Home›Lifecycle Rituals›Frequency›As the occasion requiresBrowse ByAs the occasion requiresThis page groups rituals by how often they are performed, from a once-in-a-lifetime rite to one repeated on a fixed cycle. Wikipedia notes that "calendrical rituals give social meaning to the passage of time, creating repetitive weekly, monthly or yearly cycles." Browsing by frequency lets a visitor tell an annual festival apart from a rite performed only once in a person's life.FactsLearn MoreAs the occasion requiresSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOriginsWhose Classification This IsWell-attestedThe category is van Gennep's: Les rites de passage (1909) proposed that such rites everywhere follow a three-stage pattern of separation, liminality and incorporation, and Victor Turner's 1969 work on liminality made the middle stage the centre of the frame. It is a scholars' scheme, not a traditions' one. 2OverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites marking a passage in an individual life - birth and naming, coming of age, marriage, ordination, death. Nearly every tradition marks some of these, but not the same set, and which passages are marked by religious rite rather than by civil custom differs by tradition and by period. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2Learn MoreThe lifecycle rituals This group gathers lifecycle rituals, the rites that mark the great transitions of a human life: birth and naming, coming of age, marriage, and other passages by which a person moves from one status to the next. Such rites of passage are found in every religious tradition and are among the most universal features of religious life. The browser will find lifecycle rituals from across the world's traditions. The entries describe each rite's form, meaning and setting, noting the tradition to which it belongs and the transition it marks.As the occasion requiresFilter Results3 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll50 (1)Life Stage MarkedAllBirth and the newborn (1)ObligationAllRecommended and meritorious, not required (2)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (3)Social FormAllPerformed by a gathered group (1)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (2)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)PractitionerAllClergy or ordained officiants (1)Officiant Led (1)Trained or authorised specialists (1)Native To RegionAllMesopotamia (1)TraditionAllAnglican Communion (1)Anglicanism (1)Armenian Apostolic Church (1)Church of Cyprus (1)Church of England (1)Church of Greece (1)Church of Ireland (1)Coptic Orthodoxy (1)Eastern Orthodoxy (1)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (1)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1)Georgian Orthodox Church (1)Greek Orthodox Church (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (1)Roman Catholicism (1)Romanian Orthodox Church (1)Russian Orthodox Church (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (1)The Episcopal Church (1)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (1)Originated InAllMesopotamia (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 3Anointing of the SickAs the occasion requiresApotropaic Birth Rites Against LamashtuAs the occasion requiresBaci CeremonyAs the occasion requiresSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensionstier 1Catherine Bell, Oxford University Press, 1997Basic Genres of Ritual ActionView 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.