Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

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Christian liturgy Divine Liturgy Eucharistic service

The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great is a principal Eucharistic service in Eastern Christian tradition, noted for its lengthy, theologically rich prayers attributed to St. Basil of Caesarea and used especially on certain feast days and during Great Lent.

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Label	Occurrences
Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great canonical	32
Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great	4
Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great	2
Byzantine liturgy of St. Basil the Great	1
Coptic Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil	1
Divine Liturgy	1
Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil	1
Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil (Coptic Orthodox Church)	1
Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil (Coptic)	1
Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great (in many traditions during Lent)	1
Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great (in many traditions)	1
Liturgy of Saint Basil	1
Liturgy of Saint Basil (Coptic)	1
Liturgy of St. Basil	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20095 — 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: Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
Context triple: [Eastern Orthodox Christianity, hasLiturgicalForm, Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great]

A. Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is the principal Eucharistic service used throughout the Eastern Orthodox Church, renowned for its rich hymnography, theological depth, and central role in Orthodox worship.
B. Holy Eucharist
The Holy Eucharist is the central Christian sacrament in which believers share consecrated bread and wine as the sacramental presence of Christ and a memorial of his death and resurrection.
C. Great Feast in Eastern Christianity
The Great Feast in Eastern Christianity is one of the highest-ranking liturgical celebrations, marking a major event in the life of Christ or the history of salvation and observed with especially solemn worship and festal customs.
D. Te Deum ecuménico
El Te Deum ecuménico es una ceremonia religiosa interconfesional celebrada en Chile para agradecer y pedir por la nación en el marco de las Fiestas Patrias.
E. Byzantine Rite
The Byzantine Rite is the liturgical tradition of Eastern Christianity characterized by elaborate ceremonial worship, rich chant, and a distinctive theological and spiritual heritage.
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: Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
Target entity description: The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great is a principal Eucharistic service in Eastern Christian tradition, noted for its lengthy, theologically rich prayers attributed to St. Basil of Caesarea and used especially on certain feast days and during Great Lent.

A. Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is the principal Eucharistic service used throughout the Eastern Orthodox Church, renowned for its rich hymnography, theological depth, and central role in Orthodox worship.
B. Holy Eucharist
The Holy Eucharist is the central Christian sacrament in which believers share consecrated bread and wine as the sacramental presence of Christ and a memorial of his death and resurrection.
C. Great Feast in Eastern Christianity
The Great Feast in Eastern Christianity is one of the highest-ranking liturgical celebrations, marking a major event in the life of Christ or the history of salvation and observed with especially solemn worship and festal customs.
D. Te Deum ecuménico
El Te Deum ecuménico es una ceremonia religiosa interconfesional celebrada en Chile para agradecer y pedir por la nación en el marco de las Fiestas Patrias.
E. Byzantine Rite
The Byzantine Rite is the liturgical tradition of Eastern Christianity characterized by elaborate ceremonial worship, rich chant, and a distinctive theological and spiritual heritage.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian liturgy ⓘ Divine Liturgy ⓘ Eucharistic service ⓘ
attributedTo	Basil of Caesarea ⓘ
distinguishedBy	emphasis on creation and salvation history ⓘ explicit Trinitarian theology ⓘ lengthy prayers ⓘ theologically rich anaphora ⓘ
frequencyComparedTo	less frequent than Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ⓘ
hasComponent	Anaphora ⓘ Creed ⓘ Epiclesis ⓘ Eucharistic Prayer ⓘ Great Entrance ⓘ Little Entrance ⓘ Liturgy of the Catechumens ⓘ Liturgy of the Faithful ⓘ linked to: Liturgy of the Catechumens Trisagion Hymn ⓘ
hasLanguage	Amharic ⓘ Arabic ⓘ Church Slavonic ⓘ Coptic ⓘ English ⓘ Georgian ⓘ Koine Greek ⓘ various vernacular languages ⓘ
historicalDevelopment	Byzantine Rite ⓘ Cappadocian liturgical tradition ⓘ
liturgicalUse	Eve of Nativity of Christ ⓘ linked to: Nativity of Christ Eve of Theophany ⓘ linked to: Feast of the Theophany Feast of Theophany ⓘ linked to: Feast of the Theophany Feast of the Nativity of Christ ⓘ linked to: Nativity of Christ Great Lent ⓘ linked to: Lent Holy Saturday ⓘ Holy Thursday ⓘ linked to: Maundy Thursday January 1 (Feast of St. Basil in Byzantine tradition) ⓘ Sundays of Great Lent in Byzantine tradition ⓘ
namedAfter	Basil the Great ⓘ linked to: Basil of Caesarea
purpose	celebration of the Eucharist ⓘ commemoration of the Last Supper ⓘ sanctification of the faithful ⓘ
relatedTo	Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ⓘ Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts ⓘ
religiousTradition	Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ Eastern Christianity ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy
usedBy	Byzantine Rite churches ⓘ linked to: Byzantine Rite Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ Ethiopian Catholic Church ⓘ Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (49)

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

Eastern Orthodox Christianity → hasLiturgicalForm → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom → contrastedWith → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Byzantine Rite → principalEucharisticLiturgy → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Coptic Rite → primaryLiturgy → Liturgy of Saint Basil (Coptic) ⓘ

linked to: Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts → relatedTo → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Orthodox Church in America → hasSecondaryLiturgy → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Great Entrance → usedIn → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Liturgy of the Catechumens → partOf → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Cherubic Hymn → partOf → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Italo-Albanian Catholic Church → hasLiturgicalForm → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Slovak Greek Catholic Church → preservesTraditionOf → Byzantine liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

linked to: Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church → secondaryLiturgicalForm → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Hungarian Greek Catholic Church → hasLiturgicalForm → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church → primaryEucharisticLiturgies → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Anaphora of Saint Basil (Coptic form) → partOf → Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil (Coptic Orthodox Church) ⓘ

linked to: Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Anaphora of Saint Basil (Coptic form) → usedFor → Divine Liturgy ⓘ

linked to: Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Little Entrance → usedIn → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Eastern Christianity → hasPrimaryLiturgy → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Alexandrian Rite → hasPrincipalAnaphora → Liturgy of Saint Basil ⓘ

linked to: Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Russian Greek Catholic Church → usesLiturgicalForm → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Great Ektenia → performedDuring → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Second Sunday of Great Lent → hasLiturgicalService → Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great (in many traditions during Lent) ⓘ

linked to: Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Little Litany → associatedService → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Divine Liturgy → majorForm → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Slavic Orthodox Churches → sharesLiturgy → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Eparchy of Košice → usesLiturgicalForm → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Byzantine theology → hasKeyText → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Entrance Hymn (Eisodikon) → usedIn → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Romanian Greek Catholic Church → secondaryLiturgicalForm → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

subject linked to: RGC

Coptic Anaphora of Saint Basil → usedIn → Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil (Coptic) ⓘ

linked to: Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Coptic Anaphora of Saint Basil → partOf → Coptic Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil ⓘ

linked to: Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Byzantine Anaphora of Saint Basil → partOf → Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great ⓘ

linked to: Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Anaphora of Saint Basil (Byzantine form) → usedIn → Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil ⓘ

linked to: Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Greek Catholics → usesLiturgicalForm → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Russian Catholic Church of the Byzantine Rite → majorLiturgicalForm → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy → liturgicalService → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Great Week in Eastern tradition → associatedWithService → Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

linked to: Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Third Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite) → hasPrincipalService → Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great ⓘ

linked to: Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Ektenia tis Eirenis → liturgicalContext → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

First Sunday of Great Lent → hasLiturgicalService → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great (in many traditions) ⓘ

linked to: Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Kisha Arbëreshe → celebratesFeast → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Ruthenian Orthodox Church → secondaryLiturgy → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Greek Rite → includes → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Byzantine rite → usesPrimaryLiturgy → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

subject linked to: Byzantine

Feast of Saint Basil the Great → liturgicalUse → Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great ⓘ

linked to: Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Eve of the Nativity of Christ (when it falls on a weekday) → hasPrincipalService → Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

linked to: Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Feast of Saint Basil the Great (1 January / 14 January) → includes → Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great ⓘ

linked to: Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Proskomedia → associatedWith → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Anaphora of St. James → influenced → Liturgy of St. Basil ⓘ

linked to: Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

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