Q 01/05

Which popular holiday falls on the vigil of All Saints' Day?

A) Thanksgiving

B) Guy Fawkes Night

C) Halloween

D) Martinmas

Answer · why

C) Halloween

All Hallows' Eve is October 31; the feast itself is November 1 and All Souls' Day follows on November 2.

Q 02/05

What is the name of the three-day season that includes All Saints' Day?

A) Advent season

B) Michaelmas

C) Allhallowtide

D) Candlemas week

Answer · why

C) Allhallowtide

It runs from October 31 to November 2, and in some traditions extends to Remembrance Sunday.

Q 03/05

Which pope extended the November 1 observance to the whole Catholic Church?

A) Gregory I

B) Boniface IV

C) Gregory IV

D) Sixtus IV

Answer · why

C) Gregory IV

The date had already spread from churches in the British Isles during the 9th century.

Q 04/05

When do the Eastern Orthodox churches commemorate all saints?

A) First Sunday after Pentecost

B) First Sunday of Great Lent

C) Easter Monday each year

D) Christmas Eve vigil

Answer · why

A) First Sunday after Pentecost

All Saints' Sunday marks the close of the Paschal season in the Byzantine tradition.

Q 05/05

In the Coptic Orthodox tradition, All Saints' Day falls on which new-year feast?

A) Nayrouz

B) Epiphany

C) Timkat

D) Meskel

Answer · why

A) Nayrouz

Celebrated on September 11, it opens the Coptic year and its first month, Thout.