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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