All Saints’ Day is celebrated each year on 1 November in most Western Christian churches, including the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and many Protestant traditions.

Main date and variations

  • In Western Christianity (Catholic, Anglican, many Lutherans and others), All Saints’ Day falls on 1 November and is often observed as a holy day of obligation in the Catholic Church.
  • In Eastern Orthodox and some Eastern Catholic and Eastern Lutheran churches, it is celebrated on the first Sunday after Pentecost rather than in November.
  • A few Eastern traditions, such as the Coptic Orthodox Church, connect a similar commemoration of all saints with the Coptic New Year on 11 September (Nayrouz).

Quick Scoop recap

  • Standard date most people mean by “when is All Saints’ Day?”: 1 November every year.
  • Eastern churches: first Sunday after Pentecost , which changes date each year.
  • Part of the broader Allhallowtide period together with Halloween (31 October) and All Souls’ Day (2 November).

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