St. Thomas Sunday
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St. Thomas Sunday 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 (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St. Thomas Sunday canonical | 1 |
| Sunday of St. Thomas | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian liturgical feast
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Eastern Orthodox feast ⓘ moveable feast ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Antipascha
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Second Sunday of Pascha ⓘ Thomas Sunday NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Apostle Thomas
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the Risen Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| calendarRelation |
date varies each year according to the date of Pascha
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falls eight days after Pascha ⓘ |
| celebratedOn |
first Sunday after Easter (Byzantine tradition)
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first Sunday after Pascha ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Apostle Thomas’s encounter with the risen Christ
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the appearance of the risen Christ to the disciples eight days after the Resurrection ⓘ the confession of Thomas "My Lord and my God" ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
Christ’s bodily Resurrection
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the reality of Christ’s wounds after the Resurrection ⓘ the transformation of doubt into faith ⓘ |
| follows | Pascha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKontakionTheme | touching of Christ’s life-giving side ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalBasisIn | Gospel of John 20:19–31 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalBook | Pentecostarion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalColor | bright (festal) colors in Byzantine usage ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalRank | Great Feast of the Lord in Byzantine usage (within Paschal period) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasScriptureReading |
Epistle: Acts of the Apostles (chapter 5 in Byzantine lectionary)
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Gospel: John 20:19–31 ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
assurance of the Resurrection
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blessedness of those who believe without seeing ⓘ faith and doubt ⓘ |
| hasTroparionTheme |
Christ entering while the doors were shut
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seal of the tomb remaining unbroken ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Paschal joy
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renewal of baptismal faith ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Antiochian Orthodox Church
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine Rite Christians ⓘ Georgian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Romanian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Serbian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Slavic Orthodox Churches NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Paschal season
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Pentecostarion period ⓘ |
| precedes | Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite
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Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Oriental Orthodox Churches with Byzantine-influenced usage ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sunday of St. Thomas