Second Sunday of Great Lent
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The Second Sunday of Great Lent is an Eastern Orthodox liturgical celebration dedicated to Saint Gregory Palamas and his teachings on hesychasm and the experience of divine grace.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Second Sunday of Great Lent canonical | 2 |
| Sunday of Great Lent with commemoration of a saint | 1 |
| Sunday of Saint Gregory Palamas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1139021 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Second Sunday of Great Lent Context triple: [Gregory Palamas, feastDay, Second Sunday of Great Lent]
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A.
Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite)
The Fourth Sunday of Great Lent in the Byzantine Rite is a Lenten Sunday dedicated to commemorating St. John Climacus, renowned for his spiritual classic "The Ladder of Divine Ascent" and his teaching on ascetic struggle.
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B.
Fifth Sunday of Lent
The Fifth Sunday of Lent is the final Sunday of Lent before Holy Week in the Christian liturgical calendar, marking the beginning of Passiontide in many traditions.
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C.
Dormition Fast
The Dormition Fast is a two-week period of fasting and spiritual preparation in Eastern Christianity leading up to the feast commemorating the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary.
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D.
Pentecostarion
The Pentecostarion is an Eastern Christian liturgical book used in the Byzantine Rite that contains the hymns and services for the period from Easter (Pascha) through the Sunday after Pentecost.
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E.
Holy Wednesday
Holy Wednesday is the midweek day of Holy Week in the Christian liturgical calendar, traditionally associated with the betrayal of Jesus by Judas Iscariot.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Second Sunday of Great Lent Target entity description: The Second Sunday of Great Lent is an Eastern Orthodox liturgical celebration dedicated to Saint Gregory Palamas and his teachings on hesychasm and the experience of divine grace.
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A.
Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite)
The Fourth Sunday of Great Lent in the Byzantine Rite is a Lenten Sunday dedicated to commemorating St. John Climacus, renowned for his spiritual classic "The Ladder of Divine Ascent" and his teaching on ascetic struggle.
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B.
Fifth Sunday of Lent
The Fifth Sunday of Lent is the final Sunday of Lent before Holy Week in the Christian liturgical calendar, marking the beginning of Passiontide in many traditions.
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C.
Dormition Fast
The Dormition Fast is a two-week period of fasting and spiritual preparation in Eastern Christianity leading up to the feast commemorating the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary.
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D.
Pentecostarion
The Pentecostarion is an Eastern Christian liturgical book used in the Byzantine Rite that contains the hymns and services for the period from Easter (Pascha) through the Sunday after Pentecost.
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E.
Holy Wednesday
Holy Wednesday is the midweek day of Holy Week in the Christian liturgical calendar, traditionally associated with the betrayal of Jesus by Judas Iscariot.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Orthodox feast day
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Sunday of Great Lent ⓘ liturgical feast ⓘ moveable feast ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Second Sunday of Great Lent
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surface form:
Sunday of Saint Gregory Palamas
|
| associatedWithDoctrineOf | Palamism ⓘ |
| calendarType |
Julian calendar
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surface form:
Julian calendar (Old Calendar) in some churches
Revised Julian or Gregorian calendar (New Calendar) in some churches ⓘ |
| celebratedOn | second Sunday of Great Lent ⓘ |
| commemorates |
St. Gregory Palamas
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surface form:
Gregory Palamas
|
| dedicatedTo |
St. Gregory Palamas
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surface form:
Gregory Palamas
|
| emphasizes |
contemplative prayer
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deification (theosis) ⓘ inner stillness ⓘ |
| follows | First Sunday of Great Lent ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalBook |
Triodion
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surface form:
Lenten Triodion
|
| hasLiturgicalService |
Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
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surface form:
Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great (in many traditions during Lent)
Great Vespers with hymns to Gregory Palamas ⓘ Orthros (Matins) with special canon ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalTradition |
Eastern Catholic Churches
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surface form:
Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
|
| hasProperHymnography |
canon for Gregory Palamas
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kontakion for Gregory Palamas ⓘ stichera for Gregory Palamas ⓘ troparia for Gregory Palamas ⓘ |
| hasScriptureReading |
Epistle reading from Hebrews
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Gospel reading about the healing of the paralytic in Capernaum ⓘ |
| honors |
St. Gregory Palamas
ⓘ
surface form:
Gregory Palamas
|
| linkedToCentury | 14th century theological controversies ⓘ |
| linkedToCouncil |
Palamite councils of Constantinople
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surface form:
Palamite Councils of Constantinople
|
| liturgicalColor | Lenten color (often purple or dark vestments) ⓘ |
| liturgicalRank |
Second Sunday of Great Lent
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sunday of Great Lent with commemoration of a saint
|
| observedBy |
Antiochian Orthodox Church
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ Byzantine Catholic Church ⓘ
surface form:
Byzantine Catholic Churches
Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ Orthodox Church in America ⓘ Romanian Orthodox Church ⓘ Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ Serbian Orthodox Church ⓘ Ukrainian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| occursDuring |
Triodion
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surface form:
Triodion period
|
| partOf |
Lent
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surface form:
Great Lent
|
| precedes |
Third Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite)
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surface form:
Third Sunday of Great Lent
|
| purpose |
to affirm the Orthodox teaching on divine grace as uncreated energy
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to present Gregory Palamas as a teacher of the experience of God ⓘ to uphold the practice of hesychastic prayer ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
experience of divine grace
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hesychasm ⓘ uncreated energies of God ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Second Sunday of Great Lent Description of subject: The Second Sunday of Great Lent is an Eastern Orthodox liturgical celebration dedicated to Saint Gregory Palamas and his teachings on hesychasm and the experience of divine grace.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gregory Palamas
this entity surface form:
Sunday of Saint Gregory Palamas
Second Sunday of Great Lent
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liturgicalRank
→
Second Sunday of Great Lent
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Sunday of Great Lent with commemoration of a saint