all saint day in poland

All Saints DayAll Saints Day

TradiotionTradiotion

• The tradition of All Saints Day has its orgins in the ancient Celtic festival of "Samhain" (the death of the body). For our ancestors it started the new year. We have to remember that the Celts were farmers and their harriest for sawing winter crops began around November. The feast of All Saints put in place for the whole church Gregory IV in 834 as a memory of the dead relatives.

All Saints Day in PolandAll Saints Day in Poland

• All Saints Day in Poland is associated primanly with visits to cmenteries, and prayers for the dead and lightening candles on the graves.

All Saints DayAll Saints Day

• All Saints Day is a christian festival celebrated in the honour of all the saints, known and unknown.

The Catholic CatechismThe Catholic Catechism

• The Catholic Catechism consiely describes this ceremonion among believers, by witch we are connected to Christ and thus to one another.

MEMORY and FAITHMEMORY and FAITHIn the Polish tradition cemeteries are the symbol of the end of a certain stage of

the road to eternity. One of the signs at the entrance to the cemetery in the village

of Serpelice emphatically reminds:„Here ends the greatness of the world”

MEMORY and FAITHMEMORY and FAITHIn the Polish tradition cemeteries are the symbol of the end of a certain stage of

the road to eternity. One of the signs at the entrance to the cemetery in the village

of Serpelice emphatically reminds:„Here ends the greatness of the world”