Saturday of Lazarus (Eastern Orthodox)
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Saturday of Lazarus (Eastern Orthodox) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4728423 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saturday of Lazarus (Eastern Orthodox) Context triple: [Lazarus of Bethany, feastDay, Saturday of Lazarus (Eastern Orthodox)]
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Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday is the Christian observance between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, commemorating Jesus Christ’s body resting in the tomb and marking the final day of Holy Week.
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Pentecostarion
The Pentecostarion is an Eastern Christian liturgical book used in the Byzantine Rite that contains the hymns and services for the period from Easter (Pascha) through the Sunday after Pentecost.
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Resurrection Sunday
Resurrection Sunday is a Christian holy day celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, observed each year on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox.
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Midnight Office of Pascha
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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Dormition Fast
The Dormition Fast is a two-week period of fasting and spiritual preparation in Eastern Christianity leading up to the feast commemorating the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saturday of Lazarus (Eastern Orthodox) Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday is the Christian observance between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, commemorating Jesus Christ’s body resting in the tomb and marking the final day of Holy Week.
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B.
Pentecostarion
The Pentecostarion is an Eastern Christian liturgical book used in the Byzantine Rite that contains the hymns and services for the period from Easter (Pascha) through the Sunday after Pentecost.
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C.
Resurrection Sunday
Resurrection Sunday is a Christian holy day celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, observed each year on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox.
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D.
Midnight Office of Pascha
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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E.
Dormition Fast
The Dormition Fast is a two-week period of fasting and spiritual preparation in Eastern Christianity leading up to the feast commemorating the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Orthodox feast day
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liturgical feast ⓘ moveable feast ⓘ pre-Palm Sunday celebration ⓘ |
| associatedFigure |
Lazarus of Bethany
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Martha of Bethany NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary of Bethany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Holy Week NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| calendar |
Gregorian calendar (in some Orthodox Churches)
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Julian calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ Revised Julian calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemorates |
miracle of Christ in Bethany
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raising of Lazarus ⓘ |
| custom |
baking of special breads in some Orthodox cultures
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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
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Greek: Σάββατο του Λαζάρου ⓘ |
| liturgicalBook | Lenten Triodion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liturgicalColor | festal ⓘ |
| liturgicalCycle | Paschal cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liturgicalPractice |
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
NERFINISHED
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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
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Triodion period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marks | transition from Great Lent to Holy Week ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Antiochian Orthodox Church
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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
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Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scripturalReading |
Epistle to the Hebrews 12:28–13:8 (Byzantine lectionary)
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Gospel of John 11:1–45 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
Christ as Resurrection and Life
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confirmation of universal resurrection ⓘ preparation for Passion of Christ ⓘ victory over death ⓘ |
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Subject: Saturday of Lazarus (Eastern Orthodox) Description of subject: 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.
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