Eastern Rite or Eastern liturgical rite may refer to: * a

liturgical rite Christian liturgy is a pattern for worship used (whether recommended or prescribed) by a Christian congregation or denomination on a regular basis. The term liturgy comes from Greek and means "public work". The majority of Christian denominatio ...

used in Eastern Christianity: ** liturgical rites of the

Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Church, also called the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 220 million baptized members. It operates as a communion of autocephalous churches, each governed by its bishops vi ...

, which mainly use the Byzantine liturgical rites ** liturgical rites of the Oriental Orthodox Church, which uses a variety of liturgical rites ** Eastern Catholic liturgy, the assortment of liturgical practices utilized in Eastern Catholic bodies ** the Eastern Syriac Rite, an eastern variant of Syriac Rite, used by several different churches *

Eastern Catholic Churches The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous ('' sui iuris'') particular churches of t ...

, sometimes known as "Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches"

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