Byzantine Rite

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Christian liturgical tradition liturgical rite

The Byzantine Rite is the liturgical tradition of Eastern Christianity characterized by elaborate ceremonial worship, rich chant, and a distinctive theological and spiritual heritage.

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All labels observed (23)

Label Occurrences
Byzantine Rite canonical 334
Constantinopolitan Rite 5
Eastern Orthodox liturgy 5

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian liturgical tradition ⓘ
liturgical rite ⓘ
associatedWith Mount Athos ⓘ
Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
calendarSystem Gregorian calendar (Western churches) ⓘ
surface form: Gregorian calendar (in some churches)

Julian calendar ⓘ
Revised Julian calendar ⓘ
centerOfDevelopment Istanbul ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople
characterizedBy distinctive spiritual heritage ⓘ
distinctive theological heritage ⓘ
elaborate ceremonial worship ⓘ
iconographic worship ⓘ
processions and incense ⓘ
rich chant ⓘ
developedFrom Syriac Rite ⓘ
surface form: Antiochene Rite
emphasizes communal sung prayer ⓘ
mystical theology ⓘ
theosis ⓘ
veneration of icons ⓘ
hasFeastStructure Great Feast in Eastern Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Twelve Great Feasts
hasLiturgicalCycle annual cycle of feasts ⓘ
daily cycle of services ⓘ
weekly cycle of services ⓘ
hasLiturgicalSeason Apostles' Fast ⓘ
Dormition Fast ⓘ
Lent ⓘ
surface form: Great Lent

Advent ⓘ
surface form: Nativity Fast

Paschal cycle ⓘ
surface form: Paschal season
influenced Middle Eastern Christian liturgies ⓘ
Slavic Christian liturgies ⓘ
liturgicalBook Euchologion ⓘ
Horologion ⓘ
Menaion ⓘ
Octoechos ⓘ
Pentecostarion ⓘ
Triodion ⓘ
Typikon ⓘ
majorService Akathist ⓘ
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ⓘ
surface form: Divine Liturgy

Great Compline ⓘ
Hours ⓘ
Matins ⓘ
Vespers ⓘ
musicalTradition Byzantine chant ⓘ
Slavic chant traditions ⓘ
originatedIn Byzantine Empire ⓘ
primaryLiturgicalLanguage Church Slavonic ⓘ
Koine Greek ⓘ
principalEucharisticLiturgy Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ⓘ
religiousTraditionOf Eastern Christianity ⓘ
specialOccasionLiturgy Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts ⓘ
surface form: Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
usedBy Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

some Oriental Protestant communities ⓘ
usedInLanguage Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
Kartvelian languages ⓘ
surface form: Georgian

Romanian language ⓘ
surface form: Romanian

Ukrainian ⓘ
various vernacular languages ⓘ

Referenced by (372)

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

Christianity → hasRiteOrTradition → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity → usesRite → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople → tradition → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Dormition of the Theotokos → tradition → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Christian liturgical calendar
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom → religiousTradition → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine Rite Catholic Churches
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom → liturgicalFamily → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Perpetual Virginity of Mary → isAffirmedIn → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox liturgy
Great Feast in Eastern Christianity → associatedWith → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Eastern Catholic Churches → hasLiturgicalTradition → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great → usedBy → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine Rite churches
Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great → historicalDevelopment → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts → usedInChurch → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Paschal Divine Liturgy → followsRite → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Serbian Orthodox Church → liturgicalTradition → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Russian Orthodox Church → primaryLiturgicalTradition → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Greek Orthodox Church → liturgicalTradition → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Romanian Orthodox Church → orientation → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Bulgarian Orthodox Church → tradition → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Georgian Orthodox Church → mainTheologicalTradition → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Antiochian Orthodox Church → hasLiturgicalRite → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Orthodox Church of Jerusalem → followsTradition → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Orthodox Church of Alexandria → tradition → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Orthodox Church of Cyprus → liturgicalRite → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Orthodox Church of Albania → ecclesiasticalTradition → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Orthodox Church in America → usesLiturgicalRite → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Book of Sirach → usedIn → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox liturgy
Chrismation in Eastern Christianity → liturgicalFamily → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
St. George’s Cathedral, Phanar → liturgicalTradition → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
St. George’s Cathedral, Phanar → rite → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Dormition Fast → observedBy → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine Rite churches
Great Litany → usedInRite → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Great Entrance → religiousTradition → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
St. Symeon the New Theologian → denomination → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
subject surface form: Symeon the New Theologian
this entity surface form: Byzantine Christianity
Great Vespers → partOf → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Trisagion Hymn → usedIn → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Euchologion → tradition → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Horologion → follows → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Pentecostarion → usedIn → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Great Compline → religiousTradition → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Byzantine chant → usedIn → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Triodion → usedIn → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Vespers → usedIn → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Menaion → usedIn → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Patriarchate of Constantinople → tradition → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America → follows → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Octoechos → usedIn → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Typikon → usedIn → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Akathist → religiousTradition → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Melkite Greek Catholic → liturgicalRite → Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Stavronikita Monastery → followsRite → Byzantine Rite ⓘ