Antipascha
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Antipascha is the Eastern Orthodox Christian feast celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter, commemorating the Apostle Thomas’s encounter with the risen Christ.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Antipascha canonical | 2 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian liturgical feast
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Eastern Orthodox feast ⓘ |
| associatedFigure |
Apostle Thomas
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Jesus Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| calendarBasis | moveable feast ⓘ |
| celebratedWith |
Divine Liturgy
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special hymns from the Pentecostarion ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Apostle Thomas
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Apostle Thomas’s encounter with the risen Christ ⓘ |
| commemoratesEventDescribedIn | Gospel of John 20:19–31 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| determinedBy | date of Pascha ⓘ |
| etymology | from Greek ‘anti’ (in place of, corresponding to) and ‘Pascha’ (Easter) ⓘ |
| follows |
Easter Sunday
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Pascha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
St. Thomas Sunday
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Sunday of St. Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Sunday NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyExclamation | My Lord and my God ⓘ |
| liturgicalColor | bright ⓘ |
| liturgicalTradition |
Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite
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Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occursOn |
first Sunday after Easter
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first Sunday after Pascha ⓘ |
| partOfSeason |
Paschal season
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Pentecostarion period ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
confession of Christ’s divinity
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faith in the Resurrection of Christ ⓘ overcoming doubt ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage |
Church Slavonic
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Greek ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.