Cheesefare Sunday
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Cheesefare Sunday is the final Sunday before Great Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Church, marked by a last use of dairy foods and themes of forgiveness and the expulsion from Paradise.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cheesefare Sunday canonical | 12 |
| Cheesefare Week | 3 |
| Cheese Sunday | 2 |
| Cheese-fare Sunday | 2 |
| Sunday of Meatfare | 2 |
| Butter Sunday | 1 |
| Cheese-fare Sunday of Forgiveness | 1 |
| Cheese-fare Week | 1 |
| Maslenitsa Sunday | 1 |
| Shrove Sunday | 1 |
| Sunday before Clean Monday | 1 |
| Sunday of Cheesefare | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1402701 — 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: Cheesefare Sunday Context triple: [Triodion, includesServiceFor, Cheesefare Sunday]
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A.
Shrove Tuesday
Shrove Tuesday is a Christian observance and popular festival day preceding Ash Wednesday, marked by feasting, revelry, and traditions such as pancake-making and Mardi Gras celebrations.
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B.
Nativity Fast
The Nativity Fast is an Eastern Christian period of abstinence and spiritual preparation leading up to the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ (Christmas).
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C.
Gaudete Sunday
Gaudete Sunday is the third Sunday of Advent in the Christian liturgical calendar, marked by a joyful emphasis and the use of rose-colored vestments as a break from the season’s penitential tone.
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D.
Easter Eve
Easter Eve is the Christian observance on the day before Easter Sunday, commemorating the time Jesus lay in the tomb and often marked by quiet reflection and the Easter Vigil liturgy.
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E.
Rogation Days
Rogation Days are traditional Christian days of prayer and fasting, especially for blessings on crops and protection from calamities, observed on specific weekdays in the Easter season.
- 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: Cheesefare Sunday Target entity description: Cheesefare Sunday is the final Sunday before Great Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Church, marked by a last use of dairy foods and themes of forgiveness and the expulsion from Paradise.
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A.
Shrove Tuesday
Shrove Tuesday is a Christian observance and popular festival day preceding Ash Wednesday, marked by feasting, revelry, and traditions such as pancake-making and Mardi Gras celebrations.
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B.
Nativity Fast
The Nativity Fast is an Eastern Christian period of abstinence and spiritual preparation leading up to the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ (Christmas).
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C.
Gaudete Sunday
Gaudete Sunday is the third Sunday of Advent in the Christian liturgical calendar, marked by a joyful emphasis and the use of rose-colored vestments as a break from the season’s penitential tone.
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D.
Easter Eve
Easter Eve is the Christian observance on the day before Easter Sunday, commemorating the time Jesus lay in the tomb and often marked by quiet reflection and the Easter Vigil liturgy.
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E.
Rogation Days
Rogation Days are traditional Christian days of prayer and fasting, especially for blessings on crops and protection from calamities, observed on specific weekdays in the Easter season.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feast day
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liturgical observance ⓘ moveable feast ⓘ pre-Lenten Sunday ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cheesefare Week
ⓘ
linked to:
Cheesefare Sunday
Maslenitsa folk celebrations in Slavic countries ⓘ |
| calendarType | moveable date based on Pascha (Easter) ⓘ |
| commemorates |
banishment of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden
ⓘ
call to mutual forgiveness among the faithful ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
detachment from earthly pleasures
ⓘ
interpersonal forgiveness as prerequisite for divine forgiveness ⓘ |
| follows | Meatfare Sunday ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Cheese Sunday
ⓘ
linked to:
Cheesefare Sunday
Cheese-fare Sunday ⓘ
linked to:
Cheesefare Sunday
Cheese-fare Sunday of Forgiveness ⓘ
linked to:
Cheesefare Sunday
Forgiveness Sunday ⓘ Maslenitsa Sunday ⓘ
linked to:
Cheesefare Sunday
Quinquagesima in some Eastern-rite usages ⓘ Sunday of Forgiveness ⓘ
linked to:
Sunday of the Prodigal Son
|
| hasCulturalExpression |
folk festivals and outdoor celebrations in Slavic lands
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pancake and dairy-based foods in some Orthodox cultures ⓘ |
| hasFastingRule |
last day for eating dairy products before Great Lent in Byzantine practice
ⓘ
meat is already forbidden from the preceding Monday ⓘ |
| hasGospelReading | Matthew 6:14–21 in Byzantine lectionary ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalPractice |
Vespers of Forgiveness on Sunday evening
ⓘ
change of liturgical color to Lenten tones in many traditions ⓘ mutual prostrations and asking forgiveness in church ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalTheme |
expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise
ⓘ
forgiveness ⓘ preparation for Great Lent ⓘ renunciation of rich foods ⓘ |
| languageVariant |
Church Slavonic: Сыропустная неделя (Syropustnaya nedelya)
ⓘ
Greek: Τυρινή Κυριακή (Tyriní Kyriakí) ⓘ Russian: Сыропустное воскресенье (Syropustnoye voskresenye) ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
ascetic themes of fasting and repentance
ⓘ
restoration of broken relationships ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Catholic Churches
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Oriental Orthodox churches that use the Byzantine tradition in part ⓘ |
| occursOn | Sunday immediately before Clean Monday ⓘ |
| partOf |
liturgical year of the Eastern Orthodox Church
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pre-Lenten period in the Byzantine Rite ⓘ |
| positionInCycle | eighth and final Sunday of the pre-Lenten Triodion period ⓘ |
| precedes |
Clean Monday
ⓘ
linked to:
Ash Wednesday
Great Lent ⓘ
linked to:
Lent
|
| timeRelativeToPascha | seventh Sunday before Pascha in the Byzantine calculation ⓘ |
| usesLiturgicalBook |
Lenten Triodion
ⓘ
linked to:
Triodion
|
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Input
Subject: Cheesefare Sunday Description of subject: Cheesefare Sunday is the final Sunday before Great Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Church, marked by a last use of dairy foods and themes of forgiveness and the expulsion from Paradise.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
Greek: Τυρινή Κυριακή (Tyriní Kyriakí)
subject linked to:
Greek: Τυρινή Κυριακή (Tyriní Kyriakí)
linked to: Cheesefare Sunday
subject linked to:
Church Slavonic: Сыропустная неделя (Syropustnaya nedelya)
subject linked to:
Church Slavonic: Сыропустная неделя (Syropustnaya nedelya)
linked to: Cheesefare Sunday