It has more anaphoras than any other rite. The church belongs to the group of Eastern Rite Catholic churches and uses the Armenian Rite and the Armenian language in its liturgy.The Armenian Rite is also used by both the Armenian Apostolic Church and by a significant number of Eastern Catholic Christians in the Republic of Georgia. Armenia thus became the first nation to adopt Christianity as its official religion. They also use unleavened bread for the Eucharist, which has been their historic practice.

It became the standard anaphora of the Armenian church before the end of the 10th century and is a translation of the Greek version. The Alexandrian Rite is the liturgical rite used by the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, as well as by the three corresponding Eastern Catholic Churches. The Liturgy of Saint Basil or, more formally, the Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great, is a term for several Eastern Christian celebrations of the Divine Liturgy (Eucharist), or at least several anaphoras, which are named after Basil of Caesarea. However, the use of the term "saint" depends on the context and denomination. Philip Brizard President of Œuvre D'Orient of France in Mesrobian, 05 Nov, 2008 | Conversation with His Excellency Nshan Karakeheyan, 03 Nov, 2008 | Synod's Concluding Statement, 29 Oct, 2008 | The 10th Anniversary of the Council or the Armenian Community in Rome, 28 Oct, 2008 | His Excellency Msgr. But all the various liturgical rites are one and in union with Rome. It is currently in regular use, even if in different versions, in the Assyrian Church of the East of Iraq, the Ancient Church of the East of Iraq, the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church of India, and the Chaldean Catholic Church of Iraq. The term Mass is commonly used in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, as well as in some Lutheran, Methodist, Western Rite Orthodox, and Old Catholic churches. This includes various Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches. The Armenian rite and the Armenian adoration were organized such a bunch, being picked by Syriac and Greek churches inheritance which existed before us and being used by us temporarily. In Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Oriental Orthodox, and Lutheran doctrine, all of their faithful deceased in Heaven are considered to be saints, but some are considered worthy of greater honor or emulation; official ecclesiastical recognition, and consequently veneration, is given to some saints through the process of canonization in the Catholic Church or glorification in the Eastern Orthodox Church. They are united with one another and with the Latin or Roman Church. All Rights Reserved. Athanasius of Alexandria, also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor or, primarily in the Coptic Orthodox Church, Athanasius the Apostolic, was the 20th bishop of Alexandria. The Oriental Orthodox Churches are a group of Christian churches adhering to miaphysite Christology and theology, and together have 60 to 70 million members worldwide. They also use unleavened bread for the Eucharist, which has been their historic practice.[1]. The Armenian Rite is an independent liturgy used by both the Armenian Apostolic and Armenian Catholic Churches. The Holy Qurbana or Holy Qurbono, refers to the Eucharist as celebrated in Syriac Christianity. Churches of the Armenian rite have a curtain concealing the priest and the altar from the people during parts of the liturgy, an influence from early apostolic times. A liturgical book, or service book, is a book published by the authority of a church body that contains the text and directions for the liturgy of its official religious services. The Armenians are the only liturgical tradition using wine without added water. The Memorial Acclamation is an acclamation sung or recited by the people after the institution narrative of the Eucharist. Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://www.svots.edu/content/beyond-dialogue-quest-eastern-and-oriental-orthodox-unity-today, Armenian rite Written by: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, The Armenian Rite by armeniancatholic.org, International Alliance of Catholic Knights. A particular church (Latin: ecclesia particularis) is an ecclesiastical community of faithful headed by a bishop (or equivalent), as defined by Catholic canon law and ecclesiology.A liturgical rite depends on the particular church the bishop (or equivalent) belongs to. According to the New Testament, the rite was instituted by Jesus Christ during the Last Supper; giving his disciples bread and wine during the Passover meal, Jesus commanded his followers to "do this in memory of me" while referring to the bread as "my body" and the cup of wine as "the new covenant in my blood". In western Christian traditions which have a comparable rite, the Anaphora is more often called the Roman Canon in the Latin liturgy, or the Eucharistic Prayer for the three additional modern anaphoras. Full communion constitutes mutual sacramental sharing between the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Latin Church, including Eucharistic intercommunion.