Dear friends,
It’s the eerie time of year and we found ourselves at Newdigate bonfire night yesterday (see picture). It was a lovely evening with stunning fireworks.
In protestant churches on the continent, 31st October is reformation day. It commemorates the day Martin Luther put up his 95 theses on the door of the church of Wittenberg in 1517 and signifies the start of the movement in large parts of Europe.
November 1st in those churches is not All Saints Day but instead has become day of the bereaved. Named saints do not feature in protestant churches and I was blissfully unaware when we moved to England all those years ago.
God bless,
Dineke van den Bogerd
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