Home›Liturgical 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.FactsTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1TraditionFilter Results53 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll225,776 (1)368,000 (1)1,500,000 (3)3,500,000 (2)17,887,212 (1)95,000,000 (1)100,000,000 (1)110,000,000 (1)260,000,000 (1)1,406,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll225,776 (1)368,000 (1)1,200,000 (1)1,500,000 (3)2,500,000 (1)3,500,000 (1)17,887,212 (1)53,871,526 (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 (2)Basis of the Health Facility CountAllThe Body's Own Published Statistics (1)Basis of the Humanitarian Aid FigureAllThe Body's Own Published Statistics (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (27)Independent Survey (17)National Census (11)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (20)Basis of the Wealth FigureAllAudited Annual Report (6)Court-Documented Inventory (1)Journalistic or Scholarly Estimate (6)Regulator Filing (4)The Body's Own Published Statistics (3)Calendar SystemAllJulian (Old Calendar) (2)Church FamilyAllAnglican (5)Baptist (3)Church of the East (1)Eastern Catholic (2)Eastern Orthodox (10)Evangelical (1)Latter Day Saint (1)Lutheran (3)Methodist (8)Oriental Orthodox (5)Reformed (4)Roman Catholic (1)Date of SeparationAll2022 (1)2019-2023 (1)Date of Separation End YearAll451 (2)1204 (2)1555 (2)1560 (1)1566 (1)1571 (1)1612 (1)1653 (1)1795 (1)1815 (1)1830 (1)1850 (1)1876 (1)1908 (1)1925 (1)2019 (1)Date of Separation Start YearAll451 (4)1054 (3)1346 (1)1448 (1)1517 (1)1521 (1)1534 (2)1536 (1)1560 (1)1599 (1)1609 (1)1666 (1)1736 (1)1772 (1)1784 (1)1787 (1)1796 (1)1810 (1)1811 (1)1830 (1)1833 (1)1843 (1)1858 (1)1870 (1)1885 (1)1895 (1)1915 (1)1961 (1)1993 (1)2018 (1)Defining Doctrinal PositionAllAffirms the Filioque: the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son (1)Chalcedonian: two natures in the one person of Christ (Chalcedon, 451) (5)Chalcedonian: two natures in the one person of Christ (Chalcedon, 451) (20)Halakha binding and not subject to historical revision (2)Halakha binding, with secular education, work and civic participation affirmed rather than merely tolerated (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)Non-trinitarian: the Nicene doctrine of the Trinity is not held (1)Rejects the Filioque: the Spirit proceeds from the Father (1)Rejects the Filioque: the Spirit proceeds from the Father (10)Restorationist: holds the apostolic church to have been lost and restored (1)Strict dyophysite: two distinct natures held in two qnome (concrete hypostases), not Chalcedon's two natures in one hypostasis (1)The tzaddik or rebbe as spiritual intermediary and head of the community (2)The tzaddik or rebbe as spiritual intermediary and head of the community (2)Trinitarian: one God in three persons (19)Trinitarian: one God in three persons (14)Documented Accused CountAll1 (1)5 (1)6 (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)2026-03-29 (1)GovernanceAllA federation of autonomous member organisations (2)A single central governing body over the whole movement (2)Authority in trained scholars, with no central office (2)Autonomous local bodies under a national umbrella association (2)Congregational: each congregation self-governing (2)Connexional: congregations bound in a conference with itinerant ministry (8)Delegated representation from congregations up to a general conference (1)Episcopal: governed by bishops (13)No central authority (7)Presbyterian: governed by elders in graded courts (4)Self-governing churches under patriarchs, deciding in synod (16)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 (6)Codified Obligation, Ruled Unenforceable (1)Customary Norm (9)Obligation to Support, No Set Rate (3)Preached Expectation, Not Enforced (8)Humanitarian Aid Figure As OfAll2025-12-31 (1)Liturgical LanguageAllAramaic (3)Church Slavonic (6)Classical Arabic (1)Classical Armenian (Grabar) (2)Classical Syriac (4)Coptic (2)Geez (3)Georgian (1)Greek (liturgical) (5)Hebrew (6)Latin (1)The vernacular (29)Membership Figure As OfAll1629-01-01 (1)1868-01-01 (1)1876-01-01 (1)1910-01-01 (1)1912-01-01 (2)1917-01-01 (1)1923-01-01 (1)1924-01-01 (1)1939-01-01 (1)1968-01-01 (2)1970-01-01 (2)1971-12-31 (1)1972-01-01 (1)1988-12-31 (1)1991-01-01 (1)1996-01-01 (1)2000-04-01 (1)2000-12-31 (1)2002-01-01 (1)2003-01-01 (1)2004-01-01 (1)2005-01-01 (1)2006-01-01 (3)2007-01-01 (2)2008-01-01 (2)2009-01-01 (1)2010-01-01 (6)2011-01-01 (6)2013-01-01 (4)2014-01-01 (4)2015-01-01 (4)2016-01-01 (4)2016-12-31 (1)2017-01-01 (2)2017-10-30 (1)2017-11-08 (1)2018-01-01 (5)2019-01-01 (3)2020-01-01 (6)2021-01-01 (3)2021-03-21 (1)2021-05-11 (1)2021-05-12 (1)2021-12-31 (1)2022-01-01 (12)2022-05-03 (1)2022-12-31 (2)2023-01-01 (2)2023-04-29 (1)2023-07-01 (1)2023-08-08 (1)2023-12-31 (1)2024-01-01 (4)2024-03-01 (1)2024-12-31 (3)2025-01-01 (5)2026-02-01 (1)2026-08-14 (2)2026-08-16 (1)OrdinationAllAn unpaid lay ministry rather than a professional clergy (1)Celibacy required of the ordained (2)Married clergy permitted (21)No successor by deliberate choice (1)Office passes by descent (2)Open to women and men (16)Restricted to men (22)The full female ordination lineage is held lapsed; revival contested (1)Varies between provinces or member bodies (9)Origin Period End YearAll52 (1)301 (1)337 (1)340 (2)410 (1)431 (1)451 (2)600 (1)988 (1)1100 (1)1204 (1)1219 (1)1448 (1)1527 (1)1530 (1)1555 (1)1559 (2)1560 (1)1571 (2)1592 (1)1596 (1)1612 (1)1667 (1)1772 (1)1784 (1)1789 (1)1797 (1)1810 (1)1816 (1)1821 (1)1830 (1)1850 (2)1860 (1)1867 (1)1870 (1)1908 (1)1915 (1)1961 (1)1968 (2)1988 (1)2022 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll30 (3)42 (1)49 (1)52 (1)295 (1)320 (2)326 (1)390 (1)431 (1)988 (2)1219 (1)1517 (2)1527 (1)1534 (3)1536 (1)1560 (2)1571 (1)1596 (1)1609 (1)1652 (1)1738 (1)1740 (1)1775 (1)1787 (1)1789 (1)1796 (1)1800 (2)1802 (1)1820 (1)1850 (1)1860 (1)1870 (1)1880 (1)1895 (1)1961 (1)1968 (2)1988 (1)2022 (1)Position on JustificationAllFaith Alone (3)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 (2)Marriage is held to be monogamous, with remarriage after divorce sanctioned under specified conditions (6)No single uniform teaching on marriage's terms holds across the body (1)Position on PredestinationAllDouble Predestination (1)Election 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 (18)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 (5)Position on the EucharistAllNo Communion Wide Definition (1)Sacramental Union (1)Spiritual Reception by Faith (2)Position on UsuryAllInterest is permitted but bound by ethical constraints against exploiting the poor (1)Principle of WorshipAllNormative (3)Regulative (1)Relation to the StateAllDisestablished (5)Established (3)No Establishment (15)Privileged Never Established (11)Varies by Province (11)Rule Established or Last ChangedAll1838-07-08 (1)2000-01-01 (1)2007-11-28 (1)2010-10-24 (1)2019-01-01 (1)Sacraments RecognisedAllTwo (4)Settlement TotalAll500,000 (1)995,000 (1)137,300,000 (1)1,500,000,000 (1)5,590,000,000 (1)Standard Rate ExpectedAllFive percent. (1)Ten percent. (6)Standing of Holy OrdersAllHistoric Episcopate (1)Historic Episcopate Locally Adapted (1)Historic Episcopate Received Not Required (1)Ministry by Lawful Call (1)Status TodayAllDissolved; the community wound itself up (1)Living tradition, practised today (52)Wealth Figure As Of YearAll1997 (1)2007 (1)2008 (1)2009 (1)2014 (1)2016 (2)2018 (1)2019 (1)2023 (1)2024 (8)2025 (3)2026 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAfrican Methodist Episcopal ChurchTradition4 entriesAfrican Methodist Episcopal Zion ChurchTradition4 entriesAnglican CommunionTradition5 entriesAnglicanismTradition4 entriesArmenian Apostolic ChurchTradition5 entriesAssyrian Church of the EastTradition2 entriesBaptistTradition1 entryBreslov HasidismTradition1 entryCalvinism (Reformed)Tradition2 entriesChabad-LubavitchTradition1 entryChristian Methodist Episcopal ChurchTradition4 entriesChurch of CyprusTradition8 entriesChurch of EnglandTradition4 entriesChurch of GreeceTradition8 entriesChurch of IrelandTradition4 entriesChurch of ScotlandTradition2 entriesChurch of SwedenTradition2 entriesChurch of the NazareneTradition4 entriesCoptic OrthodoxyTradition5 entriesDutch Reformed ChurchTradition2 entriesEastern OrthodoxyTradition8 entriesEcumenical Patriarchate of ConstantinopleTradition8 entriesThe Episcopal ChurchTradition4 entriesEritrean Orthodox Tewahedo ChurchTradition5 entriesEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo ChurchTradition5 entriesEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaTradition2 entriesFree Methodist ChurchTradition4 entriesGeorgian Orthodox ChurchTradition8 entriesGlobal Methodist ChurchTradition4 entriesGreek Orthodox ChurchTradition8 entriesHaredi JudaismTradition3 entriesHasidic JudaismTradition1 entryLatter-day Saints (Mormonism)Tradition1 entryLutheranismTradition2 entriesMaronite ChurchTradition3 entriesMethodismTradition4 entriesModern Orthodox JudaismTradition3 entriesNational Baptist Convention of AmericaTradition1 entryOld BelieversTradition1 entryOriental OrthodoxyTradition8 entriesOrthodox JudaismTradition3 entriesPresbyterianismTradition2 entriesProgressive National Baptist ConventionTradition1 entryProtestantismTradition1 entryRoman CatholicismTradition7 entriesRomanian Orthodox ChurchTradition8 entriesRussian Orthodox ChurchTradition8 entriesSaint Thomas ChristiansTradition2 entriesSerbian Orthodox ChurchTradition8 entriesUkrainian Greek Catholic ChurchTradition6 entriesUkrainian Orthodox ChurchTradition8 entriesThe United Methodist ChurchTradition4 entriesWesleyan ChurchTradition4 entriesSources1. 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