Resurrection Sunday

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Christian feast day Christian holy day moveable feast religious festival

Resurrection Sunday is a Christian holy day celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, observed each year on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Easter Sunday	33
Resurrection Sunday canonical	2
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord	1
Feast of Resurrection	1
Feast of the Resurrection	1
Воскресение	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T35158 — 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: Resurrection Sunday
Context triple: [Easter, alsoKnownAs, Resurrection Sunday]

A. Ascension Day
Ascension Day is a major Christian feast commemorating Jesus Christ’s bodily ascension into heaven, observed on the 40th day of Easter.
B. Good Friday
Good Friday is a solemn Christian holy day commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ.
C. Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday is the Christian observance between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, commemorating Jesus Christ’s body resting in the tomb and marking the final day of Holy Week.
D. Holy Week
Holy Week is the most solemn period in the Christian liturgical year, commemorating the final days of Jesus Christ’s life, including his passion, death, and burial, leading up to Easter.
E. Pentecost
Pentecost is a major Christian feast commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles, often regarded as the "birthday" of the Church.
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: Resurrection Sunday
Target entity description: Resurrection Sunday is a Christian holy day celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, observed each year on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox.

A. Ascension Day
Ascension Day is a major Christian feast commemorating Jesus Christ’s bodily ascension into heaven, observed on the 40th day of Easter.
B. Good Friday
Good Friday is a solemn Christian holy day commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ.
C. Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday is the Christian observance between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, commemorating Jesus Christ’s body resting in the tomb and marking the final day of Holy Week.
D. Holy Week
Holy Week is the most solemn period in the Christian liturgical year, commemorating the final days of Jesus Christ’s life, including his passion, death, and burial, leading up to Easter.
E. Pentecost
Pentecost is a major Christian feast commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles, often regarded as the "birthday" of the Church.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian feast day ⓘ Christian holy day ⓘ moveable feast ⓘ religious festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Easter Sunday ⓘ linked to: Resurrection Sunday Feast of the Resurrection ⓘ linked to: Resurrection Sunday
associatedWith	appearances of the risen Christ ⓘ empty tomb of Jesus ⓘ
celebrates	resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ
centralTheme	hope of eternal life ⓘ triumph of Christ ⓘ victory over death ⓘ
commemoratesEventDescribedIn	Gospels ⓘ New Testament ⓘ
contrastsWith	Good Friday ⓘ
dateDependsOn	lunar calendar ⓘ vernal equinox ⓘ
determinedBy	computus ⓘ
follows	Good Friday ⓘ Holy Week ⓘ Paschal full moon ⓘ
hasCustom	reading of resurrection Gospel accounts ⓘ singing of Easter hymns ⓘ special church services ⓘ sunrise service ⓘ
hasLiturgicalCelebration	Divine Liturgy ⓘ linked to: Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom Eucharist ⓘ linked to: Holy Eucharist Mass ⓘ
honors	Jesus Christ ⓘ
liturgicalColor	gold ⓘ white ⓘ
observedBy	Anglicans ⓘ linked to: Anglican Communion Baptists ⓘ Catholics ⓘ linked to: Christianity Eastern Orthodox Christians ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Lutherans ⓘ linked to: Lutheranism Methodists ⓘ linked to: Methodist churches Oriental Orthodox Christians ⓘ linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy Pentecostals ⓘ linked to: Pentecostal churches Protestants ⓘ linked to: Protestant Christianity Reformed Christians ⓘ linked to: Reformed churches
observedOn	Sunday ⓘ
occursAfter	first full moon after the vernal equinox ⓘ
partOf	Paschal cycle ⓘ
precedes	Easter Monday ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
season	Eastertide ⓘ
theologicalSignificance	affirmation of Christ’s divinity ⓘ foundation of Christian faith ⓘ

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