Assumption Fast

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Assumption Fast is a traditional Christian period of fasting and spiritual preparation observed before the Feast of the Assumption (or Dormition) of the Virgin Mary.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Assumption Fast canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian fast ⓘ
liturgical season ⓘ
religious observance ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Dormition Fast ⓘ
Fast of the Assumption ⓘ
linked to: Dormition Fast

Fast of the Dormition ⓘ
linked to: Dormition Fast
hasCanonicalStatus prescribed by Orthodox canons ⓘ
hasDenominationalContext Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
hasDiscipline abstinence from dairy products ⓘ
abstinence from eggs ⓘ
abstinence from meat ⓘ
abstinence from oil ⓘ
abstinence from wine ⓘ
hasDuration 14 days (Byzantine tradition) ⓘ
hasEndDate August 14 (Byzantine tradition) ⓘ
hasFocus devotion to the Virgin Mary ⓘ
preparation for Marian feast ⓘ
hasLiturgicalService Paraklesis to the Theotokos ⓘ
Supplicatory Canon to the Theotokos ⓘ
hasPractice Holy Communion ⓘ
almsgiving ⓘ
confession ⓘ
increased prayer ⓘ
participation in church services ⓘ
hasReligiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
hasStartDate August 1 (Byzantine tradition) ⓘ
hasTheologicalTheme honor of the Mother of God ⓘ
preparation for meeting Christ through Mary ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
spiritual purification ⓘ
honorsFigure Theotokos ⓘ
linked to: Virgin Mary

Virgin Mary ⓘ
isBefore Feast of the Assumption (August 15, Roman Catholic) ⓘ
Feast of the Dormition (August 15, Julian or Gregorian depending on church) ⓘ
isConsidered one of the four major fasting periods in the Byzantine tradition ⓘ
isSimilarTo Apostles' Fast ⓘ
Great Lent ⓘ
linked to: Lent

Nativity Fast ⓘ
liturgicalColor varies by local tradition ⓘ
observedBy Eastern Catholic Christians ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christians ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Christians ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

some Roman Catholic Christians ⓘ
occursInMonth August ⓘ
preparesForFeast Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ
Feast of the Assumption ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Dormition Fast → alsoKnownAs → Assumption Fast ⓘ
Summer Lent → hasAlternativeName → Assumption Fast ⓘ