Halloween comes every year with treats, spookiness and costumes. But why do we celebrate it on Oct. 31? And what does Samhain ...

Growing up in Ireland, I learned that Halloween had its origins in Oíche Shamhna, or Samhain, a festival in which the walls ...

Halloween is an annual holiday, celebrated each year on October 31, that has roots in age-old European traditions. It originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light ...

All Saints’ Day, also known as “All Saints’ Day”, is a holiday with which Christians, Catholic and Orthodox, celebrate the ...

It seems unusual that our church liturgical calendar schedules two major celebrations on days that are back-to-back. But that is precisely the situation with the solemnity of All Saints, a liturgical ...