Feast of the Meeting of Our Lord
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The Feast of the Meeting of Our Lord is a Christian liturgical celebration, especially in the Eastern Orthodox Church, marking Christ’s presentation in the Temple and His encounter with the righteous elder Simeon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Feast of the Meeting of Our Lord canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11088915 — 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: Feast of the Meeting of Our Lord Context triple: [Simeon the God-receiver, commemoratedOn, Feast of the Meeting of Our Lord]
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Feast of Mary Help of Christians
The Feast of Mary Help of Christians is a Catholic liturgical celebration honoring the Virgin Mary under the title “Help of Christians,” particularly venerated in places like the Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians in Shillong and within the Salesian tradition.
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Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus
The Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus is a Christian liturgical celebration honoring the reverence, power, and significance of the name of Jesus in worship and devotion.
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Feast of the Twelve Apostles
The Feast of the Twelve Apostles is a Christian liturgical celebration honoring the collective group of Jesus Christ’s twelve chosen disciples.
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Feast of the Divine Savior of the World
The Feast of the Divine Savior of the World is a major Catholic religious celebration in El Salvador honoring Jesus Christ as the country’s patron and namesake, marked by processions, Masses, and civic festivities each August.
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E.
Feast of the Apostle Philip
The Feast of the Apostle Philip is a Christian liturgical celebration honoring the Apostle Philip, traditionally observed on November 14 (November 27 on the Gregorian calendar in Eastern Orthodoxy).
- 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: Feast of the Meeting of Our Lord Target entity description: The Feast of the Meeting of Our Lord is a Christian liturgical celebration, especially in the Eastern Orthodox Church, marking Christ’s presentation in the Temple and His encounter with the righteous elder Simeon.
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A.
Feast of Mary Help of Christians
The Feast of Mary Help of Christians is a Catholic liturgical celebration honoring the Virgin Mary under the title “Help of Christians,” particularly venerated in places like the Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians in Shillong and within the Salesian tradition.
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B.
Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus
The Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus is a Christian liturgical celebration honoring the reverence, power, and significance of the name of Jesus in worship and devotion.
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C.
Feast of the Twelve Apostles
The Feast of the Twelve Apostles is a Christian liturgical celebration honoring the collective group of Jesus Christ’s twelve chosen disciples.
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D.
Feast of the Divine Savior of the World
The Feast of the Divine Savior of the World is a major Catholic religious celebration in El Salvador honoring Jesus Christ as the country’s patron and namesake, marked by processions, Masses, and civic festivities each August.
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E.
Feast of the Apostle Philip
The Feast of the Apostle Philip is a Christian liturgical celebration honoring the Apostle Philip, traditionally observed on November 14 (November 27 on the Gregorian calendar in Eastern Orthodoxy).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian feast
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Great Feast in the Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ Lord’s feast ⓘ liturgical feast ⓘ |
| afterfeastLength | 7 days (in Byzantine usage) ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord ⓘ Feast of the Purification of the Virgin NERFINISHED ⓘ Hypapante NERFINISHED ⓘ Hypapante tou Kyriou NERFINISHED ⓘ Meeting of the Lord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithBlessing | blessing of candles (in some Eastern traditions) ⓘ |
| associatedWithPrayer | Nunc dimittis (Song of Simeon) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnScripture | Gospel of Luke 2:22–40 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| calendarType | Byzantine liturgical calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| celebratedOn | 2 February (Julian calendar date corresponds to 15 February Gregorian in many Orthodox Churches) ⓘ |
| commemoratesEvent |
Encounter of Christ with Simeon the God‑Receiver
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Encounter of Christ with the Prophetess Anna NERFINISHED ⓘ Presentation of Jesus in the Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concludingPeriod | afterfeast ⓘ |
| fixedOrMoveable | fixed feast ⓘ |
| forefeastLength | 1 day (in Byzantine usage) ⓘ |
| hasIconographicTheme |
Christ as infant in the arms of Simeon in the Temple
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Presence of Joseph and Prophetess Anna in the Temple scene ⓘ Theotokos presenting Christ in the Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalBook | Menaion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalColor |
gold (in many Byzantine traditions)
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white (in some traditions) ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalTradition |
Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Christian Churches NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Oriental Orthodox Churches NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasService |
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Vespers NERFINISHED ⓘ Matins ⓘ |
| hasTheologicalTheme |
Christ as fulfillment of the Law
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Meeting of the Old and New Covenants ⓘ Obedience of the Theotokos and Joseph to the Mosaic Law ⓘ Revelation of Christ as light to the nations ⓘ |
| honorsPerson |
Jesus Christ
NERFINISHED
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Prophetess Anna NERFINISHED ⓘ Simeon the God‑Receiver NERFINISHED ⓘ Theotokos (Virgin Mary) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liturgicalRank | Great Feast of the Lord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preparatoryPeriod | forefeast ⓘ |
| relatedWesternFeast | Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (Candlemas) GENERATED ⓘ |
| seasonContext | occurs 40 days after the Nativity of Christ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Feast of the Meeting of Our Lord Description of subject: The Feast of the Meeting of Our Lord is a Christian liturgical celebration, especially in the Eastern Orthodox Church, marking Christ’s presentation in the Temple and His encounter with the righteous elder Simeon.
Referenced by (1)
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