Editing All Souls' Day (section)

====Lutheran churches====
[[File:Alla helgons dag vid Röke kyrka-1.jpg|A [[churchyard|graveyard]] outside a [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] church in the Swedish city of [[Röke]] during Allhallowtide|250px|thumb|right]]
Among continental Lutherans, its tradition has been more tenaciously maintained. During [[Martin Luther (religious leader)|Luther's]] lifetime, All Souls' Day was widely observed in [[Saxony]] although the Roman Catholic meaning of the day was discarded;{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} ecclesiastically in the [[Lutheran Church]], the day was merged with and is often seen as an extension of All Saints' Day, with many Lutherans still visiting and decorating graves on all the days of Allhallowtide, including All Souls' Day.{{sfn|Markussen|2013|p=183}} In the Lutheran Churches, "the whole people of God in Christ Jesus" are seen as saints and All Souls Day commemorates those believers who have died as the 'faithful departed'.<ref name="Joyocala"/> Just as it is the custom of [[French people]], of all ranks and creeds, to decorate the graves of their dead on the ''jour des morts'', [[German people|Germans]] come to the graveyards on All Souls' Day with offerings of flowers and special grave lights.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}