Apokreō

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Apokreō is the Greek term for Meatfare Sunday, the last day on which meat is traditionally eaten before the stricter fasting period leading up to Orthodox Lent.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Apokries 2
Apokreō canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian feast day ⓘ
religious observance ⓘ
associatedWith Triodion (Lenten liturgical book) ⓘ
linked to: Triodion
associatedWithCalendar Byzantine liturgical calendar ⓘ
Julian calendar (in some churches) ⓘ
linked to: Julian calendar

Revised Julian calendar (in some churches) ⓘ
category Christian fasting and abstinence ⓘ
Eastern Christian liturgical days ⓘ
culturalContext Greek Orthodox tradition ⓘ
etymology from Greek words meaning “from meat” or “away from meat” ⓘ
fastingRule last day meat is permitted before Great Lent ⓘ
meat is eaten for the last time before the stricter fast ⓘ
followedByFastingRestriction abstinence from meat ⓘ
continuation of dairy and eggs until Cheesefare Sunday ⓘ
follows Sunday of the Prodigal Son ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Meatfare ⓘ
linked to: Meatfare Sunday

Sunday of Meatfare ⓘ
linked to: Cheesefare Sunday
hasAlternativeTransliteration Apokreo ⓘ
hasFunction marks transition to stricter fasting before Lent ⓘ
hasLiturgicalColor varies by local custom ⓘ
hasNameInEnglish Meatfare Sunday ⓘ
hasNameInGreek Απόκρεω ⓘ
linkedConcept Carnival period in Greek tradition ⓘ
Great Fast ⓘ
Orthodox Lent ⓘ
linked to: Lent
liturgicalReading Matthew 25:31–46 ⓘ
liturgicalTheme Last Judgment ⓘ
linked to: The Last Judgment
observedInReligion Eastern Catholic Churches using the Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ
occursBefore Clean Monday ⓘ
occursOn Sunday ⓘ
occursRelativeToPascha eight weeks before Orthodox Easter (Pascha) ⓘ
partOf Triodion Sundays ⓘ
linked to: Triodion
partOfLiturgicalSeason Pre-Lenten period ⓘ
precedes Cheesefare Sunday ⓘ
Great Lent ⓘ
linked to: Lent

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Referenced by (3)

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

Meatfare Sunday → greekName → Apokreō ⓘ
Skyros Carnival → relatedTo → Apokries ⓘ
linked to: Apokreō
Xanthi Carnival → relatedTo → Apokries ⓘ
linked to: Apokreō