Easter fire

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Easter fire is a traditional Christian ritual bonfire lit during the Easter Vigil to symbolize Christ’s resurrection and the light overcoming darkness.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Easter fire canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian ritual ⓘ
Easter custom ⓘ
religious bonfire ⓘ
associatedWithDay Easter Sunday ⓘ
linked to: Easter Day

Holy Saturday ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Easter ⓘ
Easter Vigil ⓘ
associatedWithSeason spring ⓘ
category Christian liturgical objects ⓘ
Christian liturgical practices ⓘ
Easter traditions ⓘ
religious symbolism of fire ⓘ
connectedToObject Paschal candle ⓘ
especiallyCommonIn Austria ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
parts of Poland ⓘ
parts of Scandinavia ⓘ
some regions of the United States ⓘ
hasElement incense use ⓘ
prayers of blessing ⓘ
procession into darkened church ⓘ
historicalOrigin adaptation of pre-Christian spring fire customs ⓘ
early Christian liturgical practice ⓘ
litDuring beginning of Easter Vigil ⓘ
night of Holy Saturday ⓘ
location outside church building ⓘ
partOf Roman Catholic Easter Vigil liturgy ⓘ
linked to: Easter Vigil

Service of Light ⓘ
providesLightFor Paschal candle ⓘ
regulatedBy local fire safety laws ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
requiresMaterial fire source ⓘ
kindling ⓘ
wood ⓘ
ritualAction blessing of new fire ⓘ
lighting of Paschal candle ⓘ
symbolizes Christ as light of the world ⓘ
Resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ
light overcoming darkness ⓘ
victory of life over death ⓘ
usedInLiturgyOf Anglican churches ⓘ
linked to: Anglican Communion

Eastern Catholic churches ⓘ
Lutheran churches ⓘ
Methodist churches ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

some Orthodox churches ⓘ
some Reformed churches ⓘ

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

Lumen Christi → associatedWith → Easter fire ⓘ
subject linked to: acclamation "Lumen Christi"