Apokreo Sunday

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Apokreo Sunday is a Christian liturgical observance in the Eastern Orthodox tradition marking the last day on which meat is permitted before the stricter fasting of Great Lent.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Apokreo Sunday canonical 1
Apokreos Sunday 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian liturgical observance
Eastern Orthodox feast day
movable feast
alsoKnownAs Meatfare Sunday
Sunday of the Last Judgment
associatedWith fasting regulations of the Eastern Orthodox Church
preparation for Great Lent
calendarPlacement eight weeks before Pascha
two weeks before the start of Great Lent
etymology from Greek "apokreo" meaning "away from meat"
fastingRule dairy products remain permitted after this day until Cheesefare Sunday
last day meat is permitted before Great Lent
meat is allowed
follows Sunday of the Prodigal Son
gospelReading Matthew 25:31–46
hasCustom festive meals including meat before the fast
special hymns on the theme of judgment and repentance
languageOfName Greek
liturgicalBook Lenten Triodion
linked to: Triodion
liturgicalRite Byzantine Rite
liturgicalSeason Pre-Lenten period
liturgicalTheme Last Judgment
linked to: The Last Judgment
observedBy Eastern Orthodox Christians
some Eastern Catholic Churches following the Byzantine Rite
partOf Triodion cycle
linked to: Triodion
precedes Cheesefare Sunday
Great Lent
linked to: Lent
purpose to emphasize repentance in light of the Last Judgment
to prepare the faithful for the asceticism of Great Lent
religion Christianity
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodoxy

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

Meatfare Sunday hasAlternativeName Apokreo Sunday
Meatfare Sunday hasAlternativeName Apokreos Sunday
linked to: Apokreo Sunday