Home›Devotional Practices›Solitary or Communal›Performed by an officiant for a recipientBrowse ByPerformed by an officiant for a recipientThis page groups practices by whether they are carried out alone or with others. Wikipedia distinguishes "communal rites, whether of worship, where a community comes together to worship" from "rites of personal devotion, where an individual worships, including prayer and pilgrimages." Browsing this way lets a visitor separate a group ceremony from a practice one person performs alone.FactsLearn MorePerformed by an officiant for a recipientSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe sustained acts by which adherents attend to a deity, ancestor or holy figure - prayer at fixed hours, recitation and chant, offerings at a shrine or home altar, veneration of saints and images, pilgrimage. It is the widest and loosest of these groupings and holds acts that are obligatory in one tradition and freely optional in another. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedPractices 1ComparisonPrimary Academic DisciplineWell-attestedComparative Religion 3Learn MoreThe Devotional Practices This group gathers devotional practices, the acts by which the faithful express love, reverence and dependence toward the divine: prayer, worship, praise, offering, the reciting of names and the observance of daily and seasonal devotion. It is the largest practice grouping in the atlas, reflecting how central devotion is to religious life. The browser will find devotional practices from across the world's traditions. The entries describe each practice's form, purpose and setting, noting the tradition to which it belongs and how it is performed.Performed by an officiant for a recipientFilter Results15 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-1000 (1)-195 (1)142 (1)610 (1)700 (1)1195 (1)1870 (1)TraditionAllAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church (2)African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (2)Aladura (1)Anglican Communion (2)Anglicanism (2)Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (2)Christian Science (1)Church of Cyprus (1)Church of England (2)Church of Greece (1)Church of Ireland (2)Church of Sweden (2)Church of the Nazarene (2)Eastern Orthodoxy (2)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (1)Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (2)Free Methodist Church (2)Georgian Orthodox Church (1)Global Methodist Church (2)Greek Orthodox Church (1)Irani Zoroastrianism (1)Lutheranism (2)Methodism (2)Moravian Church (1)Parsi Zoroastrianism (1)Pentecostalism (1)Roman Catholicism (3)Romanian Orthodox Church (1)Russian Orthodox Church (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (1)The Episcopal Church (2)The United Methodist Church (2)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (1)Wesleyan Church (2)Zhengyi (Orthodox Unity) (1)Zion Christian Church (1)Category of PracticeAllDevotional (2)Who Performs ItAllAll adherents of the tradition (2)Clergy or ordained officiants (10)Trained or authorised specialists (3)Practice StatusAllHistorical; not practised continuously (3)Living tradition, practised today (11)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (14)Used, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed (1)CadenceAllAs the occasion requires (2)Continuous: a standing discipline, not an event (3)Daily (1)Once, or at a turning point in a life (1)Seasonal, at set points in the year (2)Weekly (1)ObligationAllObligatory on those who meet its conditions (1)Recommended and meritorious, not required (1)In GroupAllAncient and Historical Religious Practices (3)Christian Devotional Practices (3)East Asian Devotional Practices (3)Indigenous and Folk Devotional Practices (1)Islamic Devotional Practices (1)Zoroastrian Devotional Practices (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 15BadhaiPerformed by an officiant for a recipientBlessingPerformed by an officiant for a recipientConsecrationPerformed by an officiant for a recipientDaily Temple Ritual (Cult Image Service)Performed by an officiant for a recipientDivine healingPerformed by an officiant for a recipientHetep Di Nesu (Offering Formula Recitation)Performed by an officiant for a recipientHifzPerformed by an officiant for a recipientIntinctionPerformed by an officiant for a recipientLiturgical ColorsPerformed by an officiant for a recipientNorito recitationPerformed by an officiant for a recipientRoman Imperial CultPerformed by an officiant for a recipientSermonPerformed by an officiant for a recipientShidianPerformed by an officiant for a recipientTalismanic and exorcistic ritualPerformed by an officiant for a recipientTending the sacred firePerformed by an officiant for a recipientSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. Worship and Devotional LifeView the Source3. Wikipedia: Comparative religiontier 2WikipediaComparative religion, opening definitionQuote, Comparative religion, opening definitionComparative religion is the branch of religious studies that systematically compares the doctrines, practices, themes and impacts (including migration) of the worlds religions.View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.