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

liturgical rite Rites (), liturgical rites, and ritual families within Christian liturgy refer to the families of liturgies, rituals, prayers, and other practices historically connected to a place, denomination, or group. Rites often interact with one another, ...

used in

Eastern Christianity Eastern Christianity comprises Christianity, Christian traditions and Christian denomination, church families that originally developed during Classical antiquity, classical and late antiquity in the Eastern Mediterranean region or locations fu ...

: ** liturgical rites of the

Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is List of Christian denominations by number of members, one of the three major doctrinal and ...

, which mainly use the Byzantine liturgical rites ** liturgical rites of the

Oriental Orthodox Church The Oriental Orthodox Churches are Eastern Christian churches adhering to Miaphysite Christology, with approximately 50 million members worldwide. The Oriental Orthodox Churches adhere to the Nicene Christian tradition. Oriental Orthodoxy is ...

, which uses a variety of liturgical rites **

Eastern Catholic liturgy The Eastern Catholic Churches of the Catholic Church utilize Christian liturgy, liturgies originating in Eastern Christianity, distinguishing them from the majority of Catholic liturgy, Catholic liturgies which are celebrated according to the Lati ...

, the assortment of liturgical practices utilized in Eastern Catholic bodies ** the

Eastern Syriac Rite The East Syriac Rite, or East Syrian Rite (also called the Edessan Rite, Assyrian Rite, Persian Rite, Chaldean Rite, Nestorian Rite, Babylonian Rite or Syro-Oriental Rite), is an Eastern Christian liturgical rite that employs the Divine Liturg ...

, an eastern variant of Syriac Rite, used by several different churches *

Eastern Catholic Churches The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also known as the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous (''sui iuris'') particular churches of ...

, sometimes known as "Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches"

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