Armenian Rite

E10020

Christian liturgical tradition liturgical rite

The Armenian Rite is the distinctive liturgical tradition of the Armenian Apostolic and Armenian Catholic Churches, characterized by its ancient chants, unique Eucharistic prayers, and use of Classical Armenian in worship.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Armenian Rite canonical	15
Armenian Christianity	2
Armenian liturgical calendar	2
Armenian Apostolic Church in liturgical form	1
Armenian Divine Liturgy	1
Armenian chant	1
Church Armenian	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian liturgical tradition ⓘ liturgical rite ⓘ
associatedWithCountry	Armenia ⓘ
associatedWithPeople	Armenians ⓘ
celebratedOn	Sunday ⓘ major feast days ⓘ
characterizedBy	ancient chants ⓘ unique Eucharistic prayers ⓘ use of Classical Armenian in worship ⓘ
communionPractice	communion under both kinds ⓘ
developedFrom	early Christian liturgy of Armenia ⓘ
EucharisticElement	unleavened bread (in Armenian Apostolic practice) ⓘ wine mixed with water ⓘ
geographicCenter	Asia Minor ⓘ surface form: Cilicia Etchmiadzin Cathedral ⓘ surface form: Etchmiadzin
hasChantTradition	Armenian Rite self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Armenian chant
hasComponent	Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ⓘ surface form: Divine Liturgy Horologion ⓘ surface form: Liturgy of the Hours baptismal rite ⓘ funeral rite ⓘ marriage rite ⓘ sacramental rites ⓘ
hasDistinctiveFeature	epiclesis with explicit invocation of the Holy Spirit ⓘ extensive use of hymns (sharakans) ⓘ iconostasis often replaced by curtain ⓘ single Eucharistic liturgy form in regular use ⓘ
hasEucharisticAnaphora	Anaphora of St. Athanasius ⓘ Anaphora of Saint Basil (Coptic form) ⓘ surface form: Anaphora of St. Basil Anaphora of Saint Gregory (Coptic form) ⓘ surface form: Anaphora of St. Gregory the Illuminator
influencedBy	Byzantine liturgical traditions ⓘ Cappadocian liturgical traditions ⓘ Jerusalem liturgical tradition ⓘ Syriac liturgical traditions ⓘ
liturgicalFamily	Armenian liturgical family ⓘ
liturgicalLanguageFamily	Indo-European languages ⓘ
musicNotation	khaz notation (historical) ⓘ
observesCalendar	Armenian liturgical calendar ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Classical Armenian ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
theologyOrientation	Miaphysite Christology in Armenian Apostolic usage ⓘ
usedBy	Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ Armenian Catholic Church ⓘ
usedInDiaspora	Europe ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North America ⓘ
usesLanguage	Classical Armenian ⓘ vernacular Armenian ⓘ
usesLiturgicalBook	Hymnal (Sharakan collection) ⓘ Horologion ⓘ surface form: Jashots (Book of Hours) Mashdots (Ritual book) ⓘ Euchologion ⓘ surface form: Pataragamatuyts (Missal)

Referenced by (23)

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

Christianity → hasRiteOrTradition → Armenian Rite ⓘ

Great Feast in Eastern Christianity → associatedWith → Armenian Rite ⓘ

Oriental Orthodoxy → liturgicalRite → Armenian Rite ⓘ

Eastern Catholic Churches → hasLiturgicalTradition → Armenian Rite ⓘ

Armenian Rite → hasChantTradition → Armenian Rite self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Armenian chant

Armenian Evangelical churches → differFrom → Armenian Rite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Armenian Apostolic Church in liturgical form

Armenian Apostolic Church → liturgy → Armenian Rite ⓘ

Armenian Catholic Church → liturgicalTradition → Armenian Rite ⓘ

Armenian Catholic Church → followsLiturgicalCalendar → Armenian Rite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Armenian liturgical calendar

Anaphora of St. Athanasius → usedIn → Armenian Rite ⓘ

Hymnal (Sharakan collection) → relatedTo → Armenian Rite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Armenian Divine Liturgy

Hymnal (Sharakan collection) → relatedTo → Armenian Rite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Armenian liturgical calendar

Catholic Church in the United States → hasRite → Armenian Rite ⓘ

Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia → rite → Armenian Rite ⓘ

Mardin → hasReligion → Armenian Rite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Armenian Christianity

Birth of the Virgin Mary → liturgicalFamily → Armenian Rite ⓘ

Armeno-Tat → lexicalBorrowingFrom → Armenian Rite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Church Armenian

Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians → rite → Armenian Rite ⓘ

Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian → rite → Armenian Rite ⓘ

Synod of Bishops of the Armenian Catholic Church → rite → Armenian Rite ⓘ

April 10 (Armenian Apostolic Church) → religiousTradition → Armenian Rite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Armenian Christianity

Armenian Seminary → followsRite → Armenian Rite ⓘ

Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem → liturgicalRite → Armenian Rite ⓘ