But one day later, Christians in many countries around the world are celebrating All Saints’ Day on Friday, a somber and spiritual day in the church’s liturgical calendar that shares pagan roots with Halloween. The word “Halloween” derives from ...

All Saints Day is a Christian holiday that typically falls on Nov. 1. People celebrate with Mass, prayer and sometimes dress up as saints.

However, one significant holiday for many Christians falls at the very start of November—All Saints' Day. Every fall, Halloween may get all our money (it’s recognized as the second-largest commercial holiday after Christmas) but the holidays surrounding this Oct.

Hundreds of Catholic devotees walked solemnly among candlelit white tombs at an All Saints' Day ceremony in Myanmar on Saturday, a rare religious gathering since the military takeover. Gatherings marking religious events have been rare in the three years of war since Myanmar's military seized power.

This is a day that not only Catholics celebrate but Anglicans as well. Here in America, we have several Protestant denominations, whereas in central Europe Christians are generally either Catholic or Anglican.

Christians in many countries around the world are celebrating All Saints’ Day, a somber and spiritual day in the church’s liturgical calendar that shares pagan roots with Halloween

But one day later, Christians in many countries around the world are celebrating All Saints' Day on Friday, a sombre and spiritual day in the church's liturgical calendar that shares pagan roots with Halloween.