Allhallowtide is the Western Christian season encompassing the triduum of All Saints’ Eve and All Souls’ Day. The period begins on 31 October annually and ends on 1 November. The word Allh Hallowtide was first used in 1471 and is derived from two words: the Old English word halig, meaning holy, and the word tide, meaning time or season.
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Allhallowtide is the Western Christian season encompassing the triduum of All Saints’ Eve and All Souls’ Day. It also includes Remembrance Sunday and the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. The period begins on 31 October annually and ends on 1 November. The word Allh Hallowtide was first used in 1471 and is derived from two words: the Old English word halig, meaning holy, and the word tide, meaning time or season. It has been thought that the first three days of AllhallowTide may have originated as a ritualistic remembrance of the deluge in which the first night, Hallow’s Eve remembers the wickedness of the world before flood. The second night then celebrates the saved who survived the del flood and the last night celebrates those who would repopulate the Earth. In the United Kingdom, the mother church of the Anglicans, All Hallows’ Eve, often contracted as Halloween, is the eve of the first day of the All Saints-tide season.
According to some scholars, the Christian Church absorbed some Celtic practices associated with Samhain in order to ease conversion to Christianity; other scholars say it was to ease the conversion of the Celts to Christianity. The octave, lasting eight days, was established by Pope Sixtus IV in 1430 for the whole Western Church. It was eliminated in the 1955 reforms of the Catholic Church, although it continues to be observed by many Anglicans. The faithful may still obtain a Plenary Indulgence by visiting a cemetery and praying the dead during the octave of All hallows. Many Christian denominations have theme revolving around martyrs and saints, many of whom have been martyred for their faith. The first Sunday of November, November 1, is also observed by those who continue to be persecuted for their Christian faith.
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