The celebration's main theme is religious, and involves local people paying respect to the founder of their village, as well as a respected figure of the Roman Catholic Church.  This has significance to the people of this country because the vast majority is catholic.  As with other holidays and celebrations associated with the Roman Catholic Church, people gather in mass in praise of a respected member of old whose achievements have been deemed worthy enough to be recorded.

 A great importance is placed on the Saint's remains, which is very characteristic of the Catholic Church, which places great importance on relics.  The relevance of human remains to the Catholic Church has been present since the search for Christ's body after it disappeared from a cave, where his body was allegedly laid to rest.  As described in (Sapolsky 2002: 171) the corpse is retained in the church for the people's "well being, spiritual or otherwise".

 This celebration briefly dismembers social boundaries, as it unifies "recently transformed people under a common bond" (Turner & Turner 1982: 201).  This concept of "communitas" and detachment from ones normal social structure is evident in the fact that no one goes to work on the day of the celebration, and it is a day filled with parties and happiness.  Those celebrating this event recognize the impact that Catholicism has made, which has allowed the village of Echternach (centered around the abbey) and its people to flourish.  As the town developed around the church people took advantage of economic opportunities as others began to settle.