All Saints day | June 04, 2004

June 6th 2004 is All Saints day in the Orthodox Church. This is a festival honoring all Christian Saints, known and unknown. It is universally observed in the Western church on November 1st since the ninth century. The eve (All Hallows Eve, or Halloween) is popularly observed with childrens' pranks. Eastern Orthodox Churches observe All Saints on the Sunday after Pentecost.