Home›Lifecycle Rituals›Practitioner›Clergy or ordained officiantsBrowse ByClergy or ordained officiantsThis page groups rituals by who is qualified to perform them. Wikipedia notes that "healing rites performed by shamans frequently identify social disorder as the cause, and make the restoration of social relationships the cure." Browsing by practitioner lets a visitor find every ritual entrusted to one particular kind of specialist.FactsLearn MoreClergy or ordained officiantsSourcesComments (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.Clergy or ordained officiantsFilter Results6 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll50 (1)150 (1)600 (1)FrequencyAllAs the occasion requires (1)Once, or at a turning point in a life (5)Closed Practice StatusAllClosed ceremonial knowledge, described but not reproduced (1)Life Stage MarkedAllBirth and the newborn (1)Entry into the community or the order (1)Marriage (1)Naming of a child (2)ObligationAllObligatory (1)Optional and voluntary (1)Recommended and meritorious, not required (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (6)Social FormAllPerformed by an officiant for a recipient (4)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (4)Native To RegionAllAncient Rome (1)Byzantine Empire (1)United States (1)TraditionAllAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church (1)African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (1)Anglican Communion (3)Anglicanism (3)Armenian Apostolic Church (2)Assyrian Church of the East (1)Calvinism (Reformed) (1)Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (1)Church of Cyprus (3)Church of England (3)Church of Greece (3)Church of Ireland (3)Church of Scotland (1)Church of Sweden (2)Church of the Nazarene (1)Coptic Orthodoxy (2)Dutch Reformed Church (1)Eastern Orthodoxy (3)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (3)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (2)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (2)Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (2)Free Methodist Church (1)Georgian Orthodox Church (3)Global Methodist Church (1)Greek Orthodox Church (3)Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) (2)Lutheranism (2)Maronite Church (1)Methodism (1)Moravian Church (1)Old Believers (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (2)Presbyterianism (1)Roman Catholicism (4)Romanian Orthodox Church (3)Russian Orthodox Church (3)Saint Thomas Christians (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (3)The Episcopal Church (3)The United Methodist Church (1)Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (1)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (3)Wesleyan Church (1)Originated InAllAncient Rome (1)Byzantine Empire (1)United States (1)Kind of ritualAllBirth and Naming Rites (3)Marriage Rites (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 6Anointing of the SickClergy or ordained officiantsChurching of WomenClergy or ordained officiantsHoly MatrimonyClergy or ordained officiantsInfant Baptism and ChristeningClergy or ordained officiantsNaming and Blessing of ChildrenClergy or ordained officiantsTemple SealingClergy or ordained officiantsSources1. 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.