Great Feast

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The Great Feast is one of the highest-ranking liturgical celebrations in the Byzantine Rite, marking a major event in the life of Christ, the Theotokos, or the Church.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Great Feast canonical 3
Great Feast (Byzantine Rite) 1
Great Feast of the Lord 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine Rite feast
feast
liturgical celebration
celebratedBy Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine Rite
Eastern Orthodox Church
commemoratesTypeOfEvent major Marian event
major ecclesial event
major salvific event
hasAlternativeName Great Feast of the Church
Great Feast of the Lord
linked to: Great Feast

Great Feast of the Theotokos
hasEucharisticCelebration Divine Liturgy
hasLiturgicalColor varies by specific feast
hasLiturgicalRank Great Feast of the Byzantine Rite
highest-ranking celebration
hasLiturgicalVigil often includes Great Vespers
hasPostFestivePeriod afterfeast
hasPreFestivePeriod forefeast
hasProperHymnography kontakion
stichera
troparion
hasProperServiceBook Menaion
Pentecostarion
Triodion
isPartOf Byzantine liturgical calendar
Byzantine liturgical year
marksEventInLifeOf Jesus Christ
Theotokos
linked to: Virgin Mary

the Church
mayInclude leavetaking (apodosis)
usedInRite Byzantine Rite

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos liturgicalRank Great Feast (Byzantine Rite)
linked to: Great Feast
Byzantine liturgical calendar hasFeastRank Polyeleos feast
linked to: Great Feast
Great Feast hasAlternativeName Great Feast of the Lord
linked to: Great Feast