People visiting graveyards around Czech Republic to mark All Souls’ Day

People around the Czech Republic have been visiting graveyards to remember late family members and friends on Dušičky or All Souls’ Day. The Roman Catholic holiday involves visiting and tending graves and lighting candles, though many people do so ahead of November 2. The head of the country’s Roman Catholic Church, Cardinal Dominik Duka, will serve a mass in commemoration of the departed at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul at Prague’s Vyšehrad on Sunday evening.

Author: Ian Willoughby