Feast of All Saints (Byzantine tradition)

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The Feast of All Saints in the Byzantine tradition is a liturgical celebration honoring all known and unknown saints, observed on the first Sunday after Pentecost.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine Rite feast
Christian feast
liturgical celebration
alsoKnownAs Sunday of All Saints
surface form: All Saints Sunday

Sunday of All Saints
associatedWith icon of All Saints
calendarType moveable feast
celebratedBy Eastern Catholic Churches
surface form: Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite

Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
celebratedWith Divine Liturgy
Great Vespers
Matins
commemorates all righteous people who have pleased God
apostles
hierarchs
martyrs
monastics
prophets
righteous laypeople
emphasizes fruits of Pentecost
sanctification by the Holy Spirit
follows Pentecost
hasProperHymnography kontakion of All Saints
troparion of All Saints
honors all saints
known saints
unknown saints
languageOfOriginalTexts Greek
liturgicalColor gold
white
liturgicalFamily Byzantine Rite
Byzantine tradition
liturgicalTextsFoundIn Pentecostarion
observedOn first Sunday after Pentecost
occursInSeason Pentecostarion period
partOf Byzantine liturgical year
positionInLiturgicalCycle first Sunday after the Feast of Pentecost
rank Sunday feast
relatedFeast All Saints’ Day
surface form: Feast of All Saints (Western tradition)
scope universal Church
scripturalReadingsInclude Letter to the Hebrews
surface form: Epistle to the Hebrews 11:33–40; 12:1–2

Gospel of Matthew
surface form: Gospel of Matthew 10:32–33, 37–38; 19:27–30
theologicalTheme communion of saints
glorification of the saints in Christ
universal call to holiness

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Apostles' Fast follows Feast of All Saints (Byzantine tradition)
All Saints’ Day alsoKnownAs Feast of All Saints (Byzantine tradition)
this entity surface form: Feast of All Saints
All Saints’ Day relatedFeast Feast of All Saints (Byzantine tradition)
this entity surface form: Sunday of All Saints in Eastern Christianity
All Saints alsoKnownAs Feast of All Saints (Byzantine tradition)
this entity surface form: Feast of All Saints
Church of the Beatitudes liturgicalFeastAssociated Feast of All Saints (Byzantine tradition)
this entity surface form: Feast of All Saints
St Catherine's Day relatedFeast Feast of All Saints (Byzantine tradition)
this entity surface form: Feast of All Saints