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Eastern Lutheran
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Eastern Lutheranism.
Eastern Lutheranism (also known as Byzantine Lutheranism or Byzantine Rite Lutheranism) refers to Eastern ProtestantLutheran churches, such as those of Ukraine, that use a form of the Byzantine Rite as their liturgy. Eastern Lutheran worship is based on the Eastern Christian rite used by the Eastern Orthodox Church, while incorporating theology from the Divine Service contained in the Formula Missae, the base texts for Lutheran liturgies in the West.