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The eve of one of Poland's biggest holidays (All Saints Day) - SEE PICTURES
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| 31.10.2006
Posted on 10/31/2006 12:40:58 PM PST by lizol
The eve of one of Poland's biggest holidays
31.10.2006
Halloween is the eve of one of the biggest Polish holidays – All Saints Day and All Souls Day, devoted to remembering and honouring the dead.
Particularly November 1st is devoted nationwide to visiting cemeteries to light candles and lay flowers on the graves of loved ones and at sites commemorating events from Polish history.
The day is also an occasion for a special collection held by famous actors and public personalities to support a restoration fund for historic Polish cemeteries in and outside the country.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: allsaints; catholic; memory; poland; religion
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posted on
10/31/2006 12:40:59 PM PST
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lizol
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posted on
10/31/2006 12:44:40 PM PST
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lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
To: lizol
Thank you for posting that Lizol.
Reminds me that Nov 1 is a holy day of obligation for Catholics.
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posted on
10/31/2006 12:45:37 PM PST
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lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
To: lizol
That is soooooo beautiful. Maybe we Americans could strive to make Halloween this kind of holiday. Restore it to it's original intent. Thanks for the pictures.
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posted on
10/31/2006 12:45:44 PM PST
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WVNan
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posted on
10/31/2006 12:47:20 PM PST
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lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
To: lizol
All Saints Day....and my BD...how that ever worked out I can't explain....and I tried explaining for 59 years.
sheeesh... enough to give ya a complex. Wish I had a dollar for every.."Your kidding?".."how da ell?" and "some joke eh?"
*smiles*
Doogle
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posted on
10/31/2006 12:52:20 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF 69-73...."never store a threat you should have eliminated")
To: WVNan
Um, the demonic version *is* the original intent. Google Samhain.
All Saints Day was the version the Catholic Church invented to 'christianize' the pagans.
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posted on
10/31/2006 12:57:42 PM PST
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areafiftyone
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the Poles are very devout. I see in certain Polish parishes they are very respectful in church, they genuflect upon entering, maintain silence and on Saturdays you actually see lines of people there for confession.
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posted on
10/31/2006 1:01:37 PM PST
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Coleus
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To: lizol
That is actually eerily beautiful
To: lizol
great pics - thank you and God bless you
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posted on
10/31/2006 1:11:21 PM PST
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Nihil Obstat
(viva il papa - be not afraid)
To: Doogle
As in, "You? Of all people!"
< }B^)
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posted on
10/31/2006 1:28:36 PM PST
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Erasmus
(I invited Benoit Mandelbrot to the Shoreline Grill, but he never got there.)
To: Doogle
"All Saints Day....and my BD .."
All Souls Day .... my BD
Talk about 'jokes'...:)
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10/31/2006 1:29:25 PM PST
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gramcam
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Zapraszamy!
Man, you can say that again.
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10/31/2006 4:46:23 PM PST
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snippy_about_it
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posted on
10/31/2006 8:00:16 PM PST
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narses
(St Thomas says “lex injusta non obligat”)
To: vox_PL
My great-uncle was a Polish Jesuit Priest from Stara Wies who spent time in Buchenwald, Aushwitz and many years interred in Dachau. He was released on liberation day. He went to Rome for a time, and then came to the USA to teach at Loyola. He was one of the lucky to have survived.
Thanks for posting that. :)
To: lizol
Beautiful Pictures. Thank you so much for posting and pinging.
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