First Sunday of Lent
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The First Sunday of Lent is the opening Sunday of the Christian liturgical season of Lent, marking the beginning of a period of penitence and preparation for Easter.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| First Sunday of Lent canonical | 3 |
| First Sunday of Quadragesima | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5592094 — 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: First Sunday of Lent Context triple: [Dies Cinerum, precedes, First Sunday of Lent]
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A.
Second Sunday of Quadragesima
The Second Sunday of Quadragesima is a traditional name in the Western Christian liturgical calendar for the second Sunday in the season of Lent, observed as part of the penitential preparation for Easter.
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B.
Second Sunday of Great Lent
The Second Sunday of Great Lent is an Eastern Orthodox liturgical celebration dedicated to Saint Gregory Palamas and his teachings on hesychasm and the experience of divine grace.
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C.
Fifth Sunday of Lent
The Fifth Sunday of Lent is the final Sunday of Lent before Holy Week in the Christian liturgical calendar, marking the beginning of Passiontide in many traditions.
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D.
Third Sunday of Quadragesima
The Third Sunday of Quadragesima is a traditional name in the Western Christian liturgical calendar for the third Sunday in the season of Lent, marking a stage in the Church’s preparation for Easter.
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E.
Fourth Sunday of Quadragesima
The Fourth Sunday of Quadragesima is the mid-Lent Sunday in the traditional Christian liturgical calendar, often marked by a lightening of Lenten austerity and special readings emphasizing joy and hope.
- 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: First Sunday of Lent Target entity description: The First Sunday of Lent is the opening Sunday of the Christian liturgical season of Lent, marking the beginning of a period of penitence and preparation for Easter.
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A.
Second Sunday of Quadragesima
The Second Sunday of Quadragesima is a traditional name in the Western Christian liturgical calendar for the second Sunday in the season of Lent, observed as part of the penitential preparation for Easter.
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B.
Second Sunday of Great Lent
The Second Sunday of Great Lent is an Eastern Orthodox liturgical celebration dedicated to Saint Gregory Palamas and his teachings on hesychasm and the experience of divine grace.
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C.
Fifth Sunday of Lent
The Fifth Sunday of Lent is the final Sunday of Lent before Holy Week in the Christian liturgical calendar, marking the beginning of Passiontide in many traditions.
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D.
Third Sunday of Quadragesima
The Third Sunday of Quadragesima is a traditional name in the Western Christian liturgical calendar for the third Sunday in the season of Lent, marking a stage in the Church’s preparation for Easter.
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E.
Fourth Sunday of Quadragesima
The Fourth Sunday of Quadragesima is the mid-Lent Sunday in the traditional Christian liturgical calendar, often marked by a lightening of Lenten austerity and special readings emphasizing joy and hope.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian holy day
ⓘ
liturgical observance ⓘ moveable feast ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
almsgiving
ⓘ
fasting ⓘ prayer ⓘ |
| belongsToRite |
Byzantine Rite (as First Sunday of Great Lent)
ⓘ
linked to:
First Sunday of Great Lent
Roman Rite ⓘ |
| celebratedBy |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Lutheran churches ⓘ
linked to:
Lutheranism
Methodist churches ⓘ Reformed churches ⓘ Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Catholic Church worldwide
many other Western Christian denominations ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Jesus’ forty days in the wilderness
ⓘ
beginning of the Lenten fast ⓘ |
| dateDependsOn | date of Easter ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
call to repentance
ⓘ
spiritual combat against temptation ⓘ |
| follows | Ash Wednesday ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeColor |
purple
ⓘ
rose (optional, in some traditions) ⓘ |
| hasGreekName | Kyriake tes Orthodoxy (in some Eastern traditions, though often applied to the First Sunday of Great Lent as Sunday of Orthodoxy) ⓘ |
| hasGregorianDateRange | between early February and late March ⓘ |
| hasLatinName |
Dominica I in Quadragesima (traditional Roman Rite)
ⓘ
linked to:
Quadragesima
Dominica prima Quadragesimae ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalColor | violet ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalSeason | Lent ⓘ |
| hasPrincipalGospelTheme | temptation of Jesus in the desert ⓘ |
| hasProperTexts |
collect for the First Sunday of Lent
ⓘ
proper preface or anaphora in some rites ⓘ proper readings for the First Sunday of Lent ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conversion
ⓘ
penitence ⓘ preparation for Easter ⓘ spiritual renewal ⓘ |
| linkedToPractice |
beginning of Lenten disciplines
ⓘ
scrutinies of catechumens in some liturgical traditions ⓘ |
| liturgicalRank | Sunday of Lent ⓘ |
| obliges | attendance at Mass or Divine Liturgy in many traditions ⓘ |
| occursBefore |
Easter Sunday
ⓘ
linked to:
Easter
|
| occursInCalendar | liturgical year ⓘ |
| occursOn | Sunday ⓘ |
| partOf | Lent ⓘ |
| precedes |
Second Sunday of Lent
ⓘ
linked to:
Second Sunday of Quadragesima
|
| symbolizes | beginning of forty days of Lenten observance ⓘ |
| usedFor | catechumenal preparation for baptism at Easter (in some churches) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: First Sunday of Lent Description of subject: The First Sunday of Lent is the opening Sunday of the Christian liturgical season of Lent, marking the beginning of a period of penitence and preparation for Easter.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: First Sunday of Lent