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.

Aliases (13)

Constantinopolitan Rite ×3
Eastern Orthodox liturgy ×3
Byzantine Rite churches ×2
Byzantine (Ruthenian) recension ×1
Byzantine Christianity ×1
Byzantine Rite Catholic Churches ×1
Byzantine Rite Catholicism ×1
Byzantine Rite Christianity ×1
Byzantine Rite Churches ×1
Constantinopolitan liturgical family ×1
Eastern Christian liturgical calendar ×1
Eastern Christian liturgical heritage ×1
Eastern Christian liturgy ×1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian liturgical tradition → liturgical rite →
associatedWith	Mount Athos → Patriarchate of Constantinople →
calendarSystem	Gregorian calendar (in some churches) → Julian calendar → Revised Julian calendar →
centerOfDevelopment	Constantinople →
characterizedBy	distinctive spiritual heritage → distinctive theological heritage → elaborate ceremonial worship → iconographic worship → processions and incense → rich chant →
developedFrom	Antiochene Rite →
emphasizes	communal sung prayer → mystical theology → theosis → veneration of icons →
hasFeastStructure	Twelve Great Feasts →
hasLiturgicalCycle	annual cycle of feasts → daily cycle of services → weekly cycle of services →
hasLiturgicalSeason	Apostles' Fast → Dormition Fast → Great Lent → Nativity Fast → Paschal season →
influenced	Middle Eastern Christian liturgies → Slavic Christian liturgies →
liturgicalBook	Euchologion → Horologion → Menaion → Octoechos → Pentecostarion → Triodion → Typikon →
majorService	Akathist → 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	Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts →
usedBy	Eastern Catholic Churches → Eastern Orthodox Church → some Oriental Protestant communities →
usedInLanguage	Arabic → English → Georgian → Romanian → Ukrainian → various vernacular languages →

Referenced by (105)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Book of Sirach ("Eastern Orthodox liturgy") → Byzantine chant → Great Entrance with presanctified Gifts → Menaion → Octoechos → Paschal troparion → Paschal troparion ("Eastern Orthodox liturgy") → Pentecostarion → Triodion → Trisagion Hymn → Typikon → Vespers →	usedIn
Albanian Greek Catholic Church → Belarusian Greek Catholic Church → Georgian Catholic Church → Konstamonitou Monastery → Macedonian Greek Catholic Church → Melkite Greek Catholic → Orthodox Church of Cyprus → Russian Greek Catholic Church → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church → Slovak Greek Catholic Church → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church →	liturgicalRite
Archbishop of Athens and All Greece → Bulgarian Orthodox Church → Dormition of the Theotokos ("Eastern Christian liturgical calendar") → Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople → Euchologion → Orthodox Church of Alexandria → Patriarchate of Constantinople → Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Peter and Paul →	tradition
Akathist → Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ("Byzantine Rite Catholic Churches") → Great Compline → Great Entrance → Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church → Paschal Stichera → Paschal canon →	religiousTradition
Karakallou Monastery → Patriarchate of Peć → Simonopetra Monastery → Vatopedi Monastery → Žiča Monastery →	primaryRite
Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church → Holy Metropolis of Stagoi and Meteora → Patriarch Porfirije → Philotheou Monastery → St. George’s Cathedral, Phanar →	rite
Greek Byzantine Catholic Church → Hungarian Greek Catholic Church → Italo-Albanian Catholic Church → Orthodox Church in America → Romanian Greek Catholic Church →	usesLiturgicalRite
Byzantine Catholic Church → Paschal Divine Liturgy → Stavronikita Monastery → Xenophontos Monastery →	followsRite
Chrismation in Eastern Christianity → Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom → Macedonian Greek Catholic Church ("Constantinopolitan liturgical family") → Russian Greek Catholic Church ("Constantinopolitan Rite") →	liturgicalFamily
Church of the Nativity → Greek Orthodox Church → Serbian Orthodox Church → St. George’s Cathedral, Phanar →	liturgicalTradition
Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos → Great Feast in Eastern Christianity → Little Entrance →	associatedWith
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America → Horologion →	follows
Church of St. John the Baptist (8th–10th century) → Orthodox Church of Jerusalem →	followsTradition
Antiochian Orthodox Church → Pantokratoros Monastery →	hasLiturgicalRite
Slovak Greek Catholic Church ("Constantinopolitan Rite") →	belongsToEcclesiasticalRiteFamily
Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church →	belongsToRite
Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple ("Byzantine Rite Churches") →	celebratedBy
Alexandrian Rite →	contrastsWith
Symeon the New Theologian ("Byzantine Christianity") →	denomination
Georgian Catholic Church →	ecclesiasticalRiteFamily
Orthodox Church of Albania →	ecclesiasticalTradition
Epiclesis →	emphasizedIn
Greek Byzantine Catholic Church ("Constantinopolitan Rite") →	hasEcclesiasticalRiteFamily
Eastern Catholic Churches →	hasLiturgicalTradition
Slavic cultural sphere ("Byzantine Rite Catholicism") →	hasMajorReligion
Christianity →	hasRiteOrTradition
Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great →	historicalDevelopment
Jerusalem liturgical tradition →	influenced
Perpetual Virginity of Mary ("Eastern Orthodox liturgy") →	isAffirmedIn
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Simferopol →	mainRite
Georgian Orthodox Church →	mainTheologicalTradition
Dormition Fast ("Byzantine Rite churches") →	observedBy
St. Panteleimon Monastery →	observes
Romanian Orthodox Church →	orientation
Great Vespers →	partOf
Russian Orthodox Church →	primaryLiturgicalTradition
Christianization of Kievan Rus' ("Byzantine Rite Christianity") →	religion
Holy Synod of Bishops →	religiousRite
Anaphora of Saint Cyril (Coptic form) ("Eastern Christian liturgy") →	riteType
Jerusalem liturgical tradition ("Eastern Christian liturgical heritage") →	typeOf
Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ("Byzantine Rite churches") →	usedBy
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts →	usedInChurch
Great Litany →	usedInRite
Belarusian Greek Catholic Church ("Byzantine (Ruthenian) recension") →	usesLiturgicalBooks
Eastern Orthodox Christianity →	usesRite