Saturday of Lazarus (Eastern Orthodox)
E465305
Saturday of Lazarus (Eastern Orthodox) is a pre-Palm Sunday liturgical celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church commemorating Christ’s raising of Lazarus as a foreshadowing of the Resurrection.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saturday of Lazarus | 0 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Orthodox feast day
ⓘ
liturgical feast ⓘ moveable feast ⓘ pre-Palm Sunday celebration ⓘ |
| associatedFigure |
Lazarus of Bethany
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Martha of Bethany NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary of Bethany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Holy Week NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| calendar |
Gregorian calendar (in some Orthodox Churches)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Julian calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ Revised Julian calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemorates |
miracle of Christ in Bethany
ⓘ
raising of Lazarus ⓘ |
| custom |
baking of special breads in some Orthodox cultures
ⓘ
children’s first communion in some local traditions ⓘ processions with palm branches or pussy willows in some regions ⓘ |
| dateRule | Saturday before Palm Sunday ⓘ |
| follows | Friday of the Sixth Week of Great Lent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foreshadows | Resurrection of Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hymnographySource | Lenten Triodion canons and stichera ⓘ |
| languageVariant |
Church Slavonic: Лазарева суббота
ⓘ
Greek: Σάββατο του Λαζάρου ⓘ |
| liturgicalBook | Lenten Triodion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liturgicalColor | festal ⓘ |
| liturgicalCycle | Paschal cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liturgicalPractice |
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Vespers on Friday evening ⓘ festal Orthros (Matins) ⓘ |
| liturgicalRank | great feast of the Lord (in practice, though not one of the Twelve) ⓘ |
| liturgicalSeason |
Great Lent
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Triodion period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marks | transition from Great Lent to Holy Week ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Antiochian Orthodox Church
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Coptic Orthodox Church (Byzantine-rite communities) NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Romanian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Serbian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pairedWith | Palm Sunday NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes | Palm Sunday NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | Lazarus Saturday (general Christian usage) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Feast of the Resurrection (Pascha) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scripturalReading |
Epistle to the Hebrews 12:28–13:8 (Byzantine lectionary)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gospel of John 11:1–45 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
Christ as Resurrection and Life
ⓘ
confirmation of universal resurrection ⓘ preparation for Passion of Christ ⓘ victory over death ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.