Though All Souls Day is marked on November 2, when Christians pray for the departed, all through November, they offer Holy Masses at their parish churches and take part in special prayer meets.
This happens in Mylapore zone too.
In the parish of St Thomas Cathedral, San Thome which has some 40 anbiyams or Small Christian Communities (SCC), every day, the people of a particular zone meet at one house and attend Mass that is said by one of the three priests at the Cathedral.
Says Fr Vincent Chinnadurai, rector and parish priest, “These Masses are specially said to pray for the people who have passed on. They will be held through November in our area.”
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