Midnight Office of Pascha
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The Midnight Office of Pascha is an Orthodox Christian liturgical service celebrated late on Holy Saturday night as a solemn and anticipatory prelude to the Paschal (Easter) Divine Liturgy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Midnight Office of Pascha canonical | 1 |
| Paschal Matins | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3117730 — 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: Midnight Office of Pascha Context triple: [Paschal canon, usedIn, Midnight Office of Pascha]
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A.
Triodion
The Triodion is a principal liturgical book of the Byzantine Rite that contains the hymns and services for the pre-Lenten period, Great Lent, and Holy Week.
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B.
Horologion
The Horologion is an Eastern Orthodox liturgical book that contains the fixed daily cycle of services, including prayers, hymns, and psalms used throughout the liturgical year.
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C.
Vespers
Vespers is an evening prayer service in the Byzantine Rite, marking the liturgical beginning of the day with psalms, hymns, and incense.
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D.
Eastertide
Eastertide is the liturgical season in the Christian calendar celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, spanning the weeks from Easter Sunday until Pentecost.
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E.
Byzantine Anaphora of Saint Basil
The Byzantine Anaphora of Saint Basil is a central Eucharistic prayer of the Byzantine Rite, attributed to Saint Basil the Great and known for its lengthy, theologically rich thanksgiving and intercessions.
- 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: Midnight Office of Pascha Target entity description: The Midnight Office of Pascha is an Orthodox Christian liturgical service celebrated late on Holy Saturday night as a solemn and anticipatory prelude to the Paschal (Easter) Divine Liturgy.
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A.
Triodion
The Triodion is a principal liturgical book of the Byzantine Rite that contains the hymns and services for the pre-Lenten period, Great Lent, and Holy Week.
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B.
Horologion
The Horologion is an Eastern Orthodox liturgical book that contains the fixed daily cycle of services, including prayers, hymns, and psalms used throughout the liturgical year.
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C.
Vespers
Vespers is an evening prayer service in the Byzantine Rite, marking the liturgical beginning of the day with psalms, hymns, and incense.
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D.
Eastertide
Eastertide is the liturgical season in the Christian calendar celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, spanning the weeks from Easter Sunday until Pentecost.
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E.
Byzantine Anaphora of Saint Basil
The Byzantine Anaphora of Saint Basil is a central Eucharistic prayer of the Byzantine Rite, attributed to Saint Basil the Great and known for its lengthy, theologically rich thanksgiving and intercessions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Midnight Office
ⓘ
Orthodox Christian liturgical service ⓘ |
| associatedWithFeast |
Easter
ⓘ
Feast of Pascha ⓘ
surface form:
Pascha
|
| calendarContext |
Gregorian calendar (in some churches)
ⓘ
Julian calendar ⓘ
surface form:
Julian calendar (in some churches)
Revised Julian calendar ⓘ
surface form:
Revised Julian calendar (in some churches)
|
| celebratedOn |
Eve of Pascha
ⓘ
Holy Saturday night ⓘ |
| character | anticipatory ⓘ |
| commemorates |
burial of Christ
ⓘ
descent of Christ into Hades ⓘ expectation of the Resurrection ⓘ |
| follows | Great and Holy Saturday services ⓘ |
| hasElement |
canon
ⓘ
hymns ⓘ prayers ⓘ psalms ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalFamily |
Eastern Catholic Churches
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
|
| hasTheme |
transition from sorrow to joy
ⓘ
vigil for the Resurrection ⓘ watchfulness ⓘ |
| languageTraditions |
Arabic
ⓘ
Church Slavonic ⓘ English ⓘ Greek ⓘ Romanian ⓘ |
| liturgicalRank | solemn ⓘ |
| liturgicalSeason |
Holy Week
ⓘ
surface form:
Great and Holy Week
Paschal Triduum ⓘ
surface form:
Paschal Triduum (Byzantine usage)
|
| location | church nave ⓘ |
| participatedInBy | congregation ⓘ |
| partOf | Byzantine Rite daily cycle of services ⓘ |
| performedBy |
chanters
ⓘ
deacon ⓘ priest ⓘ |
| precedes |
Paschal Divine Liturgy
ⓘ
Midnight Office of Pascha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Paschal Matins
Paschal procession ⓘ |
| primaryFocus | imminent celebration of the Resurrection of Christ ⓘ |
| timeOfDay |
late night
ⓘ
near midnight ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Byzantine Catholic Church
ⓘ
surface form:
Byzantine-rite Eastern Catholics
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Christians
|
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Subject: Midnight Office of Pascha Description of subject: The Midnight Office of Pascha is an Orthodox Christian liturgical service celebrated late on Holy Saturday night as a solemn and anticipatory prelude to the Paschal (Easter) Divine Liturgy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Paschal Matins