ministrymatters.com/all/entry/6356/redeeming-halloween-by-rediscovering-allhallowtide |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004012512/https://www.ministrymatters.com/all/entry/6356/redeeming-halloween-by-rediscovering-allhallowtide |archive-date=4 October 2015 |access-date=27 October 2023 |last=Raynor|first=Shane|date=2 October 2015|work=Ministry Matters|publisher=United Methodist Publishing House|quote=Halloween and All Saints' Day are followed on November 2 by a third, lesser known day: All Souls Day. The combined three-day observance is called Allhallowtide.}}</ref> It has been thought that the first three days of Allhallowtide may have originated as a ritualistic remembrance of the [[Flood myth|deluge]] in which the first night, [[Halloween|All Hallows' Eve]] remembers the wickedness of the world before flood. The second night then celebrates the saved who survived the deluge and the third night celebrates those who would repopulate the Earth.<ref>{{cite book |last=Olcott |first=William Tyler |author-link=William Tyler Olcott |title=Star Lore of All Ages |publisher=The Knickerbocker Press |year=1911 |pages=413 |url=https://archive.org/details/starloreofallage00olco}}</ref>

The [[octave (liturgical)|octave]] of Allhallowtide,<ref>{{cite book|title=The Month, Volume 150|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RgYkAQAAIAAJ|access-date=26 January 2016|publisher=University of California Press|page=502|quote=Allhallowtide, i-e., the octave of All Saints.}}</ref> lasting "eight days was established by [[Pope Sixtus IV]] in 1430 for the whole Western Church."<ref name="Pfatteicher1990">{{cite book |last1=Pfatteicher |first1=Philip H. |title=Commentary on the Lutheran Book of Worship: Lutheran Liturgy in Its Ecumenical Context |date=1990 |publisher=[[Augsburg Fortress]]|isbn=978-0-8006-0392-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_WjZAAAAMAAJ |access-date=27 October 2023}}</ref>{{rp|322}} The octave, however was eliminated in the [[Liturgical reforms of Pope Pius XII|1955 reforms]] of the [[Catholic Church]],<ref name="EisenhoferLechner1961">{{cite book|last1=Eisenhofer|first1=Ludwig|last2=Lechner|first2=Josef|title=The Liturgy of the Roman rite|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f_glAQAAIAAJ|access-date=27 January 2016|year=1961|publisher=[[Verlag Herder]]|page=239|quote=On March 23, 1955, a decree of the S.C.R. abolished all octaves except those of Christmas, Easter and Whitsun.}}</ref> although it continues to be observed by many Lutherans and Anglicans.<ref name="Pfatteicher1990" />{{rp|301}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Clarke |first=William Kemp Lowther |title=Saints' Days as observed by the Churches of the Anglican Communion|year=1941|publisher=[[Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge]]|page=83|quote=The festival of All Saints is kept by many churches with an octave.}}</ref> The faithful may still obtain a [[Plenary indulgence|Plenary Indulgence]] by visiting a cemetery and [[praying for the dead]] during the octave of All Hallows.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stjosephmillbrookny.org/bulletins/20151101.pdf|title=All Saints and All Souls|last=Colacicco|first=Gerardo J.|date=1 November 2015|publisher=The Roman Catholic Parish of St. Joseph-Immaculate Conception|access-date=12 March 2016|archive-date=12 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312133507/http://stjosephmillbrookny.org/bulletins/20151101.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Within Allhallowtide, which has a theme revolving around martyrs and saints, many Christian denominations also observe the [[International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church]] on the first Sunday of November, to remember those who continue to be [[Persecution of Christians in the modern era|persecuted for their Christian faith]].<ref name="Aleteia2022"/><ref name="CT2019">{{cite web |title=International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/topics/i/international-day-of-prayer-for-the-persecuted-church/ |publisher=[[Christianity Today]] |access-date=17 October 2019|quote=In Africa, North Korea, China, India, the Philippines, and other nations, Christians face worship restrictions, public humiliation, and social isolation. Many encounter violence; some face death. Church buildings are burned and vandalized. The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church is charged with raising awareness of such circumstances and lifting the most pressing instances of global persecution up in prayer. Held annually in mid-November, traditionally a month devoted to remembering the saints and martyrs of the church, the event is supported by prominent evangelical and humanitarian organizations including the World Evangelical Alliance, Open Doors, and International Christian Concern. |archive-date=23 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523210356/https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/topics/i/international-day-of-prayer-for-the-persecuted-church/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Henry-Crowe2018">{{cite web |last1=Henry-Crowe |first1=Susan |title=International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church |url=http://www.umcjustice.org/news-and-stories/international-day-of-prayer-for-the-persecuted-church-776 |publisher=[[General Board of Church and Society]] |access-date=16 October 2019|date=1 November 2018 |archive-date=17 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017000203/https://www.umcjustice.org/news-and-stories/international-day-of-prayer-for-the-persecuted-church-776 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Dyroff">{{cite web |last1=Dyroff |first1=Denny |title=The spookiest weekend of the year |url=https://www.unionvilletimes.com/?p=51339 |website=The Unionville Times |date=28 October 2022 |quote=Allhallowtide is the Western Christian season encompassing the triduum of All Saints' Eve (Halloween), All Saints' Day (All Hallows') and All Souls' Day, as well as the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (observed on the first Sunday of November). |access-date=1 November 2022 |archive-date=1 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101005502/https://www.unionvilletimes.com/?p=51339 |url-status=live}}</ref> In the [[United Kingdom]], the [[Church of England]], [[mother church]] of the [[Anglican Communion]], extended All Saints-tide to include [[Remembrance Sunday]] in the 20th century.<ref name="Oremus">{{cite web|title=All Saints' Tide|url=http://www.oremus.org/liturgy/pohg/s2a.html|website=Services and Prayers for the Season from All Saints to Candlemas|publisher=[[General Synod of the Church of England]]|quote=For many twentieth-century Christians the All Saints-tide period is extended to include Remembrance Sunday. In the Calendar and Lectionary we have sought to make it easier to observe this without cutting across a developing lectionary pattern, and we have reprinted the form of service approved ecumenically for use on that day.|access-date=27 October 2015|archive-date=5 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805022123/http://www.oremus.org/liturgy/pohg/s2a.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Triduum ==

=== All Hallows' Eve ===
{{Main|Halloween}}
[[File:Hallowe'en beim Eifeler Hof - geo.hlipp.de - 6914.jpg|Hallowe'en decorations in Eifeler Hof, North Rhine-Westphalia, [[Germany]].|130px|thumb|left]]
All Hallows' Eve, often contracted as Halloween, is the eve of [[All Hallows' Day]] (All Saints' Day),<ref>{{cite book|last1=Armentrout|first1=Donald S. |last2=Slocum |first2=Robert Boak|title=An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y_RpbmWNfHcC&q=All+Hallows'+Eve&pg=PA7|access-date=1 November 2012 |year=1999|publisher=Church Publishing, Inc.|isbn=0898692113|page=7|quote='''All Hallows' Eve.''' The evening of Oct. 31, which precedes the church's celebration of All Saints' Day on Nov. 1.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Kelley|first1=Ruth Edna|title=The Book of Halloween|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gkcy8GFKrbMC&q=Hallowe'en+All+Hallows+Eve&pg=PR7|access-date=1 November 2012|publisher=Forgotten Books|isbn=1605069493|quote=The term Halloween (and its alternative rendering Hallowe'en) is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the eve of "All Hallows' Day", which is now also known as All Saints' Day.|year=1919}}</ref> and the first day of the Allhallowtide.<ref name=Ebony>{{cite book|title=Ebony|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cdMDAAAAMBAJ&q=Hallowmas+three+collectively&pg=PA177|access-date=1 November 2012|volume=62|year=2007|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|issn=0012-9011|chapter=12|quote=Later, in AD 1000, the church declared Nov. 2 as All Souls Day and the three days collectively are called Hallowmas.}}</ref> According to some scholars, the [[Christian Church]] absorbed some Celtic practices associated with [[Samhain]] and [[Christianised]] the celebration in order to ease the Celts' [[conversion to Christianity]];<ref name=BBC1>{{cite web|title=BBC – Religions – Christianity: All Hallows' Eve|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/halloween_1.shtml|publisher=BBC|quote=It is widely believed that many Hallowe'en traditions have evolved from an ancient Celtic festival called Samhain which was Christianised by the early Church. Pronounced sow-in, Samhain is a Gaelic word meaning 'end of the summer'. This festival is believed to have been a celebration of the end of the harvest, and a time of preparation for the coming winter. It is widely accepted that the early church missionaries chose to hold a festival at this time of year in order to absorb existing native Pagan practices into Christianity, thereby smoothing the conversion process.|year=2010|access-date=1 November 2011|archive-date=3 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103105817/http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/halloween_1.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Christianity1>{{cite book|author=Nicholas Rogers|title=Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=stWZ_UDteMIC&q=halloween+christian+holy+day&pg=PA22|quote=Halloween and the Day of the Dead share a common origin in the Christian commemoration of the dead on All Saints' and All Souls' Day. But both are thought to embody strong pre-Christian beliefs. In the case of Halloween, the Celtic celebration of Samhain is critical to its pagan legacy, a claim that has been foregrounded in recent years by both new-age enthusiasts and the evangelical Right.|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0195168968|year=2002|access-date=31 October 2011}}</ref> other scholars maintain that the Christian observance of All Hallows' Eve arose completely independent of Samhain.<ref name=BBC2>{{cite web|title=BBC - Religions - Christianity: All Hallows' Eve|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/halloween_1.shtml|publisher=BBC|quote=The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions also claims that Hallowe'en "absorbed and adopted the Celtic new year festival, the eve and day of Samhain". However, there are supporters of the view that Hallowe'en, as the eve of All Saints' Day, originated entirely independently of Samhain and some question the existence of a specific pan-Celtic religious festival which took place on 31st October/1st November.|year=2010|access-date=1 November 2011|archive-date=3 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103105817/http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/halloween_1.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.salzburg.com/display/SNZ41-2922809130.10.2010|title=Kein 'Trick or Treat' bei Salzburgs Kelten|last=Moser|first=Stefan|date=29 October 2010|publisher=Salzburger Nachrichten|language=de|access-date=11 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317122059/http://search.salzburg.com/display/SNZ41-2922809130.10.2010|archive-date=17 March 2014|quote=Die Kelten haben gar nichts mit Halloween zu tun", entkräftet Stefan Moser, Direktor des Keltenmuseums Hallein, einen weit verbreiteten Mythos. Moser sieht die Ursprünge von Halloween insgesamt in einem christlichen Brauch, nicht in einem keltischen.}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Samhain – Halloween – Allerheiligen|last1=Döring|first1=Alois|last2=Bolinius|first2=Erich|date=31 October 2006|publisher=FDP Emden|language=German<!--|access-date=12 November 2015-->|quote=Die lückenhaften religionsgeschichtlichen Überlieferungen, die auf die Neuzeit begrenzte historische Dimension der Halloween-Kultausprägung, vor allem auch die Halloween-Metaphorik legen nahe, daß wir umdenken müssen: Halloween geht nicht auf das heidnische Samhain zurück, sondern steht in Bezug zum christlichen Totengedenkfest Allerheiligen/ Allerseelen.}}</ref><ref name="2005Hörandner">{{cite book|last=Hörandner|first=Editha|title=Halloween in der Steiermark und anderswo|year=2005|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|language=de|isbn=978-3825888893|pages=8, 12, 30|quote= Der Wunsch nach einer Tradition, deren Anfänge sich in grauer Vorzeit verlieren, ist bei Dachleuten wie laien gleichmäßig verbreitet. ... Abgesehen von Irrtümern wie die Herleitung des Fests in ungebrochener Tradition ("seit 2000 Jahren") ist eine mangelnde vertrautheit mit der heimischen Folklore festzustellen. Allerheiligen war lange vor der Halloween invasion ein wichtiger Brauchtermin und ist das ncoh heute. ... So wie viele heimische Bräuche generell als fruchtbarkeitsbringend und dämonenaustreibend interpretiert werden, was trottz aller Aufklärungsarbeit nicht auszurotten ist, begegnet uns Halloween als ...heidnisches Fest. Aber es wird nicht als solches inszeniert.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wdr.de/themen/freizeit/brauchtum/halloween_10/interview_doering.jhtml?rubrikenstyle=freizeit|title=Süßes, Saures – olle Kamellen? Ist Halloween schon wieder out?|last=Döring|first=Dr. Volkskundler Alois|year=2011|publisher=[[Westdeutscher Rundfunk]]|language=de|access-date=12 November 2015 |archive-date=14 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614110611/http://www.wdr.de/themen/freizeit/brauchtum/halloween_10/interview_doering.jhtml?rubrikenstyle=freizeit|quote=Dr. Alois Döring ist wissenschaftlicher Referent für Volkskunde beim LVR-Institut für Landeskunde und Regionalgeschichte Bonn. Er schrieb zahlreiche Bücher über Bräuche im Rheinland, darunter das Nachschlagewerk "Rheinische Bräuche durch das Jahr". Darin widerspricht Döring der These, Halloween sei ursprünglich ein keltisch-heidnisches Totenfest. Vielmehr stamme Halloween von den britischen Inseln, der Begriff leite sich ab von "All Hallows eve", Abend vor Allerheiligen. Irische Einwanderer hätten das Fest nach Amerika gebracht, so Döring, von wo aus es als "amerikanischer" Brauch nach Europa zurückkehrte.}}</ref> On All Hallows' Eve, some believed that the veil between the material world and the [[Christian eschatology|afterlife]] thinned.<ref>{{cite book|last=Willis|first=Jim|title=The Religion Book|date=1 September 2003|publisher=Visible Ink Press|isbn=1578591511|page=14|quote=The famous magician Harry Houdini promised to communicate from the place of the dead if at all possible; after years of seances, usually held at Halloween-traditionally said to be the time when the veil between this world and the next is stretched the thinnest-his wife finally gave up in despair.|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/tiesthatbindbruc0000unse}}</ref> In order to prevent recognition by a [[Soul in the Bible|soul]], "people would don masks or costumes to disguise their identities"; in [[North America]], this tradition is perpetuated through the practice of [[trick or treating]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Conteh|first=Prince Sorie|title=Traditionalists, Muslims, and Christians in Africa: Interreligious Encounters and Dialogue|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HpAuyiMRTDcC&q=all+hallow's+eve+christian+origin&pg=PA132|access-date=1 November 2012|year=2009|publisher=Cambria Press|isbn=978-1604975963|page=132|quote=It was traditionally believed that the souls of the departed wandered the earth until All Saints' Day, and All Hallow's Eve provided one last chance for the dead to gain vengeance on their enemies before moving to the next world. In order to avoid being recognized by any soul that might be seeking such vengeance, people would don masks or costumes to disguise their identities. Today most North American and British children perpetuate the custom by dressing in costume and going door to door in search of treats.}}</ref> In medieval [[Poland]], believers were taught to [[Christian prayer|pray]] out loud as they walk through the forests in order that the souls of the dead might find comfort; in [[Spain]], Christian priests tolled their [[church bell]]s in order to allow their congregants to remember the dead on All Hallows' Eve.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bannatyne|first=Lesley Pratt|title=Halloween: An American Holiday, an American History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rNAXt9jLXWwC&q=Hallowe'en+All+Hallows+Eve+Spain+church+bells&pg=PA12|access-date=1 November 2012|date=1 August 1998|publisher=Pelican Publishing|isbn=1565543467|page=12|quote=Polish Catholics taught their children to pray out loud as they walked through the woods so that the souls of the dead could hear them and be comforted. Priests in tiny Spanish villages still ring their church bells to remind parishioners to honor the dead on All Hallows Eve.}}</ref>

The [[Christian Church]] traditionally observed Hallowe'en through a [[vigil]] "when worshippers would prepare themselves with prayers and fasting prior to the feast day itself."<ref name="BBC3">{{cite web|title=BBC – Religions – Christianity: All Hallows' Eve|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/halloween_1.shtml|publisher=BBC|quote=All Hallows' Eve falls on 31st October each year, and is the day before All Hallows' Day, also known as All Saints' Day in the Christian calendar. The Church traditionally held a vigil on All Hallows' Eve when worshippers would prepare themselves with prayers and fasting prior to the feast day itself.|year=2010|access-date=1 November 2011|archive-date=3 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103105817/http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/halloween_1.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> This [[church service]] is known as the ''Vigil of All Hallows'' or the ''Vigil of All Saints'';<ref name="Harvey">{{cite web|title='All Hallows' Eve'|url=http://www.patriotpost.us/commentary/15253|publisher=The Patriot Post|author=Dr. Andrew James Harvey|quote="The vigil of the hallows" refers to the prayer service the evening before the celebration of All Hallows or Saints Day. Or "Halloween" for short – a fixture on the liturgical calendar of the Christian West since the seventh century.|date=31 October 2012|access-date=1 November 2011|archive-date=21 April 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421185016/http://www.patriotpost.us/commentary/15253|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CNA">{{cite web|title=Vigil of All Saints|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resource/55077/vigil-of-all-saints|publisher=Catholic News Agency|quote=The Vigil is based on the monastic office of Vigils (or Matins), when the monks would arise in the middle of the night to pray. 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, of course, and was an opportunity to listen carefully to the Word of God as well as the words of the Church Fathers and great saints. The Vigil of All Saints is an adaptation of this ancient practice, using the canonical office of Compline at the end.|date=31 October 2012|access-date=1 November 2011|archive-date=24 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524132950/http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resources/saints/feast-days/vigil-of-all-saints/|url-status=live}}</ref> an initiative known as ''Night of Light'' seeks to further spread the observance of ''Vigil of All Hallows'' throughout [[Christendom]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nightoflight.org/nofl2000.htm|title=Night of Light Beginnings|publisher=Cor et Lumen Christi Community|access-date=2 November 2012|quote=In its first year – 2000 AD – over 1000 people participated from several countries. This included special All Saints Vigil masses, extended periods of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and parties for children. In our second year 10,000 participated. Since these modest beginnings, the Night of Light has been adopted in many countries around the world with vast numbers involved each year from a Cathedral in India to a convent in New Zealand; from Churches in the USA and Europe to Africa; in Schools, churches, homes and church halls all ages have got involved. Although it began in the Catholic Church it has been taken up be other Christians who while keeping its essentials have adapted it to suit their own traditions.|archive-date=23 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023062312/http://www.nightoflight.org/nofl2000.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/8114025/Heres-to-the-Soulcakers-going-about-their-mysterious-mummery.html|title=Here's to the Soulcakers going about their mysterious mummery|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=6 November 2012|quote=One that has grown over the past decade is the so-called Night of Light, on All Hallows’ Eve, October 31. It was invented in 2000, in leafy Chertsey, Surrey, when perhaps 1,000 people took part. Now it is a worldwide movement, popular in Africa and the United States. The heart of the Night of Light is an all-night vigil of prayer, but there is room for children’s fun too: sweets, perhaps a bonfire and dressing up as St George or St Lucy. The minimum gesture is to put a lighted candle in the window, which is in itself too exciting for some proponents of health and safety. The inventor of the Night of Light is Damian Stayne, the founder of a year-round religious community called Cor et Lumen Christi – heart and light of Christ. This new movement is Catholic, orthodox and charismatic – emphasising the work of the Holy Spirit.|date=6 November 2010|archive-date=3 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403094908/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/8114025/Heres-to-the-Soulcakers-going-about-their-mysterious-mummery.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After the service, "suitable festivities and entertainments" often follow, as well as a visit to the graveyard or [[cemetery]], where flowers and candles are often placed in preparation for All Saints' Day (All Hallows' Day).<ref name="Armentrout">{{cite book|last1=Armentrout|first1=Donald S.|last2=Slocum|first2=Robert Boak|title=An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y_RpbmWNfHcC&q=All+Hallows'+Eve&pg=PA7|access-date=1 November 2012 |year=1999|publisher=Church Publishing, Inc.|isbn=0898692113|page=7|quote=The ''BOS'' notes that "suitable festivities and entertainments" may precede of follow the service, and there may be a visit to a cemetery or burial place.}}</ref><ref name="Infeld">{{cite book|last1=Infeld|first1=Joanna|title=In-Formation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nJ5JfYtNC7QC&q=halloween+poland+visiting+cemetery&pg=PA150|access-date=1 November 2012 |date=1 December 2008|publisher=D & J Holdings LLC|isbn=978-0976051244|page=150|quote=My folks are Polish and they celebrate Halloween in a different way. It is time to remember your dead and visit the cemetery and graves of your loved ones.}}</ref>

=== All Hallows' Day ===
{{Main|All Saints' Day}}
{{See also|Day of the Dead}}
[[File:Alla helgons dag vid Röke kyrka-1.jpg|A cemetery outside an [[Lutheranism|Evangelical Lutheran]] church ([[Church of Sweden]]) in [[Röke]], [[Sweden]] on the feast of All Hallows. Flowers and lighted candles are placed by relatives on the graves of their deceased loved ones.|200px|thumb|right]]
The second day of Allhallowtide is known as All Saints' Day, All Hallows' Day, or Hallowmas.<ref name=BBC4/> Occurring on 1 November, it is a "principal feast of the [[Christian Year|church year]], and one of the four days recommended for the administration of baptism" in [[Anglicanism]].<ref name=Date>{{cite book|last1=Armentrout|first1=Donald S. |last2=Slocum |first2=Robert Boak|title=An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y_RpbmWNfHcC&q=All+Hallows'+Eve&pg=PA7|access-date=1 November 2012 |year=1999|publisher=Church Publishing, Inc.|isbn=0898692113|page=7|quote='''All Saints' Day.''' Commemorates all saints, known and unknown, on Nov. 1. All Saints' Day is one of the seven principal feasts of the church year, and one of the four days recommended for the administration of baptism. All Saints' day may also be celebrated on the Sunday following Nov. 1.}}</ref> In some [[Christian denominations]], All Saints' Day may be "celebrated on the Sunday following November 1."<ref name="Date"/> All Saints' Day is a holy day to honour all the [[saints]] and [[martyrs]], both known and unknown.<ref name=BBC4>{{cite web|title=BBC – Religions – Christianity: All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/allsaints_1.shtml|publisher=BBC|quote=All Saints' Day (also known as All Hallows' Day or Hallowmas) is the day after All Hallows' Eve (Hallowe'en). It is a feast day celebrated on 1st November by Anglicans and Roman Catholics. It is an opportunity for believers to remember all saints and martyrs, known and unknown, throughout Christian history. As part of this day of obligation, believers are required to attend church and try not to do any servile work.|year=2010|access-date=1 November 2011|archive-date=30 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930121256/http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/allsaints_1.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Granieri>{{cite book|last1=Granieri|first1=Lori|title=Italian-American Holiday Tradi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pnHYFUZz2u0C&q=All+Saints'+Day&pg=PA19|access-date=1 November 2012 |date=1 August 2002|publisher=Citadel Press|isbn=0806523662|page=19|quote=All Saints' Day is a universal Christian holy day to honor all saints—known and unknown—on November 1.}}</ref> All Hallows' Day is "a universal Christian [[Liturgical year|holy day]],"<ref name="Granieri"/> but it has a special importance in the [[Roman Catholic Church]], [[Lutheran Church|Evangelical Lutheran churches]], [[Anglican Church]], and some other [[Protestantism|Protestant churches]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Melton|first=J. Gordon |title=Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lD_2J7W_2hQC&q=All+Saints+Day+Lutheran+Catholic&pg=PA23|access-date=1 November 2012|date=13 September 2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1598842067|quote=For Catholics, All Saints Day is a day of obligation, meaning that the faithful should attend a Mass and refrain from activities that distract from the atmosphere of worship. After the Reformation, Anglicans and Lutherans continued to observe All Saints Day, but it was discarded by the churches in the Reformed church tradition such as the Presbyterians It has regained some prominence in the atmosphere of the 20th-century ecumenical movements, but is often shifted to the Sunday nearest to November 1.}}</ref> The [[liturgical colour]] of All Saints' Day is white, which is "symbolic of victory and life."<ref name="Diehl"/><ref name=Weaver>{{cite book|last1=Weaver|first1=J. Dudley Weaver|title=Presbyterian Worship: A Guide for Clergy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gNiHA25B2WQC&q=presbyterians+all+saints+day&pg=PA112|access-date=1 November 2012|date=1 April 2002|publisher=Geneva Press|isbn=0664502180|quote=The color is white, symbolic of victory and life.}}</ref> While honouring the [[Church Triumphant]], All Hallows' Day seeks to especially "honour the blessed who have not been canonized and who have no special feast day."<ref>{{cite book|last=Schadé|first=Johannes P. |title=Encyclopedia of World Religions |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XRkfKdho-5cC&q=All+Saints'+Day&pg=PT42|access-date=2 November 2012|date=30 December 2006|publisher=Foreign Media Group|isbn=1601360002|quote=The feast commemorates all the blessed in heaven, but is especially designed to honour the blessed who have not been canonized and who have no special feast day.}}</ref> On All Saints' Day, many Christians visit [[graveyard]]s and cemeteries in order to place flowers and candles on the graves of their loved ones.<ref name=Hannam>{{cite book|last1=Hannam|first1=Nicolette|last2=Williams|first2=Michelle|title=Spanish Festivals and Traditions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4d95M2edYL0C&q=All+Saints'+Day&pg=PA85|access-date=1 November 2012 |year=2010|publisher=Brilliant Publications|isbn=978-1905780532|page=85|quote=In Spain, the 1st November is a public holiday so shops and banks will be closed. People will use it as a day to visit cemeteries to honour the dead. There is often a Mass, held in the local cemetery, which may include silent processions. people take flowers to the cemeteries.}}</ref> This is a common practice in countries such as [[Italy]], [[Spain]], [[Poland]], the [[Philippines]], as well as certain parts of the [[United States]] heavily influenced by [[Roman Catholicism]] such as [[Louisiana]] and [[Maryland]].<ref name="Hannam"/><ref>{{cite book|title=Louisiana: A Guide to the State |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lOSvzYLs3tMC&q=All+Saints'+Day&pg=PA96|access-date=1 November 2012|year=1947|publisher=US History Publishers|isbn=1603540172|quote=On All Saints' Day, November first, cemeteries throughout the State are turned into flower gardens as tombs and graves are bedecked with bouquets and wreaths. The chrysanthemum is the favorite flower. In the Cajun parishes the evening assumes an eerie aspect as hundreds of candles are lighted in the graveyards.}}</ref> For [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Christians]], attending [[mass (liturgy)|Mass]] ([[Eucharist]], Holy Communion, "Lord's Supper") is compulsory, as All Saints' Day (All Hallows' Day) is a [[holy day of obligation]];<ref>{{cite book|last=Illes |first=Judika |title=Encyclopedia of Mystics, Saints & Sages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QLuQZUo8bQMC&q=All+Saints'+Day+obligation&pg=PT51|access-date=1 November 2012|date=11 October 2011|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0062098542|quote=All Saints' Day is a Holy Day of Obligation, meaning that the faithful are obliged to participate in a Mass.}}</ref> for members of other [[Christian denominations]], such as the [[Lutheran Church|Evangelical Lutheran Church]], [[Anglican Church|Anglican Church / Episcopal Church]], [[United Methodist Church|Methodist Church]] and some other [[Protestantism|Protestant Christians]], though not mandatory, attendance at [[Church service|worship services]] is encouraged.<ref name="BBC4"/><ref name=Methodism>{{cite web|author=The Rev. J. Richard Peck|title=Do United Methodists believe in saints?|url=http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=4746355&ct=3166373|quote=We also recognize and celebrate All Saints' Day (Nov. 1) and "all the saints who from their labors rest." All Saints' Day is a time to remember Christians of every time and place, honoring those who lived faithfully and shared their faith with us. On All Saints' Day, many churches read the names of their members who died in the past year.|publisher=[[The United Methodist Church]]|year=2011|access-date=1 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718063201/http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=4746355&ct=3166373|archive-date=18 July 2012}}</ref>

=== All Souls' Day ===
{{Main|All Souls' Day}}
{{See also|Day of the Dead}}
[[File:Jakub Schikaneder - All Souls' Day.jpg|''[[All Souls' Day]]'', [[Jakub Schikaneder|J Schikaneder]] 1888. This oil painting shows an elderly woman praying after placing a wreath upon the [[tombstone]] of her loved one.|thumb|left|200px]]
The final day of Allhallowtide is known as All Souls' Day,<ref name="Ebony"/> and is also called the Commemoration of All Faithful Departed.<ref name=Third>{{cite book|last1=Armentrout|first1=Donald S. |last2=Slocum |first2=Robert Boak|title=An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y_RpbmWNfHcC&q=All+Hallows'+Eve&pg=PA7|access-date=1 November 2012 |year=1999|publisher=Church Publishing, Inc.|isbn=0898692113|page=7|quote='''All Faithful Departed, Commemoration of.''' This optional observance is an extension of All Saints' Day. While All Saints' is to remember all the saints, popular piety felt the need to distinguish between outstanding saints and those who are unknown in the wider fellowship of the church, especially family members and friends. It is also known as All Souls' Day. Many churches now commemorate all the faithful departed in the context of the All Saints' Day celebration.}}</ref> All Souls' Day focuses on honouring ''all'' faithful Christians "who are unknown in the wider fellowship of the church, especially family members and friends."<ref name="Third"/> 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.'<ref>{{cite book|last=Leeming|first=David|title=The Oxford Companion to World Mythology |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQFtlva3HaYC&dq=All+Souls'+Day+All+Saints'+Day+Oxford&pg=PA168|access-date=1 November 2012|date=17 November 2005|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0195156692|quote=In recent practice, All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day have become conflated, and many Christians remember all of the dead souls or "saints" on All Saints' Day.}}</ref> The observance of All Souls' Day "was spread throughout Europe" by [[Saint Odilo of Cluny]] in the early 11th century.<ref name=Odilo>{{cite book|last1=Granieri|first1=Lori|title=Italian-American Holiday Tradi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pnHYFUZz2u0C&q=All+Saints'+Day&pg=PA19|access-date=1 November 2012 |date=1 August 2002|publisher=Citadel Press|isbn=0806523662|page=19|quote=All Souls' Day is said to have its origins in an ancient festival of the dead and was spread through Europe by St. Odilo of France in the eleventh century. It was celebrated on November 2 with masses and celebrations in honor of the dead. It is a time when families fondly remember their deceased members and pray for their souls. Many people also visit their loved ones' graves bearing flowers.}}</ref> Like All Hallows' Eve and All Saints' Day (All Hallows' Day), family members often attend [[mass (liturgy)|mass]] and visit the graves of their deceased loved ones, placing flowers and lighted candles there.<ref name="Odilo"/><ref name=BBC5>{{cite web|title=BBC – Religions – Christianity: All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/allsaints_1.shtml|publisher=BBC|quote=A 7/8th century AD prayer The Office of the Dead is read out in churches on All Souls' Day. Other rituals include the offering of Requiem Mass for the dead, visiting family graves and reflecting on lost loved ones.|year=2010|access-date=1 November 2011|archive-date=30 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930121256/http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/allsaints_1.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> In many [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] / [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal]], [[Lutheranism|Evangelical Lutheran]] and [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Christian]] services, an A.D. 7th-century prayer ''[[The Office of the Dead]]'' is read out in churches on All Souls' Day."<ref name="BBC5"/> In [[England]], a popular tradition associated with All Souls' Day is [[soul cake|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 cake|soul-cakes]]."<ref name=Hackwood>{{cite book|last=Hackwood |first=Frederick William|title=Christ lore: being the legends, traditions, myths, symbols, customs and superstitions of the Christian Church|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5acNAAAAIAAJ&q=All+Souls+souling&pg=PA252|access-date=2 November 2012|year=1902|publisher=Young Churchman|page=252|quote=But 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 begging was performed by the aid of quaint ditties.}}</ref> The individuals who go souling often chant rhymes as they go door to door; for example, an old saying goes:<ref name="Hackwood"/> "A Soule-cake, a soule-cake, have mercy on all Christian souls for a soule-cake."<ref name=Walford>{{cite book|last=Walford|first=Edward|title=The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer, Volume 4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XuwGAAAAYAAJ&q=All+Souls+souling+One+for+Peter,+two+for+Paul,+and+three+for+Him+who+made+us+all.&pg=PA54|access-date=2 November 2012|year=1883|publisher=William Reeves and T. Fisher Unwin|page=54|quote=There is another old rhyme or saying, 'A soule-cake, a soule-cake, have mercy on all Christians souls for a soule-cake.'}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite book|last=Muir |first=Edward |title=Ritual in Early Modern Europe |publisher=University of Cambridge Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zlULqJ70bDUC&q=All+Souls+Day&pg=PA78|access-date=2 November 2012|date=18 August 2005|isbn=0521841534|page=78|quote=All Souls was one of the busiest days of the year for lay confraternities and private chantries who provided for the dead. In France, for example, the burial fraternities were especially active in decorating the churchyard, and everywhere priests led a procession around the graveyard and blessed the graves.;I}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Christianity|Holidays}}
* [[Blue Christmas (holiday)|Blue Christmas]]
* [[Calendar of Saints (Lutheran)]]
* [[Day of the Dead]]
* [[Festival of the Dead]]
* [[General Roman Calendar]]
* [[Paschal Triduum]]
* [[Saints in Anglicanism]]
* [[Thursday of the Dead]]
* [[Totensonntag]]

==Notes==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://baptistnews.com/opinion/commentaries/item/29405-recovering-allhallowtide Recovering Allhallowtide by Scott Dickison (Baptist News Global)]
*[http://www.contemplative.org/blog/the-fall-triduum-another-turn-of-the-spiral/ The Fall Triduum by Rev. Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault]
*[https://www.celebratingholidays.com/?page_id=76 Christian Origins of Halloween by Angie Mosteller]
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/10/28/guess-what-halloween-is-more-christian-than-pagan/ Guess what? Halloween is more Christian than Pagan by Prof. Beth Allison Barr]
*[https://archive.today/20130415214320/http://stcyrilhouston.org/index.cfm?load=news&newsarticle=161 Hallowmas – The Triduum of The Saints (Saint Cyril of Alexandria Church)]

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