Antipascha

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Antipascha is the Eastern Orthodox Christian feast celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter, commemorating the Apostle Thomas’s encounter with the risen Christ.

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Label Occurrences
Antipascha canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian liturgical feast ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox feast ⓘ
associatedFigure Apostle Thomas ⓘ
Jesus Christ ⓘ
calendarBasis moveable feast ⓘ
celebratedWith Divine Liturgy ⓘ
special hymns from the Pentecostarion ⓘ
commemorates Apostle Thomas ⓘ
Apostle Thomas’s encounter with the risen Christ ⓘ
commemoratesEventDescribedIn Gospel of John 20:19–31 ⓘ
determinedBy date of Pascha ⓘ
etymology from Greek ‘anti’ (in place of, corresponding to) and ‘Pascha’ (Easter) ⓘ
follows Easter Sunday ⓘ
linked to: Easter Day

Pascha ⓘ
linked to: Feast of Pascha
hasAlternativeName St. Thomas Sunday ⓘ
Sunday of St. Thomas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Sunday

Thomas Sunday ⓘ
keyExclamation My Lord and my God ⓘ
liturgicalColor bright ⓘ
liturgicalTradition Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
occursOn first Sunday after Easter ⓘ
first Sunday after Pascha ⓘ
partOfSeason Paschal season ⓘ
linked to: Paschal cycle

Pentecostarion period ⓘ
theologicalTheme confession of Christ’s divinity ⓘ
faith in the Resurrection of Christ ⓘ
overcoming doubt ⓘ
usedInLanguage Church Slavonic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ

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

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