Paschal Divine Liturgy

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Christian liturgical service Divine Liturgy Eucharistic celebration

The Paschal Divine Liturgy is the central Eucharistic celebration of Easter in the Eastern Christian tradition, commemorating Christ’s Resurrection with especially festive prayers, hymns, and rituals.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Paschal Matins 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian liturgical service ⓘ
Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Eucharistic celebration ⓘ
associatedWith Holy Week ⓘ
Easter Vigil ⓘ
surface form: Paschal Vigil
celebrates resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form: Resurrection of Jesus Christ
centralTo Paschal cycle ⓘ
commemorates empty tomb of Christ ⓘ
contrastsWith Lenten weekday liturgies ⓘ
followsRite Alexandrian Rite ⓘ
Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Syriac Rite ⓘ
surface form: East Syriac Rite

Syriac Rite ⓘ
surface form: West Syriac Rite
hasCentralAct Holy Eucharist ⓘ
surface form: Eucharist
hasChant “Christ is risen from the dead” ⓘ
hasElement Gospel reading of the Resurrection ⓘ
Paschal canon ⓘ
Paschal troparion ⓘ
exchange of the Paschal greeting ⓘ
festal hymns ⓘ
incense ⓘ
processions ⓘ
special prayers ⓘ
hasLiturgicalDay Resurrection Sunday ⓘ
surface form: Easter Sunday
hasLiturgicalSeason Easter ⓘ
surface form: Pascha
hasVestmentColor gold ⓘ
white ⓘ
languageVariant Arabic ⓘ
Church Slavonic ⓘ
English ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
liturgicalMood joyful ⓘ
triumphant ⓘ
partOf Easter celebration ⓘ
precedes Great Vespers ⓘ
surface form: Paschal Vespers
requires altar ⓘ
bread and wine ⓘ
congregation ⓘ
consecrated priest ⓘ
theologyEmphasis eschatological joy ⓘ
new life in Christ ⓘ
victory over death ⓘ
timeTypicallyCelebrated early hours of Easter Sunday ⓘ
night of Holy Saturday ⓘ
usedIn Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
uses Paschal Stichera ⓘ
Paschal homily of St John Chrysostom ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Easter → majorService → Paschal Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Paschal canon → usedIn → Paschal Divine Liturgy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paschal Matins