About Halloween and how it started in Ireland
In Ireland, Halloween is also known as Samhain, All Hallows Eve, Hallowmas and Hallowtide. It is celebrated on 31st October but the holiday of Halloween is not just celebrated on the one day any more as the Christian holidays of All Saints Day, November 1st and All Souls Day, November 2nd are celebrated as well.
All Saints Day is the Christian festival when all saints known and unknown are commemorated and prayers are offered to them and special masses are said.
All Souls Day is the commemoration of the departed. In Ireland some faiths believe that when we die the soul has not been completely cleansed of our sins so on All Souls Day, prayers and masses are said to cleanse the souls of the dead so that they may pass into Heaven and not spend eternity in Purgatory.
About Halloween and how it started in Ireland
In Ireland, Halloween is also known as Samhain, All Hallows Eve, Hallowmas and Hallowtide. It is celebrated on 31st October but the holiday of Halloween is not just celebrated on the one day any more as the Christian holidays of All Saints Day, November 1st and All Souls Day, November 2nd are celebrated as well.
All Saints Day is the Christian festival when all saints known and unknown are commemorated and prayers are offered to them and special masses are said.
All Souls Day is the commemoration of the departed. In Ireland some faiths believe that when we die the soul has not been completely cleansed of our sins so on All Souls Day, prayers and masses are said to cleanse the souls of the dead so that they may pass into Heaven and not spend eternity in Purgatory.
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