All Souls Day

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All′ Souls'′ Day`

a day of solemn prayer for all dead persons, usu. on Nov. 2.

[1550–60]

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As the security implementation for the All Souls Day and All Saints Days ends, police are expected to focus on the Yuletide season to sustain what Albayalde said is a downtrend in the crime rate not only in Metro Manila but also in other parts of the country.

PNP remains on full alert status since 'Undas'

Transportation agencies are set for the expected influx of passengers and the heavy traffic volume that comes with this year's observance of 'Undas' (All Saints Day and All Souls Day).

DOTr agencies, MMDA all set for 'Undas'

Philippine Airlines anticipates a large volume of passengers traveling to provinces during this years All Saints Day / All Souls Day (Undas) season from October 26 to November 4, 2018.

Philippines : PAL to Passengers: Prepare for the Undas Season Rush

2 in observance of All Souls Day. Competition resumes on Nov.

Big field in Pasay stagfest Monday

From the start, the Day of the Dead was a cross-cultural affair: The All Souls Day introduced by the Spanish merged with existing Aztec holidays celebrating fallen warriors.

Sweet farewells

As Filipinos pay respects to their departed on All Saints Day and All Souls Day, a lawmaker lamented that the cost of dying in the Philippines is no different from keeping a person alive for most in the country.

The cost of dying in Philippines

With All Souls Day around the corner - Sunday week, heathens - some would argue Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings are on their way to Belfast a mite too early.

JONES A QUEEN AMONG KINGS

All Saints' Day and All Souls Day commemoration is as well as is a tradition inherited by Filipinos from their Spanish colonisers, but another significance is that it brings together families who, most of the time, have very little time to see and talk to one another because of their busy lifestyles.

All Saints' Day: Filipinos remember departed on day of the dead

All Bulgarian Orthodox Christians honor Saturday All Souls Day by performing and attending memorial services for the Faithful Departed.

Bulgaria's Christian Orthodox Honor All Souls Day

ALL SOULS DAY 1734: American frontiersman Daniel Boone was born in Philadelphia.

ON THIS DAY IN ..

All Souls Day (Roman Catholic and Anglican Church)/ Dia dos Fieis Defuntos (Brazil and Portugal)

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The family of Peter Wilson, 21, was called away to the Co Antrim coast yesterday, minutes after finishing a silent All Souls Day prayer vigil with other grieving relatives in front of Parliament Buildings, Belfast.