November 2: What is All Souls’ Day 2017? Why Christians pray for departed loved ones today

When Catholics and other Christians respect their saints, the religious festival is the second day after Halloween

All the soul days are also two days from Halloween, consistent with the celebration of the day of death in Mexico.

This is the day of prayer for purgatory Christians to help them get rid of their sins so that they can reach heaven

When many Christian nations recall their dead relatives and loved ones, the candle lights up during religious holidays

In Poland, people respect dead families, clean their graves, and place flowers and candles in their graves.

In the Philippines, Catholic families pray in the tombs of their loved ones and remember their dead relatives

At the Halloween Day speech at St. Peter's Square in Rome, the Pope said he is praying for victims of attacks in New York, Somalia and Afghanistan.

"Recently, I am deeply saddened by terrorist attacks in Somalia, Afghanistan, and yesterday's New York," the pope said.

The encyclopedia of England is the finalist of the All Saints Festival. "A few days that have been dedicated to the prayers of a certain group of deceased since ancient times

"The day of total prayer on November 2 is due to Cluny Abbey Odello (d. 1048).

"This date became almost universal by the end of the 13 th century and was chosen as the day following Halloween.

"After celebrating the feast of all the members of the Church who are believed to be in Heaven, the Church on the earth turned to celebrate the soul that was thought to be suffering in purgatory the following day. "

All Saints Day is considered to have evolved to celebrate the martyrdom of the saint in the Roman Christian tradition.

Early in the 9th century, Pope Gregory IV ordered the general memorial of the festival on November 1 every year.

In Christianity, every soul day marks all the souls, the Holy Spirit or the faithful hell, the soul of the dead Christian. Observing Christians usually reminds of relatives who died that day. In Western Christianity, an annual celebration is held on November 2, in connection with the three days of Halloween (November 1) and Allhallowtide including Vigil, Halloween (October 31). In the Catholic Church, "faithful people" refers specifically to Catholics who have been baptized, "all souls" commemorate the confession of the purgatory's soul by the church, "all saints" are church victory saints in heaven I commemorate. In the West Catholic Church (Latin church) we are celebrated to commemorate all loyal people (Latin: Commemoratio omnium fidelium defunctorum), celebrating every November 2. Especially on this day, Catholics pray for the dead.

In order to celebrate Halloween and commemorate those who achieved the vision of blessings, the All Nations Western Festival will be held on November 2. If November 2 is Sunday, the mass is 1 million, but the office is Sunday. But people who are involved in morning prayers (Lauds and Vespers) can say. On the calendar before 1969, November 2 is Sunday, and on the second day of November 3, like 2008, some people are still following the Episcopal Church.

It is said that there are also influences of Christian festivals. In Christianity, November 1 is a sacred day called Halloween, October 31 will be on the eve of Halloween. Also, November 2nd is known as All Saints Festival. These days are the moments to commemorate the dead and the saint. It is believed that in the 1970s Christian faith fused with Celtic faith and on the eve of Halloween it fused with Samhain and began to approach our festival today. Another celebration related to Halloween is the day of death of Mexico celebrated on November 2, the same day is the universal day of early Christianity. The tradition of the day of death comes from Columbia's pre-culture that is celebrated in September of Aztec's calendar. It is believed that this day can be traced back to 2500 - 3000 years. During the death festival, many people dress up, decorate the house, walk down the street, remembering friends and family who passed away.