Syriac Rite

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Christian liturgical rite Eastern Christian liturgical tradition

The Syriac Rite is an ancient Eastern Christian liturgical tradition rooted in the Syriac language and culture, used by several churches in the Middle East and India.

Aliases (14)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian liturgical rite → Eastern Christian liturgical tradition →
celebratesSacrament	Anointing of the Sick → Baptism → Chrismation → Eucharist → Holy Orders → Marriage → Penance →
developedFrom	Antiochene liturgical tradition →
hasCharacteristic	antiphonal psalmody → emphasis on poetic hymnography → use of Syriac chant → use of anaphora of Saint James in West Syriac tradition → use of anaphoras of Addai and Mari in East Syriac tradition →
hasCulturalRoot	Syriac culture →
hasHistoricalLanguageFamily	Aramaic languages →
hasHistoricalPeriod	Early Middle Ages → Late Antiquity →
hasLiturgicalBook	Euchologion → Fenqitho → Hudra →
hasLiturgicalCalendar	Syriac liturgical year →
hasMajorBranch	East Syriac Rite → West Syriac Rite →
hasPrimaryRegion	India → Levant → Mesopotamia → Middle East →
hasTheologicalOrientation	Dyophysite (East Syriac tradition) → Miaphysite (West Syriac tradition) →
influencedBy	Greek Christian liturgy → Jewish liturgical traditions →
isAssociatedWith	Saint Ephrem the Syrian → School of Edessa → Syriac Christianity →
isPartOf	Eastern Christianity →
isUsedBy	Ancient Church of the East → Assyrian Church of the East → Chaldean Catholic Church → Jacobite Syrian Christian Church → Malabar Independent Syrian Church → Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church → Maronite Church → Syriac Catholic Church → Syriac Orthodox Church → Syro-Malabar Catholic Church → Syro-Malankara Catholic Church →
usesLiturgicalLanguage	Syriac language →

Referenced by (34)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Eastern Catholic Churches ("Antiochian Rite") → Eastern Catholic Churches ("Chaldean Rite") → Eastern Catholic Churches ("East Syriac Rite") → Eastern Catholic Churches ("West Syriac Rite") →	hasLiturgicalTradition
Apostle Thomas ("Syriac Christianity") → Great Feast in Eastern Christianity → Great Feast in Eastern Christianity ("Chaldean Rite") →	associatedWith
Byzantine Rite ("Antiochene Rite") → Syriac Rite ("Antiochene liturgical tradition") →	developedFrom
Epiclesis ("West Syriac Rite") → Epiclesis ("East Syriac Rite") →	emphasizedIn
Paschal Divine Liturgy ("West Syriac Rite") → Paschal Divine Liturgy ("East Syriac Rite") →	followsRite
Syriac Rite ("West Syriac Rite") → Syriac Rite ("East Syriac Rite") →	hasMajorBranch
Christianity → Christianity ("East Syriac Rite") →	hasRiteOrTradition
Maronite Christianity ("West Syriac Rite") → Syriac Orthodox Church ("West Syriac liturgical tradition") →	liturgicalFamily
Maronite Christianity ("Maronite Rite") → Oriental Orthodoxy ("West Syriac Rite") →	liturgicalRite
Fenqitho ("Syriac Christian liturgy") → Syriac ("Syriac Christianity") →	usedIn
St. Isaac the Syrian ("Syriac Christianity") →	churchTradition
Jerusalem liturgical tradition ("West Syriac liturgy") →	influenced
Narsai ("Syriac liturgical tradition") →	influenceOn
Syriac Rite ("Syriac Christianity") →	isAssociatedWith
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church ("West Syriac Rite") →	liturgicalTradition
Assyrian Church of the East ("East Syriac Rite") →	liturgy
Syriac Orthodox Church ("West Syriac Rite") →	primaryLiturgy
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church ("Syro-Malankara Rite") →	primaryRiteName
East Syriac script ("Eastern Syriac Christian tradition") →	religiousContext
Syriac ("Syriac Christianity") →	religiousTradition
Saint George Maronite Cathedral ("West Syriac Rite") →	rite