Great Vespers
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Great Vespers is a principal evening worship service in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, featuring psalms, hymns, and prayers that mark the liturgical beginning of major feasts.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Vespers canonical | 11 |
| Paschal Vespers | 3 |
| Great Vespers of the Sunday of Orthodoxy | 1 |
| Great Vespers with Divine Liturgy | 1 |
| Vespers of Pentecost | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T191519 — 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: Great Vespers Context triple: [Dormition of the Theotokos, liturgicalServices, Great Vespers]
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Paschal Divine Liturgy
The Paschal Divine Liturgy is the central Eucharistic celebration of Easter in the Eastern Christian tradition, commemorating Christ’s Resurrection with especially festive prayers, hymns, and rituals.
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Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great is a principal Eucharistic service in Eastern Christian tradition, noted for its lengthy, theologically rich prayers attributed to St. Basil of Caesarea and used especially on certain feast days and during Great Lent.
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Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is the principal Eucharistic service used throughout the Eastern Orthodox Church, renowned for its rich hymnography, theological depth, and central role in Orthodox worship.
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Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is a solemn Eastern Christian service, celebrated mainly on weekdays of Great Lent, in which Holy Communion is distributed from previously consecrated Eucharistic gifts without a full Eucharistic consecration.
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Te Deum
Te Deum is a traditional Christian hymn of praise and thanksgiving, historically used in liturgical celebrations and special religious or civic ceremonies.
- 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: Great Vespers Target entity description: Great Vespers is a principal evening worship service in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, featuring psalms, hymns, and prayers that mark the liturgical beginning of major feasts.
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A.
Paschal Divine Liturgy
The Paschal Divine Liturgy is the central Eucharistic celebration of Easter in the Eastern Christian tradition, commemorating Christ’s Resurrection with especially festive prayers, hymns, and rituals.
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B.
Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great is a principal Eucharistic service in Eastern Christian tradition, noted for its lengthy, theologically rich prayers attributed to St. Basil of Caesarea and used especially on certain feast days and during Great Lent.
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C.
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is the principal Eucharistic service used throughout the Eastern Orthodox Church, renowned for its rich hymnography, theological depth, and central role in Orthodox worship.
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D.
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is a solemn Eastern Christian service, celebrated mainly on weekdays of Great Lent, in which Holy Communion is distributed from previously consecrated Eucharistic gifts without a full Eucharistic consecration.
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E.
Te Deum
Te Deum is a traditional Christian hymn of praise and thanksgiving, historically used in liturgical celebrations and special religious or civic ceremonies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Orthodox Christian liturgical service
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evening worship service ⓘ liturgical service ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Great Feasts
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linked to:
Great Feast in Eastern Christianity
liturgical day cycle ⓘ |
| attendedBy | laity ⓘ |
| celebratedBy | priests ⓘ |
| celebratedOn |
Saturday evenings
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eves of major feasts ⓘ |
| follows | Typikon rubrics of the Byzantine Rite ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Aposticha
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Augmented Litany ⓘ
linked to:
Litany
Entrance with censer or Gospel ⓘ Great Litany ⓘ Litany of Supplication ⓘ
linked to:
Litany
Lord, I have cried (Psalms 140, 141, 129, 116) ⓘ Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace) ⓘ O Gladsome Light (Phos Hilaron) ⓘ Old Testament readings ⓘ Psalm 103 (Bless the Lord, O my soul) ⓘ Trisagion prayers ⓘ Troparia of the day or feast ⓘ dismissal ⓘ kathisma psalm ⓘ opening blessing ⓘ prokeimenon ⓘ stichera hymns ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalFunction |
liturgical beginning of major feasts
ⓘ
principal evening worship ⓘ |
| includes |
hymns
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prayers ⓘ psalms ⓘ |
| languageOfCelebration | liturgical languages of local church ⓘ |
| liturgicalRank | more solemn than daily vespers ⓘ |
| mayBeAssistedBy | deacons ⓘ |
| mayBePrecededBy | Ninth Hour ⓘ |
| mayInclude |
Artoklasia
ⓘ
Litia ⓘ |
| musicalForm | chant ⓘ |
| partOf | Byzantine Rite ⓘ |
| preparesFor |
Divine Liturgy
ⓘ
linked to:
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
|
| relatedTo |
All-Night Vigil
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linked to:
Vespers
Daily Vespers ⓘ
linked to:
Vespers
|
| theologyEmphasizes |
creation
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incarnation ⓘ salvation history ⓘ |
| timeOfDay | evening ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Eastern Catholic Churches
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
|
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Input
Subject: Great Vespers Description of subject: Great Vespers is a principal evening worship service in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, featuring psalms, hymns, and prayers that mark the liturgical beginning of major feasts.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Eve of the Nativity of Christ (when it falls on a weekday)
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hasServiceType
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Great Vespers with Divine Liturgy
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linked to: Great Vespers