Jerusalem liturgical tradition

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The Jerusalem liturgical tradition is an ancient Christian worship heritage that developed in and around the holy sites of Jerusalem, shaping early rites, prayers, and ceremonial practices used by various Eastern churches.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian liturgical tradition
liturgical rite family
associatedWith Patriarchate of Jerusalem
pilgrimage liturgy
centeredOn Church of the Holy Sepulchre
surface form: Anastasis (Church of the Holy Sepulchre)

Bethlehem
Golgotha
Mount of Olives
characterizedBy elaborate Holy Week rites
processions to holy places
stational liturgy
use of psalmody
veneration of the Cross
codifiedIn Armenian Jerusalem lectionary
Georgian Jerusalem lectionary
declinedAfter rise of the Constantinopolitan rite in Jerusalem
developedAround holy sites of Jerusalem
developedFrom local Palestinian Christian customs
developedIn Jerusalem
documentedBy Egeria
documentedIn Itinerarium Egeriae
focusesOn commemoration of events of Christ’s life at their geographical locations
includes Good Friday veneration of the True Cross
Office of the Resurrection
Palm Sunday procession on the Mount of Olives
all-night vigil at the Holy Sepulchre
influenced Armenian liturgy
Byzantine Rite
Coptic Rite
surface form: Coptic liturgy

East Syriac liturgy
Ethiopian liturgy
Georgian liturgy
Syriac Rite
surface form: West Syriac liturgy
language Armenian
Georgian
Greek
Syriac
religiousTradition Christianity
survivesIn elements of Armenian liturgy
elements of Georgian liturgy
elements of West Syriac Holy Week rites
timePeriod 4th century
5th century
6th century
typeOf Byzantine Rite
surface form: Eastern Christian liturgical heritage
usedBy Armenian Quarter
surface form: Armenian Christians in Jerusalem

Georgian monks in Palestine
Greek-speaking Christians in Palestine
Syriac-speaking Christians in Palestine

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Armenian Rite influencedBy Jerusalem liturgical tradition