Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov)

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Christian feast Eastern Orthodox feast

Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov) is an Eastern Orthodox Christian feast and devotion honoring the Virgin Mary's protective intercession over the faithful.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Intercession of the Theotokos	2
Intercession of the Theotokos feast	1
Protection of the Theotokos	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian feast ⓘ Eastern Orthodox feast ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Feast of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos NERFINISHED ⓘ Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God NERFINISHED ⓘ Pokrov NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	apparition of the Virgin Mary during a siege of Constantinople ⓘ
associatedWithSaint	Saint Andrew the Fool-for-Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Epiphanius of Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
calendarPlacement	Byzantine liturgical calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
celebratedBy	Bulgarian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek Orthodox faithful (in some local traditions) ⓘ Romanian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Serbian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Ukrainian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
celebratedOn	1 October ⓘ
centralTheme	Mary’s protection over Christians ⓘ intercession of the Mother of God ⓘ
commemorates	vision of the Theotokos in the Blachernae church in Constantinople ⓘ
devotionalPractice	prayers for protection of the Church and people ⓘ processions with icons of the Theotokos ⓘ special hymns and canons to the Theotokos ⓘ
devotionType	Marian devotion ⓘ
focusesOn	protective intercession of the Virgin Mary ⓘ
hasFeastType	fixed feast ⓘ
hasIconType	Pokrov icon NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLiturgicalService	Divine Liturgy NERFINISHED ⓘ Matins ⓘ Vespers ⓘ
honors	Theotokos NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgin Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ
iconographyDepicts	Saint Andrew the Fool-for-Christ pointing to the vision NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Romanos the Melodist NERFINISHED ⓘ Theotokos holding an omophorion or veil over the faithful ⓘ
liturgicalDate	1 October (Julian calendar) ⓘ 14 October (Gregorian calendar, for churches using Julian reckoning) ⓘ
liturgicalRank	great feast (in Slavic tradition) ⓘ
liturgicalTextLanguage	Church Slavonic NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek ⓘ
patronage	Cossacks (in Ukrainian and Russian tradition) NERFINISHED ⓘ families seeking Mary’s protection ⓘ
relatedConcept	omophorion of the Theotokos ⓘ veil of the Theotokos NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Byzantine Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat → dedicatedTo → Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Intercession of the Theotokos

Mary in Eastern Christianity → feast → Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protection of the Theotokos

The Intercession of the Theotokos on the Moat → hasLiturgicalDedication → Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Intercession of the Theotokos

Pokrovskoye, Tobolsk Governorate, Russian Empire → namedAfter → Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov) ⓘ

The Intercession of the Theotokos on the Moat → namedAfter → Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Intercession of the Theotokos feast