Eastern Rite may refer to:
- East Syrian Rite, Christian liturgy, also known as the Assyro-Chaldean Rite, Assyrian Rite (a.k.a. Syriac), or Persian Rite
- Maronites, a Christian church based in Lebanon as well have members in Israel, Jordan, Syria and Turkey
- Copts, members of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria based in Egypt
- Rites of Eastern Catholic Churches, term which can refer either to the churches themselves, or the liturgical rites
- Eastern Orthodox Church, the second largest Christian communion in the world
- Byzantine Rite, liturgical rite used in Eastern Orthodox churches
- Liturgical ceremonies used in Eastern Christianity
Famous quotes containing the words eastern and/or rite:
“Midway the lake we took on board two manly-looking middle-aged men.... I talked with one of them, telling him that I had come all this distance partly to see where the white pine, the Eastern stuff of which our houses are built, grew, but that on this and a previous excursion into another part of Maine I had found it a scarce tree; and I asked him where I must look for it. With a smile, he answered that he could hardly tell me.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books.”
—George Gurdjieff (c. 1877–1949)