Fourth Sunday of Easter

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Christian feast day Sunday observance liturgical celebration moveable feast

The Fourth Sunday of Easter is a Christian liturgical celebration within the Easter season, traditionally known as "Good Shepherd Sunday" for its focus on Jesus as the Good Shepherd.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Fourth Sunday of Easter canonical	5
English: Fourth Sunday of Easter	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian feast day ⓘ Sunday observance ⓘ liturgical celebration ⓘ moveable feast ⓘ
associatedWith	World Day of Prayer for Vocations ⓘ
belongsToCalendar	General Roman Calendar ⓘ Christian lectionaries ⓘ surface form: Revised Common Lectionary
celebratedBy	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ European Lutheran churches ⓘ surface form: Lutheran churches Methodist churches ⓘ Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church various Protestant churches ⓘ
celebratedIn	churches worldwide ⓘ
commemorates	Good Shepherd ⓘ surface form: Jesus Christ as the Good Shepherd
emphasizes	Christ as protector of the flock ⓘ Christ’s sacrificial care for believers ⓘ
focusesOn	image of Christ as shepherd ⓘ
follows	Easter Sunday by three weeks ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Good Shepherd Sunday ⓘ
hasLiturgicalColor	white ⓘ
hasLiturgicalFocus	Gospel of John chapter 10 ⓘ
hasLiturgicalRank	Octave of Easter ⓘ surface form: Sunday of Easter
hasLiturgicalSeason	Easter ⓘ
hasLiturgicalYearCycle	Year A ⓘ Year B ⓘ Year C ⓘ
hasTheme	Christ’s pastoral care for the faithful ⓘ listening to the voice of Christ ⓘ relationship between shepherd and sheep ⓘ trust in divine guidance ⓘ vocation and calling ⓘ
hasTypicalGospelReading	John 10:11–18 ⓘ John 10:1–10 ⓘ
isLinkedTo	image of the Good Shepherd in Christian art ⓘ preaching on pastoral ministry ⓘ reflection on priestly and religious vocations ⓘ
languageVariant	Fourth Sunday of Easter self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: English: Fourth Sunday of Easter Latin: Dominica IV Paschae ⓘ
observedOn	fourth Sunday after Easter Sunday ⓘ
occursAfter	Third Sunday of Easter ⓘ
occursBefore	Fifth Sunday of Easter ⓘ
partOf	Easter Week ⓘ surface form: Easter season
readingsInclude	Psalm 23 in many lectionaries ⓘ
relatedConcept	Good Shepherd ⓘ pastoral care in Christianity ⓘ
timeWithinEaster	approximately 21 days after Easter Sunday ⓘ
typeOf	Sunday in the Octave and season of Easter (broadly understood as Eastertide) ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Great Fifty Days → includesFeast → Fourth Sunday of Easter ⓘ

Fourth Sunday of Easter → languageVariant → Fourth Sunday of Easter self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: English: Fourth Sunday of Easter

Third Sunday of Easter → precedes → Fourth Sunday of Easter ⓘ

Fifth Sunday of Easter → follows → Fourth Sunday of Easter ⓘ

Fifth Sunday of Easter → occursAfter → Fourth Sunday of Easter ⓘ

Sixth Sunday of Easter → occursAfter → Fourth Sunday of Easter ⓘ