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Syriac Rite (other)
The term Syriac Rite or Syrian Rite may refer to: * West Syriac Rite, liturgical rite of the Syriac Orthodox Church, Malankar and the Syriac Catholic Church * East Syriac Rite, liturgical rite of the Assyrian Church of the East, Malabar Church and the Chaldean Catholic Church See also * Rite (other) * Syriac (other) * Syriac Christianity Syriac Christianity ( syr, ܡܫܝܚܝܘܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ / ''Mšiḥoyuṯo Suryoyto'' or ''Mšiḥāyūṯā Suryāytā'') is a distinctive branch of Eastern Christianity, whose formative theological writings and traditional liturgies are e ...
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West Syriac Rite
The West Syriac Rite, also called Syro-Antiochian Rite, is an Eastern Christian liturgical rite that employs the Divine Liturgy of Saint James in the West Syriac dialect. It is practised in the Maronite Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church, the Syriac Catholic Church and various Malankara Churches of India (see the section on usage below). It is one of two main liturgical rites of Syriac Christianity, the other being the East Syriac Rite. It originated in the ancient Patriarchate of Antioch. It has more anaphoras than any other rite. Many new texts translated from Greek were accepted among the Syriac Orthodox of Antioch. Those associated with Tagrit did not accept them. In essence it is the Tagrit tradition that was introduced into Kerala in the 18th and 19th centuries. Usage Versions of the West Syriac Rite are currently used by three groups of churches. * Oriental Orthodox Churches: ** Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch based in Syria. *** Jacobite Syrian ...
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Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, also known as the Malankara Syrian Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic ''sui iuris'' particular church in full communion with the worldwide Catholic Church possessing self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. It is one of the Major Archiepiscopal Church, major archiepiscopal churches of the Catholic Church. It is headed by Major Archbishop Baselios Cleemis, Baselios Cardinal Cleemis Maphrian, Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum, Major Archdiocese of Trivandrum based in Kerala, India. The Malankara Syrian Catholic Church traces its origins to the missions of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century.George Menachery (1973) The St. Thomas Christian Encyclopedia of India, Ed. George Menachery, B.N.K. Press, vol. 2, , Lib. Cong. Cat. Card. No. 73-905568; B.N.K. Press – (has some 70 lengthy articles by different experts on the origins, development, history, ...
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East Syriac Rite
The 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 the East Syriac dialect as its liturgical language. It is one of two main liturgical rites of Syriac Christianity, the other being the West Syriac Rite (Syro-Antiochene Rite). The East Syriac Rite originated in Edessa, Mesopotamia, and was historically used in the Church of the East, the largest branch of Christianity which operated primarily east of the Roman Empire, with pockets of adherents as far as South India, Central and Inner Asia and strongest in the Sasanian (Persian) Empire. The Church of the East traces its origins to the 1st century when Saint Thomas the Apostle and his disciples, Saint Addai and Saint Mari, brought the faith to ancient Mesopotamia, now modern Iraq, the eastern parts of S ...
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Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
lat, Ecclesia Syrorum-Malabarensium mal, മലബാറിലെ സുറിയാനി സഭ , native_name_lang=, image = St. Thomas' Cross (Chennai, St. Thomas Mount).jpg , caption = The Mar Thoma Nasrani Sliva or Saint Thomas christian cross, the symbol of the Syro-Malabar Church. , abbreviation=SMC, type = Self-governing church (''sui iuris'') , main_classification = Eastern Catholic , orientation = Eastern Christianity(Syriac Christianity) , scripture = , polity = Episcopal polity , governance=Holy Episcopal Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church, theology = East Syriac theology , leader_title = Pope , leader_name = Francis , leader_title1 = Major Archbishop , leader_name1 = George Alencherry , leader_title3 = Administration , leader_name3 = Major Archiepiscopal Curia , area = India and Nasrani Malayali diaspora , fou ...
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Rite (other)
Rite may refer to: * Ritual, an established ceremonious act * Rite of passage, a ceremonious act associated with social transition Religion * Rite (Christianity), a sacred ritual or liturgical tradition in various Christian denominations * Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites, within the Roman Catholic Church * Christian liturgy, traditional patterns of worship in Christianity * Li (Confucianism), rites in the Confucian ritual religion * Nusach (Jewish custom), rites of worship in Judaism * Sacrament, rites in Christianity including baptism, communion, and last rites * Samskara (rite of passage), rites of passage in Indic religions and cultures Arts, entertainment, and media * RITE Method, game usability criteria * ''Rite'' (album), a 1993 ambient album by Julian Cope and Donald Ross Skinner * ''Rites'' (album) a 1998 jazz album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek * ''The Rite'' (1969 film), a Swedish drama film * ''The Rite'' (2011 film), an American horror ...
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Syriac (other)
Syriac may refer to: * Syriac language, an ancient dialect of Middle Aramaic *Sureth, one of the modern dialects of Syriac spoken in the Nineveh Plains region * Syriac alphabet ** Syriac (Unicode block) ** Syriac Supplement * Neo-Aramaic languages also known as Syriac in most native vernaculars * Syriac Christianity, the churches using Syriac as their liturgical language ** West Syriac Rite, liturgical rite of the Maronite Syriac Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, and the Syriac Catholic Church ** East Syriac Rite, liturgical rite of the Syro Malabar Church, Chaldean Catholic Church, Assyrian Church of the East, and the Ancient Church of the East * Aramean people (Syriacs), an ancient Semitic-speaking people *Suriyani Malayalam Suriyani Malayalam (സുറിയാനി മലയാളം, ܣܘܪܝܢܝ ܡܠܝܠܡ), also known as Karshoni, Syro-Malabarica or Syriac Malayalam, is a dialect of Malayalam written in a variant form of the Syriac alphabet which was popular ..., dialec ...
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