First Sunday of Great Lent

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Eastern Orthodox feast day liturgical feast moveable feast

The First Sunday of Great Lent is an important day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar, traditionally associated with the celebration of the Triumph of Orthodoxy and the restoration of the veneration of icons.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
First Sunday of Great Lent canonical	3
Byzantine Rite (as First Sunday of Great Lent)	1
Sunday of Great Lent	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5839242 — 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 Great Lent
Context triple: [Second Sunday of Great Lent, follows, First Sunday of Great Lent]

A. 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.
B. First Sunday of Lent
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.
C. Third Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite)
The Third Sunday of Great Lent in the Byzantine Rite is a liturgical observance dedicated to the veneration of the Holy Cross, marking the midpoint of the Lenten fast and offering spiritual encouragement to the faithful.
D. Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite)
The Fourth Sunday of Great Lent in the Byzantine Rite is a Lenten Sunday dedicated to commemorating St. John Climacus, renowned for his spiritual classic "The Ladder of Divine Ascent" and his teaching on ascetic struggle.
E. Fifth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite)
The Fifth Sunday of Great Lent in the Byzantine Rite is a pre-Paschal Sunday commemorating St. Mary of Egypt and emphasizing repentance and ascetic struggle as Lent nears its conclusion.
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 Great Lent
Target entity description: The First Sunday of Great Lent is an important day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar, traditionally associated with the celebration of the Triumph of Orthodoxy and the restoration of the veneration of icons.

A. 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.
B. First Sunday of Lent
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.
C. Third Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite)
The Third Sunday of Great Lent in the Byzantine Rite is a liturgical observance dedicated to the veneration of the Holy Cross, marking the midpoint of the Lenten fast and offering spiritual encouragement to the faithful.
D. Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite)
The Fourth Sunday of Great Lent in the Byzantine Rite is a Lenten Sunday dedicated to commemorating St. John Climacus, renowned for his spiritual classic "The Ladder of Divine Ascent" and his teaching on ascetic struggle.
E. Fifth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite)
The Fifth Sunday of Great Lent in the Byzantine Rite is a pre-Paschal Sunday commemorating St. Mary of Egypt and emphasizing repentance and ascetic struggle as Lent nears its conclusion.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eastern Orthodox feast day ⓘ liturgical feast ⓘ moveable feast ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Synod of Constantinople of 843 ⓘ linked to: Synod of Constantinople in 843
associatedWithPerson	Empress Theodora of Byzantium ⓘ linked to: Empress Theodora Patriarch Methodios I of Constantinople ⓘ
calendarPlacement	first Sunday after Clean Monday ⓘ
celebrates	Triumph of Orthodoxy ⓘ
commemorates	Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ Seventh Ecumenical Council ⓘ end of Byzantine Iconoclasm ⓘ restoration of the veneration of icons ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Sunday of Orthodoxy ⓘ linked to: Feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy Triumph of Orthodoxy ⓘ
hasDoctrinalFocus	continuity of the Church with the Ecumenical Councils ⓘ dogma of icons as witnesses to the Incarnation ⓘ
hasKeyTheme	affirmation of the veneration of icons ⓘ incarnation of Christ ⓘ orthodox doctrine ⓘ unity of the Church in true faith ⓘ victory of true faith over heresy ⓘ
hasKontakion	Kontakion of the Sunday of Orthodoxy ⓘ linked to: Feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy
hasLiturgicalColor	Lenten color (often purple or dark vestments) ⓘ
hasLiturgicalService	Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great (in many traditions) ⓘ linked to: Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great Great Vespers of the Sunday of Orthodoxy ⓘ linked to: Great Vespers Orthros (Matins) of the Sunday of Orthodoxy ⓘ linked to: Sunday Orthros
hasLiturgicalText	Synodikon of Orthodoxy ⓘ
hasLiturgicalTradition	Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite ⓘ linked to: Eastern Catholic Churches Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity
hasScriptureReading	Hebrews 11:24–26, 32–40; 12:1–2 ⓘ John 1:43–51 ⓘ
hasTroparion	Troparion of the Sunday of Orthodoxy ⓘ linked to: troparia
includesRitual	acclamations for champions of Orthodoxy ⓘ anathemas against heresies ⓘ procession with icons ⓘ proclamation of the Synodikon of Orthodoxy ⓘ special litanies for the defenders of Orthodoxy ⓘ
liturgicalRank	Sunday of Great Lent ⓘ linked to: First Sunday of Great Lent
observedBy	Antiochian Orthodox Church ⓘ Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ Coptic Orthodox Church (adapted form) ⓘ linked to: Coptic Orthodox Church Georgian Orthodox Church ⓘ Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ Romanian Orthodox Church ⓘ Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ Serbian Orthodox Church ⓘ Syriac Orthodox Church (adapted form) ⓘ linked to: Syriac Orthodox Church
occursIn	Great Lent ⓘ linked to: Lent
positionInLent	first Sunday of Great Lent ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Second Sunday of Great Lent → follows → First Sunday of Great Lent ⓘ

Synod of Constantinople in 843 → commemoratedOn → First Sunday of Great Lent ⓘ

Empress Theodora → feastDay → First Sunday of Great Lent ⓘ

First Sunday of Lent → belongsToRite → Byzantine Rite (as First Sunday of Great Lent) ⓘ

linked to: First Sunday of Great Lent

First Sunday of Great Lent → liturgicalRank → Sunday of Great Lent ⓘ