Thomas Sunday
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Thomas Sunday is the first Sunday after Easter in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar, commemorating the Apostle Thomas’s encounter with the risen Christ.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas Sunday canonical | 3 |
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Target entity: Thomas Sunday Context triple: [Pentecostarion, usedForFeast, Thomas Sunday]
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James T. Sutherland
James T. Sutherland was a prominent Canadian hockey executive and historian who played a key role in organizing and promoting the sport, including helping to establish the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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Charles Peckham Day
Charles Peckham Day is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer best known for co-creating and starring as Charlie Kelly on the television series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
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John Dandridge
John Dandridge was a Virginia planter and colonial official best known as the father of Martha Washington, the first First Lady of the United States.
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James Caldwell
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John Cleveland
John Cleveland was a 17th-century English poet and Royalist satirist known for his metaphysical style and politically charged verse during the English Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Thomas Sunday Target entity description: Thomas Sunday is the first Sunday after Easter in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar, commemorating the Apostle Thomas’s encounter with the risen Christ.
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A.
James T. Sutherland
James T. Sutherland was a prominent Canadian hockey executive and historian who played a key role in organizing and promoting the sport, including helping to establish the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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B.
Charles Peckham Day
Charles Peckham Day is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer best known for co-creating and starring as Charlie Kelly on the television series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
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C.
John Dandridge
John Dandridge was a Virginia planter and colonial official best known as the father of Martha Washington, the first First Lady of the United States.
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D.
James Caldwell
James Caldwell was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel anti-British sentiment before the American Revolution.
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E.
John Cleveland
John Cleveland was a 17th-century English poet and Royalist satirist known for his metaphysical style and politically charged verse during the English Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feast day
ⓘ
liturgical observance ⓘ moveable feast ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Antipascha
ⓘ
New Sunday ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eastern Catholic Churches
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
|
| calendarBasis |
Julian calendar in many Orthodox Churches
ⓘ
Revised Julian or Gregorian calendar in some Orthodox Churches ⓘ |
| celebratedBy |
Byzantine Rite
ⓘ
surface form:
Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholics
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Orthodox Christians
|
| centralFigureInGospelReading |
Apostle Thomas
ⓘ
Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form:
risen Jesus Christ
|
| chronologicallyRelatedTo | Bright Week ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Apostle Thomas
ⓘ
Apostle Thomas’s encounter with the risen Christ ⓘ |
| commemoratesEventDescribedIn |
Gospel of John
ⓘ
surface form:
Gospel of John 20:19–31
|
| emphasizesDoctrine |
blessedness of those who believe without seeing
ⓘ
bodily resurrection of Christ ⓘ |
| follows |
Easter
ⓘ
surface form:
Easter Sunday
Easter ⓘ
surface form:
Pascha
|
| hasKontakionTheme | assurance of faith given to Thomas ⓘ |
| hasLanguageVariantName |
Church Slavonic
ⓘ
surface form:
Church Slavonic: Недѣля Антипасхи
Greek: Κυριακή του Θωμά ⓘ Russian: Антипасха, Фомина неделя ⓘ |
| hasName |
Antipascha
ⓘ
New Sunday ⓘ Second Sunday of Easter ⓘ
surface form:
Second Sunday of Pascha
St. Thomas Sunday ⓘ St. Thomas Sunday ⓘ
surface form:
Sunday of St. Thomas
Thomas Sunday ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryGospelReading | John 20:19–31 ⓘ |
| hasTroparionTheme | Christ’s resurrection and peace to the disciples ⓘ |
| isAfter |
Joyous Saturday
ⓘ
surface form:
Bright Saturday
|
| isBefore |
Third Sunday of Easter
ⓘ
surface form:
Third Sunday of Pascha
|
| keyScripturalPhrase | “My Lord and my God” (John 20:28) ⓘ |
| liturgicalColor |
gold
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| liturgicalSeason | Paschal season ⓘ |
| marks | end of Bright Week in popular usage ⓘ |
| occursOn | first Sunday after Easter ⓘ |
| partOf |
Byzantine liturgical calendar
ⓘ
surface form:
Byzantine Rite liturgical calendar
Byzantine liturgical calendar ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
|
| positionInPaschalCycle | second Sunday of Pascha ⓘ |
| theme |
faith
ⓘ
overcoming doubt ⓘ resurrection of Christ ⓘ |
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