Eastern Orthodox Christmas

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Christmas celebration
gptkbp:associatedWith Religious rituals
Family gatherings
Gift giving
gptkbp:celebrates gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Christians
12 days
gptkbp:culturalHeritage Visiting relatives
Special meals
Singing hymns
Midnight Mass
Lighting candles
Decorating Christmas trees
Holy Supper
Charity and giving to the poor
gptkbp:currentStatus Community events
Cultural festivals
Christmas Eve celebrations
Advent fasting
Post-Christmas celebrations
gptkbp:follows Advent period
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkb:Council_of_Nicaea
Spread_of_Christianity_in_Eastern_Europe
Early_Christian_traditions
Adoption_of_the_Julian_calendar
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Eastern Orthodox Christmas
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Julian_calendar
gptkbp:occursIn January 7
gptkbp:precededBy Epiphany
gptkbp:region gptkb:Romanian_Orthodox_Christmas
gptkb:Greek_Orthodox_Christmas
gptkb:Bulgarian_Orthodox_Christmas
gptkb:Russian_Orthodox_Christmas
gptkb:Ukrainian_Orthodox_Christmas
gptkb:Serbian_Orthodox_Christmas
gptkb:Georgian_Orthodox_Christmas
gptkb:Montenegrin_Orthodox_Christmas
gptkb:Macedonian_Orthodox_Christmas
Cypriot_Orthodox_Christmas
gptkbp:relatedTo Nativity of Jesus
gptkbp:symbol Nativity scene
Star of Bethlehem
gptkbp:traditions Caroling
Feasting
Church services
gptkbp:visitedBy Countries_with_Eastern_Orthodox_populations