Totensonntag
Protestant religious holiday in Germany and Switzerland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Totensonntag (German: [ˈtoːtn̩zɔntaːk] ⓘ, Sunday of the Dead), also called Ewigkeitssonntag (Eternity Sunday) 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 in the Protestant Church in Germany and the Protestantse Kerk in The Netherlands.
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Totensonntag | |
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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[1] |
Date | First Advent Sunday – 7 days |
Related to | Allhallowtide, Advent |
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