Sunday of the Last Judgment

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Sunday of the Last Judgment is an Eastern Orthodox Christian feast day that focuses on Christ’s final judgment and the resurrection of the dead, observed on the Sunday before the start of Great Lent.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sunday of the Last Judgment canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Orthodox feast day ⓘ
liturgical observance ⓘ
movable feast ⓘ
associatedWith almsgiving ⓘ
fear of God ⓘ
love of neighbor ⓘ
spiritual vigilance ⓘ
calendarType movable according to date of Pascha ⓘ
celebratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
commemorates Christ as Judge of the living and the dead ⓘ
linked to: The Last Judgment

separation of the righteous and the wicked ⓘ
emphasizes judgment according to deeds ⓘ
service to Christ in the poor and needy ⓘ
epistleReading 1 Corinthians 8:8-13 ⓘ
1 Corinthians 9:1-2 ⓘ
fastingRule dairy products still permitted after this day until Sunday of Forgiveness ⓘ
last day meat is permitted before Pascha in many traditions ⓘ
gospelReading Matthew 25:31-46 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Judgment Sunday ⓘ
linked to: Day of Judgment

Meatfare Sunday ⓘ
Sunday of Meatfare ⓘ
linked to: Cheesefare Sunday
hasLiturgicalTexts canons ⓘ
kontakion ⓘ
stichera ⓘ
troparia ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
linkedTo Great Lent ⓘ
linked to: Lent

Pascha ⓘ
linked to: Feast of Pascha
liturgicalBookUsed Lenten Triodion ⓘ
linked to: Triodion
liturgicalColor varies by local custom ⓘ
liturgicalTheme awareness of final judgment ⓘ
call to charity and almsgiving ⓘ
preparation for Great Lent ⓘ
occursAfter Sunday of the Prodigal Son ⓘ
occursBefore Clean Monday ⓘ
Great Lent ⓘ
Sunday of Forgiveness ⓘ
linked to: Forgiveness Sunday
occursOn Sunday before the Sunday of Forgiveness ⓘ
second Sunday before Great Lent ⓘ
partOf Byzantine liturgical year ⓘ
Pre-Lenten period ⓘ
Triodion period ⓘ
linked to: Triodion
scripturalBasis Matthew 25:31-46 ⓘ
theologicalFocus Last Judgment ⓘ
linked to: The Last Judgment

Second Coming of Christ ⓘ
divine judgment ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
resurrection of the dead ⓘ
works of mercy ⓘ
usedFor catechesis on eschatology ⓘ
preparation of faithful for Lenten asceticism ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Meatfare Sunday → hasAlternativeName → Sunday of the Last Judgment ⓘ
Apokreo Sunday → alsoKnownAs → Sunday of the Last Judgment ⓘ