Byzantine Rite

Also known as Melkite Rite, Constantinopolitan rite, Byzantine (Greek) liturgy, Greek liturgy, Byzantine liturgy, Greek rite

liturgical rite of most Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches

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Encyclopedic overview

An iconostasis separates the sanctuary from the nave in Byzantine Rite churches. Shown here is part of a six-row iconostasis at Uglich Cathedral. North Deacon's Door (left) and Holy Doors (right). An Orthodox priest in Argos, Greece, conducts a morning liturgy. Liturgical book readers can be seen.

The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Rite of Constantinople, is a liturgical rite that is identified with the wide range of cultural, devotional, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christian church of Constantinople.

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