Eastern Rite

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:

    “The more important the title, the more self-important the person, the greater the amount of time spent on the Eastern shuttle, the more suspicious the man and the less vitality in the organization.”
    —Jane O’Reilly, U.S. feminist and humorist. The Girl I Left Behind, ch. 5 (1980)

    “[T]he Congregational minister in a neighboring town definitely stated that ‘the same spirit which drove the herd of swine into the sea drove the Baptists into the water, and that they were hurried along by the devil until the rite was performed.’”
    —For the State of Vermont, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)