Totensonntag

Totensonntag, also called Ewigkeitssonntag or Totenfest, is a Protestant religious holiday in Germany and Switzerland, commemorating the faithful departed. It falls on the last Sunday of the liturgical year... Wikipedia

• Also called:  Ewigkeitssonntag, Totenfest
• Observed by:  Lutherans and Reformed in Germany
• Significance:  Remembrance of the Faithful Departed
• Observances:  church services, praying for the dead, lighting votive candles, visiting cemeteries and graveyards
• Related to:  Allhallowtide, Advent
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