Slovenians Celebrate All Saints' Day

Ljubljana/Graz/Gorizia, 1 November - Slovenia observed All Saints's Day, a bank holiday, on Thursday, with most Slovenians lighting candles and laying flowers on the graves of their family members and friends, and officials and dignitaries visiting memorials to victims of WWII and of the 1991 war for independence.

Ljubljana Ljubljana's Zale cemetary on All Saints' Day. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Ljubljana's Zale cemetary on All Saints' Day.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Ljubljana's Zale cemetary on All Saints' Day. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Ljubljana's Zale cemetary on All Saints' Day.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Ljubljana's Zale cemetary on All Saints' Day. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Ljubljana's Zale cemetary on All Saints' Day.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana The number of candles sold decreasing. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA File photo

Ljubljana
The number of candles sold decreasing.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA
File photo

Ljubljana Ljubljana's Zale cemetary on All Saints' Day. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Ljubljana's Zale cemetary on All Saints' Day.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Ljubljana's Zale cemetary on All Saints' Day. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Ljubljana's Zale cemetary on All Saints' Day.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Ljubljana's Zale cemetary on All Saints' Day. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Ljubljana's Zale cemetary on All Saints' Day.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Prayer to those who were killed in the 1991 war for independence, led by Archbishop of Ljubljana Alojz Uran. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Prayer to those who were killed in the 1991 war for independence, led by Archbishop of Ljubljana Alojz Uran.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Prayer to those who were killed in the 1991 war for independence, led by Archbishop of Ljubljana Alojz Uran. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Prayer to those who were killed in the 1991 war for independence, led by Archbishop of Ljubljana Alojz Uran.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Prayer to those who were killed in the 1991 war for independence, led by Archbishop of Ljubljana Alojz Uran. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Prayer to those who were killed in the 1991 war for independence, led by Archbishop of Ljubljana Alojz Uran.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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