Great Feast in Eastern Christianity
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The Great Feast in Eastern Christianity is one of the highest-ranking liturgical celebrations, marking a major event in the life of Christ or the history of salvation and observed with especially solemn worship and festal customs.
All labels observed (11)
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian holy day
ⓘ
liturgical feast ⓘ religious observance ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Coptic Rite
ⓘ
surface form:
Alexandrian Rite
Armenian Rite ⓘ Byzantine Rite ⓘ Syriac Rite ⓘ
surface form:
Chaldean Rite
Syriac Rite ⓘ |
| calendarSystem |
Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
ⓘ
surface form:
Gregorian calendar
Julian calendar ⓘ Revised Julian calendar ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
especially solemn worship
ⓘ
festal customs ⓘ |
| commemorates |
events in the history of salvation
ⓘ
events in the life of Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
lesser feasts
ⓘ
ordinary weekdays ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalRank |
highest-ranking feast
ⓘ
major feast ⓘ |
| importance |
major event in salvation history
ⓘ
major event in the life of Christ ⓘ |
| includes |
Palm Sunday
ⓘ
surface form:
Feast of Palm Sunday
Pentecost ⓘ
surface form:
Feast of Pentecost
Annunciation ⓘ
surface form:
Feast of the Annunciation
Ascension Day ⓘ
surface form:
Feast of the Ascension of Christ
Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ
surface form:
Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos
Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple ⓘ Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross ⓘ Nativity of Christ ⓘ
surface form:
Feast of the Nativity of Christ
Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos ⓘ Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple ⓘ Feast of the Theophany ⓘ Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord ⓘ
surface form:
Feast of the Transfiguration
|
| involves |
festal meals
ⓘ
icon veneration ⓘ processions ⓘ |
| liturgicalColor | festal colors ⓘ |
| mayInclude | leavetaking of the feast ⓘ |
| observedOn |
fixed dates
ⓘ
movable dates ⓘ |
| oftenFollowedBy | afterfeast ⓘ |
| oftenPrecededBy | forefeast ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Eastern Catholic Churches
ⓘ
Eastern Christianity ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
|
| requires |
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
ⓘ
surface form:
Divine Liturgy
festal vigil ⓘ proper liturgical texts ⓘ special hymns ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Great Feast in the Byzantine Rite
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Great Feast
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Great Feast
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Twelve Great Feasts
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Great Feast
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Great Feast in Eastern Orthodoxy
this entity surface form:
Great Feasts
this entity surface form:
Twelve Great Feasts (Eastern Orthodox)
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Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church
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Great Feast of the Byzantine Rite
this entity surface form:
Great Feast of the Church
this entity surface form:
Great Feast in the Eastern Orthodox Church