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    Divine Liturgy (Greek: Θεία Λειτουργία, translit. Theia Leitourgia) or Holy Liturgy is the usual name used in most Eastern Christian rites for the Eucharistic...
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    understand themselves to be participating in an action with the divine. The word liturgy (/lɪtərdʒi/), derived from the technical term in ancient Greek...
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  • The Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom is the most celebrated divine liturgy in the Byzantine Rite. It is named after its core part, the anaphora attributed...
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    [citation needed] The Liturgy of Saint James is long, taking some hours to complete in full. The recitation of the Divine Liturgy is performed according...
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  • The Liturgy of Saint Basil or, more formally, the Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great (Coptic: Ϯⲁ̀ⲛⲁⲫⲟⲣⲁ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲡⲓⲁ̀ⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲟⲥ, Ti-anaphora ente pi-agios...
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    is made very frequently, e.g., more than a hundred times during the divine liturgy, and there is prominent veneration of icons, a general acceptance of...
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    Liturgy of the Hours (Latin: liturgia horarum) or divine office. In Lutheranism and Anglicanism, they are often known as the daily office or divine office...
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    that are sanctified (consecrated) in advance, hence its name; this Divine Liturgy has no anaphora (eucharistic prayer). The Presanctified is used on the...
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    Church).[citation needed] The Alexandrian rite's Divine Liturgy contains elements from the liturgies of Saints Mark the Evangelist (who is traditionally...
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    Christianity, including Eastern Catholic Churches, other terms such as Divine Liturgy, Holy Qurbana, Holy Qurobo and Badarak (or Patarag) are typically used...
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  • present, there are different liturgies available to Western Rite parishes: The Divine Liturgy of Saint Tikhon – this liturgy is currently used by some churches...
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    Trisagion (category Catholic liturgy)
    called by its opening line Agios O Theos, is a standard hymn of the Divine Liturgy in most of the Eastern Orthodox, Western Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox...
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    Epistle (redirect from Epistle (liturgy))
    The Epistle is chanted by the reader, though at a Hierarchical Liturgy (a Divine Liturgy celebrated by a bishop), it is read by a deacon. The one who chants...
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    come to mean specifically the bread offered at the Eucharist during Divine Liturgy. A prosphoron is made from only four ingredients, wheat flour (white)...
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    The Liturgy of the Hours (Latin: Liturgia Horarum), Divine Office (Latin: Officium Divinum), or Opus Dei ("Work of God") are a set of Catholic prayers...
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    Cherubic Hymn for the Offertory of the Divine Liturgy of St James; it probably antedates the rest of the liturgy and goes back at least to AD 275, with...
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  • ended." The Eastern Orthodox Church (Byzantine Rite) uses the term "Divine Liturgy" to denote the Eucharistic service. and some Oriental Orthodox churches...
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    Coptic Rite (category Eastern Christian liturgies)
    commemorates the Passion of Christ. Terce and Sext are prayed before each Divine Liturgy. None (3 p.m.) commemorates the death of Christ on the Cross. This hour...
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    using the newly blessed vessel in that Liturgy. Up until the first time a diskos is used in the Divine Liturgy it is considered to be an ordinary vessel...
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    fresh and not stale or moldy when presented at the altar for use in the Divine Liturgy. Often several prosphora will be baked and offered by the faithful,...
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    the Latin Church, while the various Eastern Catholic liturgies use terms such as Divine Liturgy, Holy Qurbana, and Badarak, in accordance with each one's...
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    The Liturgy of Addai and Mari (or the Holy Qurbana of Mar Addai and Mar Mari) is the Eucharistic liturgy belonging to the East Syriac Rite and was historically...
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    are named for the lesson from the Gospel which will be read at the Divine Liturgy on its concluding Sunday. This is to illustrate that the entire season...
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    Epiphanius celebrated the Divine Liturgy in Saint Sophia's Cathedral, where the Tomos of autocephaly was exposed during the liturgy. The Tomos was then put...
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  • Look up liturgy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Liturgy is a Christian term with several meanings: Christian liturgy Divine Liturgy Liturgy may also...
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    the Jacobite Rite. The major Anaphora of both the traditions is the Divine Liturgy of Saint James in Syriac language. The Churches are primarily based...
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    Roman worship of his day. His contributions to the development of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, still in use in the Byzantine Rite, were...
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    worship, and the latter most essentially through baptism and in the Divine Liturgy. The lines of even this test can blur, however, when differences that...
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    Armenian Rite (category Eastern Christian liturgies)
    identified as a blending of the Liturgy of Saint James and Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom. Celebration of the Divine Liturgy is generally reserved to only...
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    these liturgies as they existed from the papacy of John Paul II to present. The Anglican Use was originally "the liturgy of The Book of Divine Worship...
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