Home›Liturgical Rituals›Oriental and Syriac Christian RitesGroupOriental and Syriac Christian RitesThe liturgical rites of the ancient churches of the East that are not Byzantine: the Armenian, Coptic and Ethiopian rites and the West Syriac and East Syriac rites. A ritual belongs here when its cited article describes a rite of an Oriental Orthodox or Syriac church. It excludes Byzantine and Western rites. Examples in the atlas include Armenian Rite, Coptic Rite, Ethiopian Rite and West Syriac Rite.Browse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Browse ByAll Oriental and Syriac Christian RitesOriental and Syriac Christian Rites4 entriesOriental and Syriac Christian RitesFilter Results4 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll200 (1)FrequencyAllDaily (4)ObligationAllObligatory (4)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (4)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (4)PractitionerAllClergy or ordained officiants (4)Native To RegionAllEgypt (1)Mesopotamia (1)TraditionAllArmenian Apostolic Church (1)Assyrian Church of the East (1)Coptic Orthodoxy (1)Maronite Church (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (3)Saint Thomas Christians (2)Originated InAllEgypt (1)Mesopotamia (1)Originates In LanguageAllClassical Armenian (1)Classical Syriac (2)Coptic (1)Kind of ritualAllOriental and Syriac Christian Rites (4)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 4Armenian RiteLiturgical Rituals4 linksCoptic RiteLiturgical Rituals7 linksEast Syriac RiteLiturgical Rituals6 linksWest Syriac RiteLiturgical Rituals5 linksSourcesArmenian Rite (Wikipedia)Has Member: Armenian Rite, Introduction, sentence 1Quote, Has Member: Armenian Rite, Introduction, sentence 1The Armenian Rite (Armenian: Հայկական պատարագ) is a liturgical rite used by both the Armenian Apostolic and the Armenian Catholic churches.View the SourceCoptic Rite (Wikipedia)Has Member: Coptic Rite, Introduction, sentence 1Quote, Has Member: Coptic Rite, Introduction, sentence 1The Coptic Rite is an Alexandrian liturgical rite.View the SourceEast Syriac Rite (Wikipedia)Has Member: East Syriac Rite, Introduction, sentence 1Quote, Has Member: East Syriac Rite, Introduction, sentence 1The 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 Liturgy of Saints Addai and Mari and utilizes the East Syriac dialect as its liturgical language.View the SourceWest Syriac Rite (Wikipedia)Has Member: West Syriac Rite, Introduction, sentence 1Quote, Has Member: West Syriac Rite, Introduction, sentence 1The West Syriac Rite, also called the Syriac-Antiochian Rite and the West Syrian Rite, is an Eastern Christian liturgical rite that employs the Divine Liturgy of Saint James in the West Syriac dialect.View the SourceComments (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.