Sundays at All Hallows (September 20, 2026) Is Now Online

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It is also Hobbit Day, a holiday declared by the American Tolkien Society in 1978 and observed by fans of hobbits and J.R.R.

Tolkien was an Oxford don, a professor of Anglo-Saxon and English Literature.

While The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are not Christian allegories, they do reflect the influence of Tolkien's faith, particularly the conflict between good and evil that is central both to The Hobbit...

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It is also Hobbit Day, a holiday declared by the American Tolkien Society in 1978 and observed by fans of hobbits and J.R.R. Tolkien was an Oxford don, a professor of Anglo-Saxon and English Literature. While The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are not Christian allegories, they do reflect the influence of Tolkien's faith, particularly the conflict between good and evil that is central both to The Hobbit and the LOTR trilogy.

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Saturday, September 26 is the peak of the Harvest Moon, the full moon closest to the Autumn Equinox.
In the British Isles harvest festivals are celebrated in September or October, according to local tradition.
These celebrations are variously called Harvest Festival, Harvest Home, Harvest Thanksgiving or Harvest Festival of Thanksgiving.
The organ accompaniment for both versions is the same-- Joseph Francis Thrupp's hymn tune EP...

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This Sunday, September 20, 2026, is the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. Tuesday, September 22, is the Autumn Equinox and the first day of Fall. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

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