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Do Protestants worldwide also have a special day in the year for visiting graves?

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Catholics worldwide visit graves on the 1st and 2nd day in November - and also on other days, of course. But these are their special days.
German and Swiss Protestants have another special day for that.
"Totensonntag" or "Sunday of the Dead" in Germany
"Ewigkeits-Sonntag" or "Eternity Sunday" in Switzerland.

And what about the Protestants worldwide?
 
Rumpel said:
Catholics worldwide visit graves on the 1st and 2nd day in November - and also on other days, of course. But these are their special days.
German and Swiss Protestants have another special day for that.
"Totensonntag" or "Sunday of the Dead" in Germany
"Ewigkeits-Sonntag" or "Eternity Sunday" in Switzerland.

And what about the Protestants worldwide?
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The Catholics don't do that where I live.
 
I'm a Protestant, and I sometimes visit graves on holidays and on other special days, such as the anniversary of the day the person passed away. But there's nothing in my faith (that I know of) that specifies any special days.
 
zyzygy said:
The Catholics don't do that where I live.
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Well, but they should, shouldn't they?
What are they afraid of so that they don't do it?
 
Emily L said:
..... there's nothing in my faith (that I know of) that specifies any special days.
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It is not a question of faith.
It is a question of human culture and human tradition. :)
 
Rumpel said:
It is not a question of faith.
It is a question of human culture and human tradition. :)
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I guess you're right, Rumpel. I must have misunderstood your OP.
 
Rumpel said:
It is not a question of faith.
It is a question of human culture and human tradition. :)
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Then why do you specify "Protestants" & "catholics" ? :rolleyes:

And the answer to your question in the OP is "No".

I never understood going to visit a grave. The concept is rather sad and morbid.
 
As I see now, this German "Sunday of the Dead" is even known in the Netherlands and in parts of the USA:

Totensonntag (Sunday of the Dead), also called Ewigkeitssonntag (Eternity Sunday) or Totenfest, is a Northern German and Dutch Protestant religious holiday commemorating the dead. It falls on the last Sunday before the First of the Sundays of Advent (i.e. always on or between Nov. 20 and Nov. 26), and it is the last Sunday of the liturgical year in the German Evangelical Church and the Protestantse Kerk in The Netherlands. Where it is marked, such as in Berlin, it replaces All Souls' Day (Nov. 2).
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And:

In the United States, some Protestant churches celebrate this service of remembrance as Totenfest.
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More about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totensonntag
 
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Rumpel said:
As I see now, this German "Sunday of the Dead" is even known in the Netherlands and in parts of the USA:
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No. Vast majority of American's don't know/celebrate Totenfest.

I'm of german heritage and I've never heard the word before.
 
I might also ask: Do you visit graves at all?
 
Good grief, why would I want to? My grandfather always said visiting someone's grave is like going to a house, where the person has moved away...empty and foolish...
 
Elvira said:
Good grief, why would I want to?
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I thought so!
Visiting graves is an old and worthy human tradition.
Nothing for fanatical evangelical fundamentalists.
In their extremely narrow mindset it is pagan and satanic once again.
Like most human and humane traditions.
 
Rumpel said:
I thought so!
Visiting graves is an old and worthy human tradition.
Nothing for fanatical evangelical fundamentalists.
In their extremely narrow mindset it is pagan and satanic once again.
Like most human and humane traditions.
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Sure it is...if you're the morbid sort...I ain't doin' it... :rolleyes:
 
Dragonfly said:
Please explain.

What are some/most of your reasons?
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If you do not know any of those reaons yourself - you will not understand any, even if somebody explained them to you for 100 years!
 
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