Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite)
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The Fourth Sunday of Great Lent in the Byzantine Rite is a Lenten Sunday dedicated to commemorating St. John Climacus, renowned for his spiritual classic "The Ladder of Divine Ascent" and his teaching on ascetic struggle.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite) canonical | 4 |
| Fourth Sunday of Great Lent | 2 |
| Sunday of St. John Climacus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1034178 — 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: Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite) Context triple: [St. John Climacus, feastDay, Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite)]
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A.
Fifth Sunday of Lent
The Fifth Sunday of Lent is the final Sunday of Lent before Holy Week in the Christian liturgical calendar, marking the beginning of Passiontide in many traditions.
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B.
Dormition Fast
The Dormition Fast is a two-week period of fasting and spiritual preparation in Eastern Christianity leading up to the feast commemorating the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary.
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C.
Octoechos
Octoechos is a principal Byzantine liturgical book that organizes hymns and services into an eight-week cycle of musical modes used throughout the church year.
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D.
Holy Wednesday
Holy Wednesday is the midweek day of Holy Week in the Christian liturgical calendar, traditionally associated with the betrayal of Jesus by Judas Iscariot.
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E.
Paschal Stichera
Paschal Stichera are festal liturgical hymns in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite traditions, chanted during the Paschal services to celebrate Christ’s Resurrection.
- 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: Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite) Target entity description: The Fourth Sunday of Great Lent in the Byzantine Rite is a Lenten Sunday dedicated to commemorating St. John Climacus, renowned for his spiritual classic "The Ladder of Divine Ascent" and his teaching on ascetic struggle.
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A.
Fifth Sunday of Lent
The Fifth Sunday of Lent is the final Sunday of Lent before Holy Week in the Christian liturgical calendar, marking the beginning of Passiontide in many traditions.
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B.
Dormition Fast
The Dormition Fast is a two-week period of fasting and spiritual preparation in Eastern Christianity leading up to the feast commemorating the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary.
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C.
Octoechos
Octoechos is a principal Byzantine liturgical book that organizes hymns and services into an eight-week cycle of musical modes used throughout the church year.
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D.
Holy Wednesday
Holy Wednesday is the midweek day of Holy Week in the Christian liturgical calendar, traditionally associated with the betrayal of Jesus by Judas Iscariot.
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E.
Paschal Stichera
Paschal Stichera are festal liturgical hymns in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite traditions, chanted during the Paschal services to celebrate Christ’s Resurrection.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lenten Sunday
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feast in the Byzantine Rite ⓘ liturgical observance ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
ascetic struggle
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monastic spirituality ⓘ repentance ⓘ spiritual ascent ⓘ |
| category |
Byzantine liturgical feasts
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linked to:
Byzantine liturgical calendar
Commemorations of saints in the Byzantine Rite ⓘ Great Lent in the Byzantine Rite ⓘ
linked to:
Lent
|
| celebratedBy |
Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite
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linked to:
Eastern Catholic Churches
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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| commemoratedOn | fourth Sunday of Great Lent according to the Byzantine liturgical calendar ⓘ |
| commemorates |
John Climacus
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linked to:
St. John Climacus
The Ladder of Divine Ascent ⓘ |
| encouragesPractice |
almsgiving
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fasting ⓘ inner watchfulness ⓘ prayer ⓘ repentance ⓘ |
| follows | Third Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite) ⓘ |
| hasIconographicTheme |
Ladder of Divine Ascent icon
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linked to:
icon “The Ladder of Divine Ascent”
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| hasLiturgicalBook | Triodion ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalFamily | Byzantine Rite ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalRank | Lenten Sunday with commemoration of a saint ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryFigure |
John Climacus
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linked to:
St. John Climacus
|
| hasProperHymnography |
canon for St. John Climacus
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kontakion for St. John Climacus ⓘ stichera for St. John Climacus ⓘ troparia for St. John Climacus ⓘ |
| hasSpiritualFocus |
imitation of monastic asceticism
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progress in virtues ⓘ struggle against passions ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Sunday of St. John Climacus
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linked to:
Sunday of the Ladder
Sunday of the Ladder ⓘ |
| honorsTitleOfSaint |
John Climacus the Sinaite
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linked to:
St. John Climacus
John of the Ladder ⓘ |
| honorsWork | The Ladder of Divine Ascent ⓘ |
| linkedToMonastery |
Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai
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linked to:
Saint Catherine’s Monastery
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| liturgicalColor | Lenten purple ⓘ |
| occursDuring | Paschal cycle ⓘ |
| partOfSeason |
Great Lent
ⓘ
linked to:
Lent
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| precedes | Fifth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite) ⓘ |
| preparesFor |
approach to Holy Week
ⓘ
final weeks of Great Lent ⓘ |
| usesLiturgicalBook |
Lenten Triodion
ⓘ
linked to:
Triodion
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite) Description of subject: The Fourth Sunday of Great Lent in the Byzantine Rite is a Lenten Sunday dedicated to commemorating St. John Climacus, renowned for his spiritual classic "The Ladder of Divine Ascent" and his teaching on ascetic struggle.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite)
linked to: Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite)
linked to: Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite)
Fifth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite)
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chronologicallyFollows
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Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite)
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Third Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite)
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precedes
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Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite)
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