St. Thomas Sunday

E621653

Christian liturgical feast Eastern Orthodox feast moveable feast

St. Thomas Sunday 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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
St. Thomas Sunday canonical	2
Sunday of St. Thomas	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6826485 — 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: St. Thomas Sunday
Context triple: [Thomas Sunday, hasName, St. Thomas Sunday]

A. Gaudete Sunday
Gaudete Sunday is the third Sunday of Advent in the Christian liturgical calendar, marked by a joyful emphasis and the use of rose-colored vestments as a break from the season’s penitential tone.
B. Laetare Sunday
Laetare Sunday is the fourth Sunday of Lent in the Christian liturgical calendar, marked by a lighter, more joyful tone as a mid-Lenten respite from penitential practices.
C. Whit Sunday
Whit Sunday is a Christian festival, also known as Pentecost, commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles seven weeks after Easter.
D. Ascension Day
Ascension Day is a major Christian feast commemorating Jesus Christ’s bodily ascension into heaven, observed on the 40th day of Easter.
E. Feast of the Twelve Apostles
The Feast of the Twelve Apostles is a Christian liturgical celebration honoring the collective group of Jesus Christ’s twelve chosen disciples.
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: St. Thomas Sunday
Target entity description: St. Thomas Sunday is the Eastern Orthodox Christian feast celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter, commemorating the Apostle Thomas’s encounter with the risen Christ.

A. Gaudete Sunday
Gaudete Sunday is the third Sunday of Advent in the Christian liturgical calendar, marked by a joyful emphasis and the use of rose-colored vestments as a break from the season’s penitential tone.
B. Laetare Sunday
Laetare Sunday is the fourth Sunday of Lent in the Christian liturgical calendar, marked by a lighter, more joyful tone as a mid-Lenten respite from penitential practices.
C. Whit Sunday
Whit Sunday is a Christian festival, also known as Pentecost, commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles seven weeks after Easter.
D. Ascension Day
Ascension Day is a major Christian feast commemorating Jesus Christ’s bodily ascension into heaven, observed on the 40th day of Easter.
E. Feast of the Twelve Apostles
The Feast of the Twelve Apostles is a Christian liturgical celebration honoring the collective group of Jesus Christ’s twelve chosen disciples.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian liturgical feast ⓘ Eastern Orthodox feast ⓘ moveable feast ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Antipascha ⓘ Second Sunday of Pascha ⓘ Thomas Sunday ⓘ
associatedWith	Apostle Thomas ⓘ the Risen Christ ⓘ linked to: the risen Christ
calendarRelation	date varies each year according to the date of Pascha ⓘ falls eight days after Pascha ⓘ
celebratedOn	first Sunday after Easter (Byzantine tradition) ⓘ first Sunday after Pascha ⓘ
commemorates	Apostle Thomas’s encounter with the risen Christ ⓘ the appearance of the risen Christ to the disciples eight days after the Resurrection ⓘ the confession of Thomas "My Lord and my God" ⓘ
emphasizes	Christ’s bodily Resurrection ⓘ linked to: resurrection of Jesus Christ the reality of Christ’s wounds after the Resurrection ⓘ the transformation of doubt into faith ⓘ
follows	Pascha ⓘ linked to: Feast of Pascha
hasKontakionTheme	touching of Christ’s life-giving side ⓘ
hasLiturgicalBasisIn	Gospel of John 20:19–31 ⓘ
hasLiturgicalBook	Pentecostarion ⓘ
hasLiturgicalColor	bright (festal) colors in Byzantine usage ⓘ
hasLiturgicalRank	Great Feast of the Lord in Byzantine usage (within Paschal period) ⓘ linked to: Great Feast in Eastern Christianity
hasScriptureReading	Epistle: Acts of the Apostles (chapter 5 in Byzantine lectionary) ⓘ Gospel: John 20:19–31 ⓘ
hasTheme	assurance of the Resurrection ⓘ blessedness of those who believe without seeing ⓘ faith and doubt ⓘ
hasTroparionTheme	Christ entering while the doors were shut ⓘ seal of the tomb remaining unbroken ⓘ
linkedTo	Paschal joy ⓘ renewal of baptismal faith ⓘ
observedBy	Antiochian Orthodox Church ⓘ Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ Byzantine Rite Christians ⓘ Georgian Orthodox Church ⓘ Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ Romanian Orthodox Church ⓘ Serbian Orthodox Church ⓘ Slavic Orthodox Churches ⓘ
partOf	Paschal season ⓘ linked to: Paschal cycle Pentecostarion period ⓘ
precedes	Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women ⓘ linked to: Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women in Eastern Orthodoxy
usedIn	Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite ⓘ linked to: Eastern Catholic Churches Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Oriental Orthodox Churches with Byzantine-influenced usage ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Thomas Sunday → hasName → St. Thomas Sunday ⓘ

Thomas Sunday → hasName → Sunday of St. Thomas ⓘ

linked to: St. Thomas Sunday

Antipascha → hasAlternativeName → St. Thomas Sunday ⓘ

Antipascha → hasAlternativeName → Sunday of St. Thomas ⓘ