Feast of the Apostle Philip

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Christian feast day liturgical celebration

The Feast of the Apostle Philip is a Christian liturgical celebration honoring the Apostle Philip, traditionally observed on November 14 (November 27 on the Gregorian calendar in Eastern Orthodoxy).

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Feast of the Apostle Philip canonical	2
Feast of Saints Philip and James (Western calendar)	1
Feasts of the Apostles	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5957775 — 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: Feast of the Apostle Philip
Context triple: [Nativity Fast, beginsAfter, Feast of the Apostle Philip]

A. Feast of the Twelve Apostles
The Feast of the Twelve Apostles is a Christian liturgical celebration honoring the collective group of Jesus Christ’s twelve chosen disciples.
B. Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul
The Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul is a Christian liturgical celebration on January 25 commemorating Saul of Tarsus’s dramatic encounter with Christ and his transformation into the Apostle Paul.
C. Feast of Saint Stephen
The Feast of Saint Stephen is a Christian liturgical celebration, traditionally observed on December 26 in Western churches, honoring Saint Stephen as the first Christian martyr.
D. Feast of Saint Ambrose
The Feast of Saint Ambrose is a Milanese religious and civic celebration held annually on December 7th in honor of the city’s patron saint, traditionally marking the start of the cultural and opera season.
E. Feast of Saint Sebastian
The Feast of Saint Sebastian is a Christian liturgical celebration honoring Saint Sebastian, an early Christian martyr venerated as a protector against plagues and a patron of soldiers and athletes.
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: Feast of the Apostle Philip
Target entity description: The Feast of the Apostle Philip is a Christian liturgical celebration honoring the Apostle Philip, traditionally observed on November 14 (November 27 on the Gregorian calendar in Eastern Orthodoxy).

A. Feast of the Twelve Apostles
The Feast of the Twelve Apostles is a Christian liturgical celebration honoring the collective group of Jesus Christ’s twelve chosen disciples.
B. Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul
The Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul is a Christian liturgical celebration on January 25 commemorating Saul of Tarsus’s dramatic encounter with Christ and his transformation into the Apostle Paul.
C. Feast of Saint Stephen
The Feast of Saint Stephen is a Christian liturgical celebration, traditionally observed on December 26 in Western churches, honoring Saint Stephen as the first Christian martyr.
D. Feast of Saint Ambrose
The Feast of Saint Ambrose is a Milanese religious and civic celebration held annually on December 7th in honor of the city’s patron saint, traditionally marking the start of the cultural and opera season.
E. Feast of Saint Sebastian
The Feast of Saint Sebastian is a Christian liturgical celebration honoring Saint Sebastian, an early Christian martyr venerated as a protector against plagues and a patron of soldiers and athletes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian feast day ⓘ liturgical celebration ⓘ
associatedWith	Philip the Apostle ⓘ linked to: Apostle Philip Twelve Apostles ⓘ
calendarBasis	Gregorian calendar (for fixed-date conversion) ⓘ Julian calendar ⓘ Revised Julian calendar ⓘ
category	Eastern Christian liturgical feasts ⓘ Feasts of the Apostles ⓘ linked to: Feast of the Apostle Philip
celebratedIn	Christianity ⓘ Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy
celebratedOn	November 14 (Julian calendar) ⓘ November 27 (Gregorian calendar, in Eastern Orthodoxy) ⓘ
commemorates	apostolic ministry of Philip ⓘ martyrdom of Philip (in traditional accounts) ⓘ
hasLiturgicalTexts	hymns ⓘ kontakion ⓘ stichera ⓘ troparion ⓘ
hasPatron	Philip the Apostle ⓘ linked to: Apostle Philip
honors	Apostle Philip ⓘ Saint Philip the Apostle ⓘ linked to: Apostle Philip
languageOfLiturgicalTexts	Church Slavonic ⓘ Greek ⓘ various vernacular languages ⓘ
liturgicalRank	feast ⓘ
notSameAs	Feast of Saints Philip and James (Western calendar) ⓘ linked to: Feast of the Apostle Philip
observedBy	Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ Coptic Orthodox Church (on its own calendar date) ⓘ linked to: Coptic Orthodox Church Georgian Orthodox Church ⓘ Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ Orthodox Church in America ⓘ Romanian Orthodox Church ⓘ Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ Serbian Orthodox Church ⓘ Syriac Orthodox Church (on its own calendar date) ⓘ linked to: Syriac Orthodox Church
partOf	Christian liturgical year ⓘ
theologicalTheme	apostolic witness to Christ ⓘ confession of Christ as Messiah ⓘ mission and evangelization ⓘ
tradition	Byzantine Rite ⓘ Greek Orthodox tradition ⓘ Slavic Orthodox tradition ⓘ
typeOfDate	fixed feast ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Nativity Fast → beginsAfter → Feast of the Apostle Philip ⓘ

Philip’s Fast → followsFeastOf → Feast of the Apostle Philip ⓘ

Feast of the Apostle Philip → notSameAs → Feast of Saints Philip and James (Western calendar) ⓘ

linked to: Feast of the Apostle Philip

Feast of the Apostle Philip → category → Feasts of the Apostles ⓘ