New Sunday

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New Sunday is an alternative name for Thomas Sunday, the first Sunday after Easter in the Eastern Orthodox Christian liturgical calendar.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Low Sunday 1
New Sunday canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf feast day
liturgical observance
moveable feast
associatedWithSeason Paschal season
belongsToPeriod Bright Week and its conclusion
calendarBasis Paschalion
celebratedBy Byzantine Rite Catholics
Orthodox Christians
commemorates Apostle Thomas
commemoratesEvent appearance of the risen Christ to Apostle Thomas
dateDependsOn date of Pascha (Orthodox Easter)
follows Easter Sunday
linked to: Easter Day
hasAlternativeName Antipascha
Thomas Sunday
hasLiturgicalColor white
hasLiturgicalRank Sunday of Pascha
linked to: Octave of Easter
hasLiturgicalTexts Octoechos
Pentecostarion
hasTheologicalTheme faith in the Resurrection
overcoming doubt
isAfter Bright Saturday
languageVariant Church Slavonic: Антипасха
Greek: Κυριακή του Θωμά
occursOn first Sunday after Easter
partOf Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
precedes Second Sunday after Easter
relatedTo Easter
usedIn Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite
Eastern Orthodox Church

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Referenced by (2)

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

Thomas Sunday hasName New Sunday
Second Sunday of Easter alsoKnownAs Low Sunday
linked to: New Sunday