Byzantine liturgical calendar

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Byzantine Rite tradition liturgical calendar

The Byzantine liturgical calendar is the traditional Eastern Christian system of feasts, fasts, and saint commemorations that structures the worship life and yearly cycle of the Byzantine Rite churches.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar	11
Byzantine liturgical calendar canonical	8
Orthodox liturgical calendar	3
Eastern Orthodox liturgical year	2
Byzantine Rite liturgical calendar	1
Byzantine calendar	1
Byzantine liturgical feasts	1
Greek Orthodox calendar	1
Orthodox Christian calendar	1
Orthodox fasting calendar	1
Orthodox liturgical year	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1069218 — 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: Byzantine liturgical calendar
Context triple: [Apostle Bartholomew, commemoratedIn, Byzantine liturgical calendar]

A. Syriac liturgical year
The Syriac liturgical year is the annual cycle of feasts, fasts, and seasons that structures worship and devotional life in churches following the Syriac tradition.
B. Byzantine Rite
The Byzantine Rite is the liturgical tradition of Eastern Christianity characterized by elaborate ceremonial worship, rich chant, and a distinctive theological and spiritual heritage.
C. Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Liturgy of Saint Mark)
The Liturgy of Saint Cyril (also known as the Liturgy of Saint Mark) is an ancient Alexandrian Eucharistic liturgy traditionally attributed to Saint Mark the Evangelist and used in the early Christian Church of Egypt.
D. Alexandrian Rite
The Alexandrian Rite is an ancient Christian liturgical tradition originating in Alexandria and used primarily by the Coptic and Ethiopian churches.
E. Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
The Gregorian calendar (Western churches) is the internationally used solar dating system introduced in 1582 that most Western Christian churches follow for determining liturgical dates and feasts.
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: Byzantine liturgical calendar
Target entity description: The Byzantine liturgical calendar is the traditional Eastern Christian system of feasts, fasts, and saint commemorations that structures the worship life and yearly cycle of the Byzantine Rite churches.

A. Syriac liturgical year
The Syriac liturgical year is the annual cycle of feasts, fasts, and seasons that structures worship and devotional life in churches following the Syriac tradition.
B. Byzantine Rite
The Byzantine Rite is the liturgical tradition of Eastern Christianity characterized by elaborate ceremonial worship, rich chant, and a distinctive theological and spiritual heritage.
C. Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Liturgy of Saint Mark)
The Liturgy of Saint Cyril (also known as the Liturgy of Saint Mark) is an ancient Alexandrian Eucharistic liturgy traditionally attributed to Saint Mark the Evangelist and used in the early Christian Church of Egypt.
D. Alexandrian Rite
The Alexandrian Rite is an ancient Christian liturgical tradition originating in Alexandria and used primarily by the Coptic and Ethiopian churches.
E. Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
The Gregorian calendar (Western churches) is the internationally used solar dating system introduced in 1582 that most Western Christian churches follow for determining liturgical dates and feasts.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (88)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine Rite tradition ⓘ liturgical calendar ⓘ
alsoUses	Gregorian calendar ⓘ linked to: Gregorian calendar (Western churches) Revised Julian calendar ⓘ
associatedWithBook	Horologion ⓘ Menaion ⓘ Octoechos ⓘ Pentecostarion ⓘ Triodion ⓘ Typikon ⓘ
basedOn	Julian calendar ⓘ
centralFeast	Easter ⓘ Pascha ⓘ linked to: Easter
determines	fasting rules ⓘ feast rankings ⓘ lectionary readings ⓘ liturgical hymns ⓘ liturgical tones ⓘ
developedFrom	early Christian liturgical practice ⓘ
developedIn	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
emphasizes	Paschal mystery ⓘ cycle of feasts and fasts ⓘ
hasComponent	Menaion cycle ⓘ linked to: Menaion Octoechos cycle ⓘ linked to: Octoechos Paschal cycle ⓘ Pentecostarion cycle ⓘ linked to: Pentecostarion Triodion cycle ⓘ linked to: Triodion fixed cycle ⓘ movable cycle ⓘ
hasFeastRank	Doxology feast ⓘ Great Feast ⓘ Polyeleos feast ⓘ linked to: Great Feast simple commemoration ⓘ
hasLanguageTraditions	Arabic ⓘ Church Slavonic ⓘ English ⓘ Georgian ⓘ linked to: Georgian language Greek ⓘ Romanian ⓘ
includesCommemoration	hierarchs ⓘ local saints ⓘ martyrs ⓘ monastic saints ⓘ prophets ⓘ saints ⓘ
includesFast	Apostles Fast ⓘ linked to: Apostles' Fast Dormition Fast ⓘ Great Lent ⓘ linked to: Lent Nativity Fast ⓘ weekly Friday fast ⓘ weekly Wednesday fast ⓘ
includesFastDay	Beheading of John the Baptist ⓘ Eve of Theophany ⓘ linked to: Feast of the Theophany Exaltation of the Holy Cross ⓘ linked to: Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
includesFeast	Annunciation ⓘ Ascension of the Lord ⓘ linked to: Ascension Day Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ Exaltation of the Holy Cross ⓘ linked to: Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Holy Week ⓘ Meeting of the Lord in the Temple ⓘ linked to: Finding in the Temple Nativity of Christ ⓘ Nativity of the Theotokos ⓘ linked to: Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos Palm Sunday ⓘ Pentecost ⓘ Presentation of the Theotokos ⓘ linked to: Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple Theophany ⓘ linked to: Epiphany Transfiguration of the Lord ⓘ linked to: Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord
organizes	liturgical year ⓘ
regulates	Eucharistic celebrations ⓘ Hours ⓘ Matins ⓘ Vespers ⓘ processions ⓘ
startOfLiturgicalYear	September 1 ⓘ
structures	worship life ⓘ
timePeriodOfFormation	first millennium ⓘ
tradition	Byzantine Rite ⓘ
usedBy	Antiochian Orthodox Church ⓘ Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ Byzantine Rite churches ⓘ linked to: Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite ⓘ linked to: Eastern Catholic Churches Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ Melkite Greek Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Melkite Greek Catholic Romanian Orthodox Church ⓘ Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ Serbian Orthodox Church ⓘ Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

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