Greek Orthodox Katholikon

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church building katholikon place of worship

The Greek Orthodox Katholikon is the main Byzantine-style church and central worship space of the Greek Orthodox community within Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Greek Katholikon of the Holy Sepulchre	1
Greek Orthodox Catholicon	1
Greek Orthodox Katholikon canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T897200 — 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: Greek Orthodox Katholikon
Context triple: [Church of the Holy Sepulchre, containsStructure, Greek Orthodox Katholikon]

A. Typikon
Typikon is the principal liturgical book of the Byzantine Rite that prescribes the order and rules for church services and the liturgical year.
B. Horologion
The Horologion is an Eastern Orthodox liturgical book that contains the fixed daily cycle of services, including prayers, hymns, and psalms used throughout the liturgical year.
C. Euchologion
The Euchologion is a principal liturgical book in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches containing the texts and prayers used by clergy for the Divine Liturgy, sacraments, and various rites.
D. Triodion
The Triodion is a principal liturgical book of the Byzantine Rite that contains the hymns and services for the pre-Lenten period, Great Lent, and Holy Week.
E. Liturgy of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (Coptic)
The Liturgy of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (Coptic) is a Eucharistic service of the Coptic Orthodox Church attributed to Gregory of Nazianzus and noted for its deeply theological, contemplative prayers addressed to Christ.
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: Greek Orthodox Katholikon
Target entity description: The Greek Orthodox Katholikon is the main Byzantine-style church and central worship space of the Greek Orthodox community within Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

A. Typikon
Typikon is the principal liturgical book of the Byzantine Rite that prescribes the order and rules for church services and the liturgical year.
B. Horologion
The Horologion is an Eastern Orthodox liturgical book that contains the fixed daily cycle of services, including prayers, hymns, and psalms used throughout the liturgical year.
C. Euchologion
The Euchologion is a principal liturgical book in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches containing the texts and prayers used by clergy for the Divine Liturgy, sacraments, and various rites.
D. Triodion
The Triodion is a principal liturgical book of the Byzantine Rite that contains the hymns and services for the pre-Lenten period, Great Lent, and Holy Week.
E. Liturgy of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (Coptic)
The Liturgy of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (Coptic) is a Eucharistic service of the Coptic Orthodox Church attributed to Gregory of Nazianzus and noted for its deeply theological, contemplative prayers addressed to Christ.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	church building ⓘ katholikon ⓘ place of worship ⓘ
access	entered from the main courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ
adjacentTo	Aedicule of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ linked to: Church of the Holy Sepulchre Rotunda of the Anastasis ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Greek Katholikon of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ linked to: Greek Orthodox Katholikon Greek Orthodox Catholicon ⓘ linked to: Greek Orthodox Katholikon
architecturalStyle	Byzantine architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Greek Orthodox celebrations of Easter in Jerusalem ⓘ
country	Israel ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ linked to: resurrection of Jesus Christ
denominationalControl	Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem ⓘ linked to: Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
ecclesiasticalRank	cathedral-like main church within the Holy Sepulchre for the Greek Orthodox ⓘ
floorLevelRelation	slightly higher than the floor of the Rotunda of the Anastasis ⓘ
function	central worship space for Greek Orthodox clergy and faithful at the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ main church of the Greek Orthodox community in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ
governedBy	Status Quo of the Holy Places ⓘ
hasAltar	main altar used by Greek Orthodox clergy ⓘ
hasFeature	Byzantine-style dome ⓘ bishop’s throne ⓘ iconostasis ⓘ large central nave ⓘ marble columns ⓘ mosaics and icons ⓘ synthronon in the apse ⓘ
historicalTradition	developed as the principal Byzantine-style interior of the Greek Orthodox at the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ
interiorDecorationStyle	traditional Eastern Orthodox iconographic program ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage	Ecclesiastical Greek ⓘ Koine Greek ⓘ
liturgicalUse	site of Greek Orthodox Divine Liturgy ⓘ site of major Greek Orthodox feasts and ceremonies at the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ
locatedIn	Church of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ
locatedInCity	Jerusalem ⓘ
locatedInOldCityQuarter	Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ
orientation	east–west ⓘ
partOf	Greek Orthodox complex in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ linked to: Church of the Holy Sepulchre
pilgrimageSignificance	important destination for Eastern Orthodox pilgrims to Jerusalem ⓘ
primarySeatingFor	Greek Orthodox clergy ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ
sharesBuildingWith	Armenian Apostolic chapels in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ Roman Catholic chapels in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ
usedFor	daily offices and prayers of the Greek Orthodox community at the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ ordination services in the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem ⓘ patriarchal liturgies of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Church of the Holy Sepulchre → containsStructure → Greek Orthodox Katholikon ⓘ

Greek Orthodox Katholikon → alsoKnownAs → Greek Orthodox Catholicon ⓘ

linked to: Greek Orthodox Katholikon

Greek Orthodox Katholikon → alsoKnownAs → Greek Katholikon of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ