Ba‘utha of Nineveh

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Ba‘utha of Nineveh is a traditional three-day fast and penitential observance in the Syriac Christian churches commemorating the repentance of the people of Nineveh in the Book of Jonah.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ba‘utha of Nineveh canonical 1
Ba‘utha of the Ninevites 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian fast ⓘ
Syriac Christian observance ⓘ
penitential observance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ba‘utha d-Ninwaye ⓘ
Fast of Nineveh ⓘ
Supplication of the Ninevites ⓘ
associatedPeople Assyrian Christians ⓘ
linked to: الآشوريين

Syriac Christians ⓘ
linked to: Syriacs
associatedPlace Nineveh ⓘ
commemorates events in the Book of Jonah ⓘ
repentance of the people of Nineveh ⓘ
devotionalForm litanies ⓘ
processions ⓘ
public worship services ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage Syriac ⓘ
numberOfDays 3 ⓘ
observanceType fast ⓘ
penance ⓘ
observedBy Chaldean Catholics ⓘ
Syriac Catholics ⓘ
Syriac Orthodox faithful ⓘ
members of the Church of the East tradition ⓘ
practice abstinence from food ⓘ
intensive prayer ⓘ
penitential hymns ⓘ
purpose preparation for Lent ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
supplication ⓘ
region Iraq ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
religiousCategory Christian fasting day ⓘ
Christian liturgical season ⓘ
religiousTradition Ancient Church of the East ⓘ
Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
Chaldean Catholic Church ⓘ
Church of the East ⓘ
Syriac Catholic Church ⓘ
Syriac Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Syriac Churches

Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ
scripturalBasis Book of Jonah ⓘ
theme divine mercy ⓘ
fasting and prayer ⓘ
repentance and conversion ⓘ
timeInLiturgicalYear shortly before Great Lent ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Nineveh Fast → alsoKnownAs → Ba‘utha of Nineveh ⓘ
Rogation of the Ninevites → hasAlternativeName → Ba‘utha of the Ninevites ⓘ
linked to: Ba‘utha of Nineveh