All Saints Day: What is this occasion and why is it celebrated?
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All Saints Day is celebrated each year around the world by many Christian denominations. The day honors everyone in heaven, canonized and uncanonized.
It is followed by All Souls Day, observed on November 2. "It’s a catchall day, honoring the glorious multitude of heaven as one great choir of servants around the throne." "Holiness is creative and dynamic. And the differences we see in so many of the saints cause joy and hope for all of us." "All Saints Day is not merely a celebration of obscure miracle-working beatified ones left off the liturgical calendar. It's a celebration of all believers, especially those who have fallen asleep in Christ." Christine Rousselle is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
All Saints Day has been celebrated on November 1 since the 8th century, Fr. Patrick Briscoe, O.P., a Washington, D.C.-based Dominican friar told Fox News Digital.