Allhallowtide
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Allhallowtide is the Western Christian season encompassing the triduum of All Hallows' Eve, All Hallows' Day and All Souls' Day, as well as the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church an
The Church Militant and the Church Triumphant, fresco by Andrea da Firenze in Santa Maria Novella, c. 1365
Many of the remains of the martyrs of the ancient Church lie in the catacombs
Hallowe'en decorations in Eifeler Hof, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
A cemetery outside an 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.
All Souls' Day
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All Souls' Day is a day of prayer and remembrance for the faithful departed, observed by Christians on 2 November. In Western Christianity, including Roman Catholicism and certain parts of Lutheranism
All Souls' Day by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Nun visiting a graveyard at All Souls' Day
All Souls' Day, painting by Jakub Schikaneder, 1888
All Saints' Day at Skogskyrkogården in Stockholm. The graves are lighted with votive lights.