All Souls' Day
Prayers for departed
All Souls' Day is a Christian observance on November 2nd commemorating the faithful departed—all souls in purgatory awaiting entry to heaven.
While All Saints' Day (November 1st) honors the blessed in heaven, All Souls' Day remembers ordinary believers who have died.
Traditions include visiting graves, lighting candles, and praying for the dead.
The observance is most prominent in Catholic and Anglican traditions: We attend mass on All Souls' Day to remember our grandparents.
Place of temporary suffering
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
- prayersReverent petitions to deity
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
salvation · eternal · heaven · grace · absolution · indulgences · requiem · departed
Those from whom one descends
- prayersReverent petitions to deity
- candlesWax lights with wicks
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- massQuantity of matter
vigil · tribute · homage · memorial · procession · tradition · ritual · offerings
Eleventh month
- harvestGathering mature crops
- chillCold sensation or relaxation
- leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
- candlesWax lights with wicks
darkness · bonfires · chrysanthemums · falling · dusk · twilight · hearth · amber
Intense sorrow from loss
- lossBeing without something
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- bereavementState following loss
- condolenceExpression of shared grief
lamentation · remembrance · anguish · keening · shiva · wake · funeral · eulogy
purgatory
Place of temporary suffering
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
- prayersReverent petitions to deity
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
intercession · salvation · eternal · heaven · grace · absolution · indulgences · requiem · departed · blessed
ancestors
Those from whom one descends
mass · vigil · tribute · homage · memorial · procession · tradition · ritual · offerings · graves
November
Eleventh month
candles · darkness · bonfires · chrysanthemums · falling · dusk · twilight · hearth · amber · evening
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- lossBeing without something
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- bereavementState following loss
condolence · lamentation · remembrance · anguish · keening · shiva · wake · funeral · eulogy · obituary
All Souls' Daybirthday
Annual date of origin
baptism day · Christmas · baby shower · wedding anniversary · Mother's Day
soul, souls, days, soulful, soulless, soulfully, daylight, daytime, midday