Ba‘utha of Nineveh

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Ba‘utha of Nineveh is a traditional three-day fast and penitential observance in the Syriac Christian churches commemorating the repentance of the people of Nineveh in the Book of Jonah.

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Label Occurrences
Ba‘utha of Nineveh canonical 1
Ba‘utha of the Ninevites 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian fast
Syriac Christian observance
penitential observance
alsoKnownAs Ba‘utha d-Ninwaye
Fast of Nineveh
Supplication of the Ninevites
associatedPeople Assyrian Christians
linked to: الآشوريين

Syriac Christians
linked to: Syriacs
associatedPlace Nineveh
commemorates events in the Book of Jonah
repentance of the people of Nineveh
devotionalForm litanies
processions
public worship services
liturgicalLanguage Syriac
numberOfDays 3
observanceType fast
penance
observedBy Chaldean Catholics
Syriac Catholics
Syriac Orthodox faithful
members of the Church of the East tradition
practice abstinence from food
intensive prayer
penitential hymns
purpose preparation for Lent
repentance
supplication
region Iraq
Mesopotamia
Middle East
religiousCategory Christian fasting day
Christian liturgical season
religiousTradition Ancient Church of the East
Assyrian Church of the East
Chaldean Catholic Church
Church of the East
Syriac Catholic Church
Syriac Christianity
linked to: Syriac Churches

Syriac Orthodox Church
scripturalBasis Book of Jonah
theme divine mercy
fasting and prayer
repentance and conversion
timeInLiturgicalYear shortly before Great Lent

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Nineveh Fast alsoKnownAs Ba‘utha of Nineveh
Rogation of the Ninevites hasAlternativeName Ba‘utha of the Ninevites
linked to: Ba‘utha of Nineveh