Home›Devotional Rituals›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups rituals by the religious tradition that prescribes them. Wikipedia notes that rituals "may be prescribed by tradition, including religious practices, and are often characterized by formalism, traditionalism, rule-governance, and performance." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every ritual belonging to one faith together, rather than finding them scattered by kind.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites whose purpose is the honouring of a deity, ancestor or holy figure - offering, praise, procession, service - performed by a congregation or by an officiant on its behalf. The grouping cuts across traditions with very different accounts of what the act does, from a sacrament held to convey grace to a meal shared with the dead. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1Learn MoreThe devotional rituals This group holds devotional rituals, the formal, repeated acts of worship and reverence directed toward the divine: liturgies, offerings, processions and the regular rites of the temple, church, mosque or home. Where devotional practices are the ongoing habit of piety, these are its structured ceremonial forms. The browser will find devotional rituals from various traditions. The entries describe each rite's order, purpose and setting, noting the tradition that performs it.TraditionFilter Results38 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll278,000 (1)368,000 (1)1,500,000 (2)3,500,000 (1)95,000,000 (1)110,000,000 (1)260,000,000 (1)1,406,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll278,000 (1)368,000 (1)1,200,000 (1)1,500,000 (2)2,500,000 (1)78,000,000 (1)80,000,000 (1)220,000,000 (1)1,406,000,000 (1)Bankruptcy FilingsAll28 (1)Basis of the Education Facility CountAllThe Body's Own Published Statistics (1)Basis of the Health Facility CountAllThe Body's Own Published Statistics (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (22)Independent Survey (11)National Census (9)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (9)Basis of the Wealth FigureAllAudited Annual Report (6)Court-Documented Inventory (1)Journalistic or Scholarly Estimate (5)The Body's Own Published Statistics (3)Calendar SystemAllJulian (Old Calendar) (2)Church FamilyAllAnglican (5)Eastern Orthodox (10)Evangelical (1)Lutheran (3)Methodist (8)Oriental Orthodox (5)Restorationist (1)Roman Catholic (1)Date of SeparationAll2022 (1)2019-2023 (1)Date of Separation End YearAll451 (2)680 (1)1204 (2)1207 (1)1271 (1)1555 (1)1571 (1)1795 (1)1850 (1)1908 (1)1925 (1)2019 (1)Date of Separation Start YearAll451 (4)632 (1)1054 (3)1175 (1)1253 (1)1346 (1)1448 (1)1521 (1)1534 (2)1784 (1)1787 (1)1796 (1)1804 (1)1811 (1)1833 (1)1843 (1)1858 (1)1870 (1)1885 (1)1895 (1)1993 (1)2018 (1)Defining Doctrinal PositionAllAffirms the Filioque: the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son (1)Awakening by tantric means (Vajrayana) (1)Awakening by the Buddha's power (tariki), not one's own (1)Belief may be concealed where disclosure would bring harm (taqiyya) (1)Buddhahood realised in this very body and lifetime (1)Chalcedonian: two natures in the one person of Christ (Chalcedon, 451) (4)Chalcedonian: two natures in the one person of Christ (Chalcedon, 451) (15)In the Imam's absence a qualified jurist holds his political authority (1)In the Imam's absence the jurist guides and judges but does not rule (1)Miaphysite: one incarnate nature of the Word, divine and human united (2)Miaphysite: one incarnate nature of the Word, divine and human united (3)One vehicle: every teaching leads to a single buddhahood (1)Rejects the Filioque: the Spirit proceeds from the Father (1)Rejects the Filioque: the Spirit proceeds from the Father (9)Restorationist: holds the apostolic church to have been lost and restored (1)Succession by divine designation in the Prophet's family (1)The Imams are protected from sin and from error (ismah) (1)The Lotus Sutra alone as the complete teaching (1)The present age is too degenerate for the older disciplines (mappo) (2)Trinitarian: one God in three persons (13)Trinitarian: one God in three persons (10)Universal liberation by the path of the bodhisattva (1)Documented Accused CountAll5 (1)19 (1)21 (1)237 (1)390 (1)800 (1)1670 (1)1880 (1)2900 (1)4392 (1)Education Facility Count As OfAll2023-12-31 (1)GovernanceAllA federation of autonomous member organisations (3)A head temple over affiliated branch temples (2)Authority in living jurists whom the laity choose to emulate (1)Authority in recognised reincarnate lineages (1)Authority through monastic ordination lineage and its seats (1)Connexional: congregations bound in a conference with itinerant ministry (8)Delegated representation from congregations up to a general conference (1)Episcopal: governed by bishops (11)No central authority (1)Self-governing churches under patriarchs, deciding in synod (14)Synodal: governed by synods of clergy and lay delegates (3)Universal primacy of a single bishop (1)Health Facility Count As OfAll2023-12-31 (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (5)Customary Norm (9)Obligation to Support, No Set Rate (2)Preached Expectation, Not Enforced (6)Liturgical LanguageAllChurch Slavonic (4)Classical Arabic (2)Classical Armenian (Grabar) (2)Classical Chinese (read in Sino-Japanese where used in Japan) (2)Classical Syriac (1)Classical Tibetan (1)Coptic (2)Geez (3)Georgian (1)Greek (liturgical) (5)Latin (1)Sanskrit (1)The vernacular (22)Membership Figure As OfAll1868-01-01 (1)1876-01-01 (1)1910-01-01 (1)1912-01-01 (1)1923-01-01 (1)1924-01-01 (1)1951-05-03 (1)1957-12-01 (1)1958-01-01 (1)1968-01-01 (2)1970-01-01 (1)1972-01-01 (1)1988-12-31 (1)1991-01-01 (1)1996-01-01 (1)2002-01-01 (1)2006-01-01 (1)2007-01-01 (2)2008-01-01 (2)2009-01-01 (2)2010-01-01 (4)2011-01-01 (6)2013-01-01 (1)2014-01-01 (4)2015-01-01 (4)2016-01-01 (4)2016-12-31 (1)2017-10-30 (1)2017-11-08 (1)2018-01-01 (4)2019-01-01 (3)2020-01-01 (2)2021-01-01 (4)2021-03-21 (1)2022-01-01 (9)2022-12-31 (1)2023-01-01 (2)2023-04-29 (1)2023-07-01 (1)2023-08-08 (1)2023-12-31 (1)2024-01-01 (3)2024-03-01 (1)2024-12-31 (2)2025-01-01 (3)2026-02-01 (1)2026-08-14 (1)2026-08-16 (1)OrdinationAllCelibacy required of the ordained (2)Conferred by a teacher's certification of learning (1)Married clergy permitted (18)No ordination; authority rests on learning or on the whole body (1)Open to women and men (15)Ordination is into a monastic order, not to a congregation (3)Restricted to men (15)The full female ordination lineage is held lapsed; revival contested (2)Varies between provinces or member bodies (3)Origin Period End YearAll52 (1)301 (1)337 (1)340 (2)431 (1)451 (2)800 (1)941 (1)988 (1)1100 (1)1175 (1)1204 (1)1219 (1)1253 (1)1448 (1)1527 (1)1530 (1)1559 (1)1571 (1)1784 (1)1789 (1)1816 (1)1821 (1)1832 (1)1850 (1)1860 (1)1867 (1)1870 (1)1908 (1)1968 (2)1988 (1)2022 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll30 (3)42 (1)49 (1)295 (1)320 (2)326 (1)400 (1)431 (1)600 (1)632 (1)988 (2)1219 (1)1253 (1)1517 (1)1527 (1)1534 (3)1738 (1)1787 (1)1789 (1)1796 (1)1801 (1)1850 (1)1860 (1)1870 (1)1895 (1)1968 (2)1988 (1)2022 (1)Position on JustificationAllFaith Alone (2)No Communion Wide Standard (1)Position on MarriageAllMarriage is held to be a lifelong, monogamous, indissoluble union; remarriage after divorce is not sanctioned while a spouse lives (1)Marriage is held to be monogamous, with remarriage after divorce sanctioned under specified conditions (4)Marriage may licitly be polygynous (1)No single uniform teaching on marriage's terms holds across the body (1)Position on PredestinationAllElection Affirmed Reprobation Unstated (1)Single Predestination (1)Unsettled (1)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex marriage is performed and LGBT clergy are ordained on equal terms with heterosexual clergy (5)Same-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (2)Same-sex sexual relationships are held contrary to teaching; LGBT individuals are welcomed as members but not ordained, and same-sex unions are not blessed (12)Same-sex unions may be blessed, but ordination is not extended to partnered LGBT clergy (1)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (3)Position on the EucharistAllNo Communion Wide Definition (1)Sacramental Union (1)Spiritual Reception by Faith (1)Position on UsuryAllInterest is permitted but bound by ethical constraints against exploiting the poor (1)Principle of WorshipAllNormative (3)Relation to the StateAllDisestablished (5)Established (3)No Establishment (12)Privileged Never Established (5)Varies by Province (8)Rule Established or Last ChangedAll2000-01-01 (1)2007-11-28 (1)2010-10-24 (1)2019-01-01 (1)Sacraments RecognisedAllTwo (3)Settlement TotalAll500,000 (1)137,300,000 (1)1,500,000,000 (1)5,590,000,000 (1)Standard Rate ExpectedAllFive percent. (1)Ten percent. (4)Twenty percent. (1)Standing of Holy OrdersAllHistoric Episcopate (1)Historic Episcopate Locally Adapted (1)Historic Episcopate Received Not Required (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (38)Wealth Figure As Of YearAll2007 (1)2008 (1)2009 (1)2014 (1)2016 (1)2023 (1)2024 (8)2025 (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAfrican Methodist Episcopal ChurchTradition1 entryAfrican Methodist Episcopal Zion ChurchTradition1 entryAnglican CommunionTradition1 entryAnglicanismTradition1 entryArmenian Apostolic ChurchTradition1 entryChristian Methodist Episcopal ChurchTradition1 entryChurch of CyprusTradition1 entryChurch of EnglandTradition1 entryChurch of GreeceTradition1 entryChurch of IrelandTradition1 entryChurch of SwedenTradition1 entryChurch of the NazareneTradition1 entryCoptic OrthodoxyTradition1 entryDisciples of ChristTradition1 entryEastern OrthodoxyTradition1 entryEcumenical Patriarchate of ConstantinopleTradition1 entryThe Episcopal ChurchTradition1 entryEritrean Orthodox Tewahedo ChurchTradition1 entryEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo ChurchTradition1 entryEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaTradition1 entryFree Methodist ChurchTradition1 entryGeorgian Orthodox ChurchTradition1 entryGlobal Methodist ChurchTradition1 entryGreek Orthodox ChurchTradition1 entryLutheranismTradition1 entryMethodismTradition1 entryNichirenTradition1 entryOriental OrthodoxyTradition1 entryPure LandTradition1 entryRoman CatholicismTradition1 entryRomanian Orthodox ChurchTradition1 entryRussian Orthodox ChurchTradition1 entrySerbian Orthodox ChurchTradition1 entryShia (Twelver)Tradition1 entryUkrainian Orthodox ChurchTradition1 entryThe United Methodist ChurchTradition1 entryVajrayanaTradition1 entryWesleyan ChurchTradition1 entrySources1. 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 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.