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 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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 ⓘ
Antipascha → hasAlternativeName → Thomas Sunday ⓘ
St. Thomas Sunday → alsoKnownAs → Thomas Sunday ⓘ
New Sunday → hasAlternativeName → Thomas Sunday ⓘ