Ὑπαπαντή

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Ὑπαπαντή is the Greek name for the Christian Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, celebrated forty days after Christmas.

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Ὑπαπαντή canonical 1

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instanceOf Christian feast
religious holiday
alsoKnownAs Candlemas
associatedFigure Jesus Christ
Prophetess Anna
linked to: prophetess Anna

Saint Joseph
Simeon the God-receiver
Virgin Mary
associatedRitual blessing of candles
processions with lighted candles
basedOnText Gospel of Luke 2:22–38
linked to: Luke 2
calendarPlacement fixed feast
celebratedBy Eastern Catholic Churches
Eastern Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodox Churches
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

some Anglican Churches
some Lutheran Churches
celebratedOn 15 February (Julian calendar)
2 February (Gregorian calendar)
commemorates Meeting of the infant Jesus with Simeon and Anna
Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
etymologyMeaning meeting
hasCategory Byzantine liturgical feasts
Christian holy days
Feasts of Jesus Christ
hasIconographicType Meeting of the Lord icon
hasLiturgicalText Apolytikion of the Meeting of the Lord
Kontakion of the Meeting of the Lord
hasMajorSanctuary Church of the Presentation of the Lord in Jerusalem
hasNameInEnglish Feast of the Meeting of the Lord
Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
hasNameInGreek Ἑορτὴ τῆς Ὑπαπαντῆς τοῦ Κυρίου
hasNameInLatin Hypapante Domini
Praesentatio Domini
hasTheme Christ as light to the nations
encounter of the Old and New Covenants
fulfilment of the Law of Moses
languageOfName Greek
liturgicalColorInWesternTradition white
liturgicalRankInCatholicChurch Feast
liturgicalRankInOrthodoxChurch Great Feast
observedInCity Kalamata
observedInCountry Greece
occurs forty days after Christmas
patronFeastOf Kalamata
relatedTo Christmas
Marian feasts
Purification of the Virgin

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Hypapante hasLanguageForm Ὑπαπαντή