Summer Lent

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Summer Lent is a period of fasting and spiritual preparation in the Eastern Orthodox Church leading up to the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God in mid-August.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Summer Lent canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Orthodox observance ⓘ
fasting period ⓘ
liturgical season ⓘ
associatedWithHymnography Paraklesis to the Theotokos ⓘ
associatedWithService Great Paraklesis ⓘ
Small Paraklesis ⓘ
fastingIncludesAbstinenceFrom dairy products ⓘ
eggs ⓘ
meat ⓘ
olive oil ⓘ
wine ⓘ
fastingRuleType strict fast ⓘ
followsCalendar Byzantine liturgical calendar ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Assumption Fast ⓘ
Dormition Fast ⓘ
Theotokos Fast ⓘ
linked to: Dormition Fast
hasCanonicalBasis Orthodox fasting tradition ⓘ
hasDuration 14 days ⓘ
hasEndDate August 14 (Julian calendar) ⓘ
hasFrequency annual ⓘ
hasLiturgicalColor varies by local custom ⓘ
hasPrimaryPractice almsgiving ⓘ
fasting ⓘ
increased prayer ⓘ
participation in church services ⓘ
hasPurpose growth in holiness ⓘ
imitation of the Mother of God's humility ⓘ
spiritual preparation ⓘ
hasStartDate August 1 (Julian calendar) ⓘ
hasTheologicalFocus honor of the Theotokos ⓘ
preparation for the Dormition feast ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
spiritual renewal ⓘ
isMajorFastAlongWith Apostles' Fast ⓘ
Great Lent ⓘ
linked to: Lent

Nativity Fast ⓘ
isOneOfMajorFasts yes ⓘ
leadsUpToFeast Assumption of Mary ⓘ
Dormition of the Theotokos ⓘ
Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God ⓘ
observedBy Eastern Catholics of Byzantine tradition ⓘ
linked to: Greek Catholics

Orthodox Christians ⓘ
occursInMonth August ⓘ
precedesFeastDay August 15 (Dormition) ⓘ
usedInChurch Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Dormition Fast → alsoKnownAs → Summer Lent ⓘ