All Souls’ Day is to commemorate the faithful dead and is celebrated by special mass by Catholics and some Christian denominations (most Protestant churches do not observe it). Catholics believe there are three places souls will go: heaven, purgatory, or hell. Purgatory is the place many souls...
The history of Halloween and why we celebrate it is spookier than you know. Learn more about the origins of the October 31 holiday here.
Christians in the Catholic church believe that before souls reach Heaven, they undergo a period of purgatory. This is a time in which they are purged of the sins they committed during their lives. On the vigil of All Hallow's Eve, bells would be rung from the churches across Europe to b...
It’s silly but I had watched Flatliners (the Julia Roberts movie… yeah, I’m old) and somehow I became obsessed with this concept of guilt and purgatory and being at peace with oneself. Sadly one had died in a motorbike accident. An...
Maybe you could call it a Devilish Track, and perhaps I will, because well, the guy is busting out of purgatory on his way to heaven to “fuck that place up,” as Jeff Hanneman worded it. Besides, this song fuckin’ owns. How much more justification do you need? Led in by Father...
October 31 became known as All Hallows Eve and the holiday we know and love today was starting to take shape. By the 12th century, these days had gained holy importance throughout Europe, and customs such as ringing the church bells for the souls of those in purgatory had become widespread...
Halloween, or All Hallows Eve, is a festival which prays for the souls of those trapped in purgatory – the world between Heaven and Hell. Traditionally, children would hand out the ‘soul cakes’ their mother and grandmother had baked, to support the prayers for those in purgatory. ...
To be clear, nothing about the following theory necessarily negates any of the other possibilities: that Silent Hill is actually hell or purgatory, that Mary is dead in the backseat of James’ car the whole time, that everyone is dead, buried next to each other in a cemetery, stuck in ...
万圣节Halloween英文介绍 Halloween is one of the most exciting and unique holidays in the Western world It has a long history and a rich set of traditions that have evolved over time The Origin of Halloween The roots of Halloween can be traced back to theancient Celtic festival of Samhain The...
If someone is tired of all the serious horror movies that they have to see on Halloween, then Little Evil is the right movie for them. Little Evil is about a man, who marries a woman, a mother of a five-year-old. When he starts to live with them, he feels that his son is the...