4 ms·

I think you are confusing "All Saints' Day" (November, 1st [1]) with "All Souls' Day" (November, 2nd [2]). In Italy as well, people will go to cemeteries on the

by pif 5y ago

I think you are confusing "All Saints' Day" (November, 1st [1]) with "All Souls' Day" (November, 2nd [2]). In Italy as well, people will go to cemeteries on the 1st, because it's a bank holiday, but the celebrations if for the 2nd. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Day [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Souls%27_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Souls%27_Day

gambiting 5y ago
Uhm.....not sure how I'm confusing the two? Can you explain please? In Poland "all saints day"(and I say "all saints" because that's literally what "wszystkich świętych" means) is definitely celebrated on the 1st of November, regardless of what day that is. Nothing is celebrated on the 2nd of November. Edit: In fact, in that Wiki article that you linked for "all saints day", click on "Polski" in the bottom left corner, and the Polish version of the same article does say it's celebrated in Poland on the 1st of November. "all souls day" doesn't exist here as a concept.
- pif 5y ago
  I see. From the other comments, I'd say at least in Spain it works like in Italy, and it is best described by the first sentences of the two Wikipedia articles: All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day, Hallowmas, the Feast of All Saints, or Solemnity of All Saints, is a Christian solemnity celebrated in honour of all the saints of the church, whether they are known or unknown. All Souls' Day, also known as the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed and the Day of the Dead, is a day of prayer and remembrance for the souls of those who have died, which is observed by Latin Catholics and other Christian denominations annually on November 2.
- Toutouxc 5y ago
  That's interesting, across the border, in the Czech Republic, we also celebrate "dušičky" (meaning "souls") on the 2nd, and the same holiday even has a Polish name "zaduszki", which sounds really similar to our name, so I'd expect it to be a thing, because of the cultural similarities between the countries. https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaduszki https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaduszki

by pif 5y ago

gambiting 5y ago

Uhm.....not sure how I'm confusing the two? Can you explain please? In Poland "all saints day"(and I say "all saints" because that's literally what "wszystkich świętych" means) is definitely celebrated on the 1st of November, regardless of what day that is. Nothing is celebrated on the 2nd of November. Edit: In fact, in that Wiki article that you linked for "all saints day", click on "Polski" in the bottom left corner, and the Polish version of the same article does say it's celebrated in Poland on the 1st of November. "all souls day" doesn't exist here as a concept.

pif 5y ago
I see. From the other comments, I'd say at least in Spain it works like in Italy, and it is best described by the first sentences of the two Wikipedia articles: All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day, Hallowmas, the Feast of All Saints, or Solemnity of All Saints, is a Christian solemnity celebrated in honour of all the saints of the church, whether they are known or unknown. All Souls' Day, also known as the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed and the Day of the Dead, is a day of prayer and remembrance for the souls of those who have died, which is observed by Latin Catholics and other Christian denominations annually on November 2.
Toutouxc 5y ago
That's interesting, across the border, in the Czech Republic, we also celebrate "dušičky" (meaning "souls") on the 2nd, and the same holiday even has a Polish name "zaduszki", which sounds really similar to our name, so I'd expect it to be a thing, because of the cultural similarities between the countries. https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaduszki https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaduszki