liturgy
Sign in to savethumb|Divine Liturgy as celebrated (along with the [[Eucharist) under the Byzantine Rite in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]] Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to and participation in the sacred through activities reflecting praise, thanksgiving, remembrance, supplication, or repentance. It forms a basis for establishing a relationship with God or the divine.
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Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship that a religious group performs together, involving activities like praise, thanksgiving, remembrance, supplication, or repentance. It matters because it provides a communal way for people to respond to and participate in the sacred, helping them establish a relationship with God or the divine.
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thumb|Divine Liturgy as celebrated (along with the [[Eucharist) under the Byzantine Rite in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]] Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to and participation in the sacred through activities reflecting praise, thanksgiving, remembrance, supplication, or repentance. It forms a basis for establishing a relationship with God or the divine.
Technically speaking, liturgy forms a subset of ritual. The word liturgy, sometimes equated in English as "service", refers to a formal ritual enacted by those who understand themselves to be participating in an action with the divine.thumb|Benedictine Monks praying the Liturgy of the Hours