Sunday of the Ladder
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Sunday of the Ladder is a Byzantine Rite Lenten observance dedicated to the spiritual teachings of St. John Climacus and his work "The Ladder of Divine Ascent."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sunday of St. John Climacus | 2 |
| Sunday of the Ladder canonical | 1 |
| Sunday of the Ladder of Divine Ascent | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5304680 — 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: Sunday of the Ladder Context triple: [Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite), hasTitle, Sunday of the Ladder]
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A.
Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday is the Christian observance between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, commemorating Jesus Christ’s body resting in the tomb and marking the final day of Holy Week.
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B.
Midnight Office of Pascha
The Midnight Office of Pascha is an Orthodox Christian liturgical service celebrated late on Holy Saturday night as a solemn and anticipatory prelude to the Paschal (Easter) Divine Liturgy.
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C.
Octave of Easter
The Octave of Easter is the eight-day period in the Christian liturgical calendar that begins on Easter Sunday and extends through the following Sunday, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus with heightened solemnity.
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D.
Vespers
Vespers is an evening prayer service in the Byzantine Rite, marking the liturgical beginning of the day with psalms, hymns, and incense.
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E.
Descent of the Holy Spirit
The Descent of the Holy Spirit is the Pentecost event in Christian belief when the Holy Spirit came upon the apostles, empowering them to preach and marking the birth of the Church.
- 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: Sunday of the Ladder Target entity description: Sunday of the Ladder is a Byzantine Rite Lenten observance dedicated to the spiritual teachings of St. John Climacus and his work "The Ladder of Divine Ascent."
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A.
Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday is the Christian observance between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, commemorating Jesus Christ’s body resting in the tomb and marking the final day of Holy Week.
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B.
Midnight Office of Pascha
The Midnight Office of Pascha is an Orthodox Christian liturgical service celebrated late on Holy Saturday night as a solemn and anticipatory prelude to the Paschal (Easter) Divine Liturgy.
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C.
Octave of Easter
The Octave of Easter is the eight-day period in the Christian liturgical calendar that begins on Easter Sunday and extends through the following Sunday, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus with heightened solemnity.
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D.
Vespers
Vespers is an evening prayer service in the Byzantine Rite, marking the liturgical beginning of the day with psalms, hymns, and incense.
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E.
Descent of the Holy Spirit
The Descent of the Holy Spirit is the Pentecost event in Christian belief when the Holy Spirit came upon the apostles, empowering them to preach and marking the birth of the Church.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine Rite liturgical observance
ⓘ
Lenten Sunday ⓘ moveable feast ⓘ |
| associatedWork | The Ladder of Divine Ascent ⓘ |
| belongsToCycle |
Lenten Triodion cycle
ⓘ
linked to:
Triodion
|
| calendarType | moveable date based on Pascha ⓘ |
| category |
Byzantine Rite feasts
ⓘ
linked to:
Byzantine liturgical calendar
Lenten Sundays in Eastern Christianity ⓘ |
| commemorates | St. John Climacus ⓘ |
| connectedTo | The Ladder of Divine Ascent as a guide to spiritual life ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | St. John Climacus ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
humility
ⓘ
monastic virtues ⓘ obedience ⓘ unceasing prayer ⓘ |
| follows |
Sunday of the Holy Cross
ⓘ
linked to:
Laetare Sunday
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Fourth Sunday of Great Lent
ⓘ
linked to:
Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite)
Sunday of St. John Climacus ⓘ
linked to:
Sunday of the Ladder
Sunday of the Ladder of Divine Ascent ⓘ
linked to:
Sunday of the Ladder
|
| hasProperHymnography |
stichera for St. John Climacus
ⓘ
troparia and kontakia referencing the Ladder of Divine Ascent ⓘ |
| hasProperReadings |
Epistle to the Hebrews (Hebrews 6:13–20 or similar pericope, depending on lectionary)
ⓘ
linked to:
Letter to the Hebrews
Gospel of Mark 9:17–31 (healing of the demon-possessed boy) in many Byzantine usages ⓘ |
| honors | St. John Climacus ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| liturgicalColor | Lenten color (often dark or purple, according to local usage) ⓘ |
| liturgicalRank | Sunday of Great Lent (higher rank than weekday Lenten services) ⓘ |
| liturgicalTradition | Byzantine Rite ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Catholic Churches
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
|
| occurs | two Sundays before Palm Sunday in the Byzantine Rite ⓘ |
| originalLiturgicalLanguage |
Church Slavonic
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ |
| partOf |
Great Lent
ⓘ
linked to:
Lent
|
| precedes | Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt ⓘ |
| purpose |
to encourage the faithful in the middle of Great Lent
ⓘ
to present the Christian life as a ladder of ascent to God ⓘ |
| season |
Great Lent
ⓘ
linked to:
Lent
|
| sourceBook |
Lenten Triodion
ⓘ
linked to:
Triodion
|
| theme |
ascetic struggle
ⓘ
prayer and watchfulness ⓘ purification of the passions ⓘ repentance ⓘ spiritual ascent ⓘ |
| veneratedFigure |
St. John Climacus, abbot of St. Catherine’s Monastery at Sinai
ⓘ
linked to:
St. John Climacus
St. John of Sinai ⓘ St. John of the Ladder ⓘ |
| weekOfLent | Fourth Sunday ⓘ |
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Subject: Sunday of the Ladder Description of subject: Sunday of the Ladder is a Byzantine Rite Lenten observance dedicated to the spiritual teachings of St. John Climacus and his work "The Ladder of Divine Ascent."
Referenced by (4)
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linked to: Sunday of the Ladder
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