Great and Holy Monday

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Great and Holy Monday is the first day of Holy Week in the Eastern Orthodox Christian liturgical calendar, commemorating events leading up to Jesus Christ’s Passion.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Great and Holy Monday canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian holy day ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox feast ⓘ
liturgical day ⓘ
moveable feast ⓘ
alsoCalled Great Monday ⓘ
linked to: Great Week

Holy Monday ⓘ
associatedWith Bridegroom icon of Christ ⓘ
Kontakion of the Bridegroom ⓘ
Troparion of the Bridegroom ⓘ
linked to: troparia
belongsToTradition Eastern Christianity ⓘ
calendarType moveable date in Julian calendar for some Orthodox Churches ⓘ
moveable date in Revised Julian or Gregorian calendar for others ⓘ
celebratedIn Byzantine Rite ⓘ
celebratedOn Monday of Holy Week ⓘ
commemorates Jesus’ teaching in Jerusalem before his Passion ⓘ
cursing of the barren fig tree by Jesus ⓘ
events leading to the Passion of Jesus Christ ⓘ
dateDeterminedBy date of Pascha ⓘ
emphasizes preparation for the Passion of Christ ⓘ
spiritual vigilance ⓘ
follows Palm Sunday ⓘ
hasFastingRule strict fast in many Orthodox traditions ⓘ
hasLiturgicalColor dark vestments ⓘ
hasLiturgicalSeason Great Lent culmination ⓘ
Holy Week ⓘ
hasScriptureReadings Gospel passages about the fig tree ⓘ
Old Testament readings prefiguring Christ’s Passion ⓘ
hasService Bridegroom Matins ⓘ
linked to: Lenten Matins

Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts ⓘ
Vespers ⓘ
languageVariant Church Slavonic: Velikij ponedělnik ⓘ
Greek: Megálē Deftéra ⓘ
liturgicalRank great feast of Holy Week ⓘ
liturgicalTheme judgment on fruitlessness symbolized by the fig tree ⓘ
watchfulness and repentance ⓘ
observedBy Eastern Catholic Churches using the Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy
occursDuring final week before Pascha ⓘ
partOf Holy Week ⓘ
precedes Great and Holy Tuesday ⓘ
linked to: Holy Tuesday
relatedTo Great and Holy Friday ⓘ
linked to: Good Friday

Great and Holy Saturday ⓘ
linked to: Holy Saturday

Great and Holy Thursday ⓘ
linked to: Maundy Thursday

Great and Holy Tuesday ⓘ
linked to: Holy Tuesday

Great and Holy Wednesday ⓘ
linked to: Holy Wednesday
titleRefersTo Christ the Bridegroom ⓘ
linked to: Jesus the Splendour

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Holy Monday → alsoKnownAs → Great and Holy Monday ⓘ
Great Week in Eastern tradition → hasDay → Great and Holy Monday ⓘ