Thomas Sunday

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Thomas Sunday is the first Sunday after Easter in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar, commemorating the Apostle Thomas’s encounter with the risen Christ.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Thomas Sunday canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf feast day
liturgical observance
moveable feast
alsoKnownAs Antipascha
New Sunday
associatedWith Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite
Eastern Orthodox Church
calendarBasis Julian calendar in many Orthodox Churches
Revised Julian or Gregorian calendar in some Orthodox Churches
celebratedBy Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholics
linked to: Byzantine Rite

Orthodox Christians
centralFigureInGospelReading Apostle Thomas
risen Jesus Christ
linked to: Jesus Christ
chronologicallyRelatedTo Bright Week
commemorates Apostle Thomas
Apostle Thomas’s encounter with the risen Christ
commemoratesEventDescribedIn Gospel of John 20:19–31
linked to: Gospel of John
emphasizesDoctrine blessedness of those who believe without seeing
bodily resurrection of Christ
follows Easter Sunday
linked to: Easter

Pascha
linked to: Easter
hasKontakionTheme assurance of faith given to Thomas
hasLanguageVariantName Church Slavonic: Недѣля Антипасхи
linked to: Church Slavonic

Greek: Κυριακή του Θωμά
Russian: Антипасха, Фомина неделя
hasName Antipascha
New Sunday
Second Sunday of Pascha
St. Thomas Sunday
Sunday of St. Thomas
linked to: St. Thomas Sunday

Thomas Sunday
hasPrimaryGospelReading John 20:19–31
hasTroparionTheme Christ’s resurrection and peace to the disciples
isAfter Bright Saturday
linked to: Joyous Saturday
isBefore Third Sunday of Pascha
keyScripturalPhrase “My Lord and my God” (John 20:28)
liturgicalColor gold
white
liturgicalSeason Paschal season
marks end of Bright Week in popular usage
occursOn first Sunday after Easter
partOf Byzantine Rite liturgical calendar
Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
positionInPaschalCycle second Sunday of Pascha
theme faith
overcoming doubt
resurrection of Christ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Pentecostarion usedForFeast Thomas Sunday
Book of Pentecost usedForFeast Thomas Sunday
Second Sunday of Easter alsoKnownAs Thomas Sunday