Apokreo Sunday

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Apokreo Sunday is a Christian liturgical observance in the Eastern Orthodox tradition marking the last day on which meat is permitted before the stricter fasting of Great Lent.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Apokreo Sunday canonical 1
Apokreos Sunday 1

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian liturgical observance ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox feast day ⓘ
movable feast ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Meatfare Sunday ⓘ
Sunday of the Last Judgment ⓘ
associatedWith fasting regulations of the Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
preparation for Great Lent ⓘ
calendarPlacement eight weeks before Pascha ⓘ
two weeks before the start of Great Lent ⓘ
etymology from Greek "apokreo" meaning "away from meat" ⓘ
fastingRule dairy products remain permitted after this day until Cheesefare Sunday ⓘ
last day meat is permitted before Great Lent ⓘ
meat is allowed ⓘ
follows Sunday of the Prodigal Son ⓘ
gospelReading Matthew 25:31–46 ⓘ
hasCustom festive meals including meat before the fast ⓘ
special hymns on the theme of judgment and repentance ⓘ
languageOfName Greek ⓘ
liturgicalBook Lenten Triodion ⓘ
linked to: Triodion
liturgicalRite Byzantine Rite ⓘ
liturgicalSeason Pre-Lenten period ⓘ
liturgicalTheme Last Judgment ⓘ
linked to: The Last Judgment
observedBy Eastern Orthodox Christians ⓘ
some Eastern Catholic Churches following the Byzantine Rite ⓘ
partOf Triodion cycle ⓘ
linked to: Triodion
precedes Cheesefare Sunday ⓘ
Great Lent ⓘ
linked to: Lent
purpose to emphasize repentance in light of the Last Judgment ⓘ
to prepare the faithful for the asceticism of Great Lent ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Meatfare Sunday → hasAlternativeName → Apokreo Sunday ⓘ
Meatfare Sunday → hasAlternativeName → Apokreos Sunday ⓘ
linked to: Apokreo Sunday