Afterfeast of the Nativity

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Christian feast extension afterfeast liturgical period

The Afterfeast of the Nativity is a period in the Eastern Christian liturgical calendar that extends the celebration of Christ’s birth beyond December 25 with continued hymns, services, and commemorations.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Second Day in the Octave of Christmas	1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian feast extension ⓘ afterfeast ⓘ liturgical period ⓘ
associatedWith	icon of the Nativity ⓘ
calendarBasis	Gregorian calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ Julian calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ Revised Julian calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
celebratedIn	Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
contrastedWith	Forefeast of the Nativity NERFINISHED ⓘ
correspondsToTerm	Greek liturgical concept "metheorta" ⓘ Slavic liturgical term "poprazdnstvo" ⓘ
extends	celebration of Christmas ⓘ celebration of the Nativity of Christ ⓘ
follows	Feast of the Nativity of Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCategory	Christian holy days ⓘ Eastern Christian liturgy NERFINISHED ⓘ Nativity of Jesus in worship and liturgy ⓘ
hasLiturgicalElement	commemorations ⓘ divine services ⓘ hymns ⓘ
hasLiturgicalFocus	continued celebration of Christ’s birth ⓘ
hasLiturgicalRank	feast with afterfeast ⓘ
hasLiturgicalTheme	Incarnation of the Son of God ⓘ adoration of the newborn Christ ⓘ joy of the Nativity ⓘ
hasModeOfObservance	special propers at Matins ⓘ special propers at Vespers ⓘ special propers at the Divine Liturgy ⓘ
hasPurpose	to deepen theological reflection on the Incarnation ⓘ to prolong the festal joy of the Nativity ⓘ
languageOfTerm	English ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Christian liturgical calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ liturgical year ⓘ
relatedToFeast	Christmas NERFINISHED ⓘ Nativity of Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesHymn	kontakion of the Nativity ⓘ troparion of the Nativity ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Sunday after the Nativity → connectedWith → Afterfeast of the Nativity ⓘ

Second Day of Christmas → hasAlternativeName → Afterfeast of the Nativity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Day in the Octave of Christmas