According to some scholars, All Hallows ' Eve initially incorporated traditions from pagan harvest festivals and festivals honoring the dead, particularly the Celtic Samhain ; other scholars maintain that the feast originated entirely independently of Samhain.

All these Christian conversions affected, for the most part, only the aristocracy, for the common people remained pagan.

As Europe became Christianized, the pagan holidays lost their religious character and either changed into popular secular celebrations, as with May Day, or were merged with or replaced by new Christian holidays as with Christmas, Easter, Pentecost and All Saint's Day.

The modern popularisation of the terms " pagan " and " neopagan ", as they are currently understood, is largely traced to Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, co-founder of " the 1st Neo-Pagan Church of All Worlds " who, beginning in 1967 with the early issues of Green Egg, used both terms for the growing movement.

All pagan deities were referred to as " devils " by some Christian sorces, thus it is possible that this image is merger of several deities, first of all chtonic gods, and folklore does indeed refer to there being several devils, though occasionally there is one main entity identified.

Interpretations of the purpose of the History also vary considerably, some considering it a work of fiction or satire intended to entertain ( perhaps in the vein of 1066 and All That ), others viewing it as a pagan attack on Christianity, the writer having concealed his identity for personal safety.

All must have seemed lost but Cadwallon raised an enormous army and after a brief time in Guernsey he invaded Dumnonia, relieved the West Welsh who were suffering a Mercian invasion and forced Penda, the pagan King of Mercia, into an alliance against Northumbria.

The church of All Hallows now stands on or near the site of the original pagan temple.

All Christian sects were officially tolerated by Julianus, persecution of heretics was forbidden, and non-Christian religions were encouraged, some Christians even being compelled to make restitution for pagan property stolen or destroyed.

Hercule Poirot is enjoying a social visit by Dr Burton, a fellow of All Souls who recites sonorously some lines from Homer's Iliad ( XXIII, 316 f ) and turns the conversation round to the subject of Poirot's unusual Christian name and how some of the pagan names parents give to their children do not suit their recipients.

All of the buildings that make up the Libra Complex are interconnected via a series of underground tunnels, enabling convenient inter-building access.

All of the local buildings were made from slabs of salt by slaves of the Masufa tribe, who cut the salt in thick slabs for transport by camel.

All his buildings still stand there, including Alumni Hall, the Chapel, and his masterpiece the S. R.

All three movies will be shot in the same distinctive style, on a bare sound stage with no set and buildings marked by lines on the floor.

All of the research buildings and rocket test stands had been demolished.

* All state capitols and many government buildings surrounding the capitols.

* All federal buildings in Washington, D. C., including the White House.

All three buildings have since been demolished.

All buildings of the Generalife are of solid construction, and the overall decor is austere and simple.

The Students ' union has buildings on the All Saints, Crewe and Alsager campuses.

All over the country, public occupations of the party buildings started in order to prevent stealing the party's possessions and destroying or taking the archives.

All Twin Oaks ' buildings are named after communities that are no longer actively functioning, and " Oneida " is the name of one of the residences.

All of the buildings were used to contain the clothing and belongings of the prisoners.

All these buildings may be safely referred to a period anterior to the Carthaginian conquest ( 409 BCE ), though the three temples last described appear to have been all of them of later date than those within the walls of the city.

All Sant ' elia district will be changed, the old ruined apartment buildings will be demolished and a new district designed by Rem Koolhaas will rise.

All buildings must harmonise with the natural setting.

All his major commissions were between 1896 and 1906, where he designed private homes, commercial buildings, interior renovations and churches.

All of the university's academic and residential buildings are located on its contiguous 90-acre ( 360, 000-m < sup > 2 </ sup >) campus.

All of these buildings were built largely by the forced labor of unpaid native people, under Franciscan supervision.

All rent received from students pays for housing functions such as utilities, staff salaries, furniture, supplies, repairs, renovations and new buildings.

All the buildings within the Temple have special dark blue roof tiles, representing the Heaven.

All that is left of the abbey church itself today is its outline on the ground, but parts of some of the abbey's buildings are still standing: those built between the 13th and 16th century.

All the buildings of Eanna IVa were destroyed sometime in Uruk III, for unclear reasons.

All along the eastern side of O ' Connell Street buildings were taken over and barricaded.

All the produce of the monks ' labour was committed to him, and by him shipped to Alexandria.

* Official web site of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa

The head of the church and the See of Alexandria is the Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy See of Saint Mark.

From that point onward, Alexandria would have two patriarchs: the non-Chalcedonian native Egyptian one, now known as the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy Apostolic See of St. Mark and the " Melkite " or Imperial Patriarch, now known as the Greek Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa.

The most recent Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy See of Saint Mark was Pope Shenouda III, who died on March 17, 2012, for whom a successor has not yet been chosen.

From then on, until 1959, the Pope of Alexandria, as Patriarch of All Africa, always named an Egyptian ( a Copt ) to be the Archbishop of the Ethiopian Church.

Five Ethiopian bishops were immediately consecrated by the Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa, and were empowered to elect a new Patriarch for their church.

Pope Shenouda III, the 117th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria | Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy Apostolic See of Saint Mark the Evangelist ( 1971 – 2012 ).

* His full title is Pope and Lord Archbishop of the Great City of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy Orthodox and Apostolic Throne of Saint Mark the Evangelist and Holy Apostle that is, in Egypt, Pentapolis, Libya, Nubia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and all Africa.

Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria | Pope Cyril VI, the 116th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria | Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy Apostolic See of Saint Mark the Evangelist ( 1959 – 1971 ).

All the clergy of Alexandria and Lower Egypt honored him with the appellation “ Papas ,” which means “ Our Father ,” as the Senior and Elder Bishop among all bishops, within the Egyptian Province, who are under his jurisdiction.

Since the papacy of Heraclas in the 3rd century, the Bishop of the Alexandria in both the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria continue to be called " Pope ", the former being called " Coptic Pope " or, more properly, " Pope and Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy Orthodox and Apostolic Throne of Saint Mark the Evangelist and Holy Apostle " and the last called " Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa ".