Syriac liturgical year
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The Syriac liturgical year is the annual cycle of feasts, fasts, and seasons that structures worship and devotional life in churches following the Syriac tradition.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Syriac Christian liturgical calendar | 1 |
| Syriac calendar | 1 |
| Syriac hymnography | 1 |
| Syriac liturgical year canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T397079 — 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: Syriac liturgical year Context triple: [Syriac Rite, hasLiturgicalCalendar, Syriac liturgical year]
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Syriac Rite
The Syriac Rite is an ancient Eastern Christian liturgical tradition rooted in the Syriac language and culture, used by several churches in the Middle East and India.
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Liturgy of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (Coptic)
The Liturgy of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (Coptic) is a Eucharistic service of the Coptic Orthodox Church attributed to Gregory of Nazianzus and noted for its deeply theological, contemplative prayers addressed to Christ.
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Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Liturgy of Saint Mark)
The Liturgy of Saint Cyril (also known as the Liturgy of Saint Mark) is an ancient Alexandrian Eucharistic liturgy traditionally attributed to Saint Mark the Evangelist and used in the early Christian Church of Egypt.
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Coptic calendar
The Coptic calendar is the liturgical and agricultural calendar used by the Coptic Orthodox Church, derived from the ancient Egyptian calendar and still employed in Egypt for religious feasts and seasons.
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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.
- 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: Syriac liturgical year Target entity description: The Syriac liturgical year is the annual cycle of feasts, fasts, and seasons that structures worship and devotional life in churches following the Syriac tradition.
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A.
Syriac Rite
The Syriac Rite is an ancient Eastern Christian liturgical tradition rooted in the Syriac language and culture, used by several churches in the Middle East and India.
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B.
Liturgy of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (Coptic)
The Liturgy of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (Coptic) is a Eucharistic service of the Coptic Orthodox Church attributed to Gregory of Nazianzus and noted for its deeply theological, contemplative prayers addressed to Christ.
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C.
Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Liturgy of Saint Mark)
The Liturgy of Saint Cyril (also known as the Liturgy of Saint Mark) is an ancient Alexandrian Eucharistic liturgy traditionally attributed to Saint Mark the Evangelist and used in the early Christian Church of Egypt.
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D.
Coptic calendar
The Coptic calendar is the liturgical and agricultural calendar used by the Coptic Orthodox Church, derived from the ancient Egyptian calendar and still employed in Egypt for religious feasts and seasons.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian liturgical calendar
ⓘ
liturgical year ⓘ |
| calendarBasis |
lunar elements
ⓘ
solar calendar ⓘ |
| component |
fasts
ⓘ
feasts ⓘ liturgical seasons ⓘ memorials of saints ⓘ octaves ⓘ vigils ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
life of Jesus Christ
ⓘ
salvation history ⓘ |
| hasSeason |
Annunciation season
ⓘ
Easter Week ⓘ
surface form:
Easter season
Epiphany ⓘ
surface form:
Epiphany season
Lent ⓘ
surface form:
Great Lent
Holy Week ⓘ Nativity season ⓘ Pentecost ⓘ
surface form:
Pentecost season
Season of Elijah, Moses and the Prophets ⓘ Season of the Apostles ⓘ Triumph of the Cross ⓘ
surface form:
Season of the Cross
Season of the Dedication of the Church ⓘ Transfiguration ⓘ
surface form:
Season of the Transfiguration
|
| includesFast |
Apostles Fast
ⓘ
Dormition Fast ⓘ Lent ⓘ
surface form:
Great Lent
Nineveh Fast ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Antiochene school of theology
ⓘ
surface form:
Antiochene liturgical tradition
Jewish liturgical calendar ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy | Syriac ⓘ |
| majorFeast |
Annunciation
ⓘ
Ascension ⓘ Epiphany ⓘ Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross ⓘ
surface form:
Feast of the Cross
Nativity of Christ ⓘ
surface form:
Nativity of the Lord
Palm Sunday ⓘ Easter ⓘ
surface form:
Pascha
Pentecost ⓘ |
| organizes |
hymnography
ⓘ
lectionary readings ⓘ liturgical prayers ⓘ |
| purpose |
to guide devotional life
ⓘ
to structure worship ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Byzantine liturgical year
ⓘ
Roman Rite liturgical year ⓘ |
| tradition |
Syriac Churches
ⓘ
surface form:
Syriac Christianity
|
| usedBy |
Assyrian Church of the East
ⓘ
Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ Maronite Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Maronite Church
Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ Syriac Churches ⓘ
surface form:
Syriac churches
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church ⓘ Syro-Malankara Catholic Church ⓘ |
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Subject: Syriac liturgical year Description of subject: The Syriac liturgical year is the annual cycle of feasts, fasts, and seasons that structures worship and devotional life in churches following the Syriac tradition.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Syriac hymnography
this entity surface form:
Syriac calendar
this entity surface form:
Syriac Christian liturgical calendar