Halottak Napja

Halloween is not celebrated here in Hungary the way it is in the US.  All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day are celebrated on November 1 and 2.  Since Hungary is predominately a Catholic country, November 1 is a national holiday and businesses and schools are closed so that people can go to mass and to cemetaries.  Many people spend the day visiting the graves of their loved ones, decorating them with flowers and lighting votive candles in special red jars to set on them.  The reason the Catholics go to mass and to the cemetaries is to help their departed loved ones leave purgatory and arrive in heaven. Unlike in the US, this holiday is not one of fun and candy, but a solemn, serious one.  Please pray that the Hungarians will see the true light of Jesus Christ, the One who has the power to deliver us from death unto life.