Great and Holy Monday

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Christian holy day Eastern Orthodox feast liturgical day moveable feast

Great and Holy Monday is the first day of Holy Week in the Eastern Orthodox Christian liturgical calendar, commemorating events leading up to Jesus Christ’s Passion.

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Label	Occurrences
Great and Holy Monday canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4415884 — 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: Great and Holy Monday
Context triple: [Holy Monday, alsoKnownAs, Great and Holy Monday]

A. Easter Monday
Easter Monday is the Christian holiday observed on the day after Easter Sunday, often marked by religious services, public celebrations, and, in many countries, a public holiday.
B. Prince's Day
Prince's Day is an annual Dutch ceremonial event marking the opening of Parliament, highlighted by the monarch’s speech outlining the government’s agenda.
C. King's Day
King's Day is a nationwide Dutch holiday celebrated each April with street festivals, orange-themed festivities, and open-air markets honoring the birthday of the reigning monarch.
D. Pentecostarion
The Pentecostarion is an Eastern Christian liturgical book used in the Byzantine Rite that contains the hymns and services for the period from Easter (Pascha) through the Sunday after Pentecost.
E. Reyvroz
Reyvroz is a small commune in the Haute-Savoie department of southeastern France, situated in the French Alps.
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: Great and Holy Monday
Target entity description: Great and Holy Monday is the first day of Holy Week in the Eastern Orthodox Christian liturgical calendar, commemorating events leading up to Jesus Christ’s Passion.

A. Easter Monday
Easter Monday is the Christian holiday observed on the day after Easter Sunday, often marked by religious services, public celebrations, and, in many countries, a public holiday.
B. Prince's Day
Prince's Day is an annual Dutch ceremonial event marking the opening of Parliament, highlighted by the monarch’s speech outlining the government’s agenda.
C. King's Day
King's Day is a nationwide Dutch holiday celebrated each April with street festivals, orange-themed festivities, and open-air markets honoring the birthday of the reigning monarch.
D. Pentecostarion
The Pentecostarion is an Eastern Christian liturgical book used in the Byzantine Rite that contains the hymns and services for the period from Easter (Pascha) through the Sunday after Pentecost.
E. Reyvroz
Reyvroz is a small commune in the Haute-Savoie department of southeastern France, situated in the French Alps.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian holy day ⓘ Eastern Orthodox feast ⓘ liturgical day ⓘ moveable feast ⓘ
alsoCalled	Great Monday ⓘ linked to: Great Week Holy Monday ⓘ
associatedWith	Bridegroom icon of Christ ⓘ Kontakion of the Bridegroom ⓘ Troparion of the Bridegroom ⓘ linked to: troparia
belongsToTradition	Eastern Christianity ⓘ
calendarType	moveable date in Julian calendar for some Orthodox Churches ⓘ moveable date in Revised Julian or Gregorian calendar for others ⓘ
celebratedIn	Byzantine Rite ⓘ
celebratedOn	Monday of Holy Week ⓘ
commemorates	Jesus’ teaching in Jerusalem before his Passion ⓘ cursing of the barren fig tree by Jesus ⓘ events leading to the Passion of Jesus Christ ⓘ
dateDeterminedBy	date of Pascha ⓘ
emphasizes	preparation for the Passion of Christ ⓘ spiritual vigilance ⓘ
follows	Palm Sunday ⓘ
hasFastingRule	strict fast in many Orthodox traditions ⓘ
hasLiturgicalColor	dark vestments ⓘ
hasLiturgicalSeason	Great Lent culmination ⓘ Holy Week ⓘ
hasScriptureReadings	Gospel passages about the fig tree ⓘ Old Testament readings prefiguring Christ’s Passion ⓘ
hasService	Bridegroom Matins ⓘ linked to: Lenten Matins Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts ⓘ linked to: Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts Vespers ⓘ
languageVariant	Church Slavonic: Velikij ponedělnik ⓘ Greek: Megálē Deftéra ⓘ
liturgicalRank	great feast of Holy Week ⓘ
liturgicalTheme	judgment on fruitlessness symbolized by the fig tree ⓘ watchfulness and repentance ⓘ
observedBy	Eastern Catholic Churches using the Byzantine Rite ⓘ linked to: Eastern Catholic Churches Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy
occursDuring	final week before Pascha ⓘ
partOf	Holy Week ⓘ
precedes	Great and Holy Tuesday ⓘ linked to: Holy Tuesday
relatedTo	Great and Holy Friday ⓘ linked to: Good Friday Great and Holy Saturday ⓘ linked to: Holy Saturday Great and Holy Thursday ⓘ linked to: Maundy Thursday Great and Holy Tuesday ⓘ linked to: Holy Tuesday Great and Holy Wednesday ⓘ linked to: Holy Wednesday
titleRefersTo	Christ the Bridegroom ⓘ linked to: Jesus the Splendour

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

Holy Monday → alsoKnownAs → Great and Holy Monday ⓘ

Great Week in Eastern tradition → hasDay → Great and Holy Monday ⓘ

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