The Byzantine Rite was adopted by the patriarchates of Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem during the middle ages. It was the rite of the ancient Byzantine Empire, and it displaced other eastern liturgies. It is characterized by grandeur, full ceremonial, and rich liturgical symbolism.

BYZANTINE RITE CATHOLICS. The Byzantine Rite Catholic Church resulted from efforts by the Roman Catholic Church to convert Eastern Orthodox Christians in the old Austro-Hungarian Empire during the 16th and 17th centuries. A new institution was preferable to direct absorption into Roman Catholicism, unacceptable to many from EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCHES

May 03, 2022 · A better way of thinking about the Byzantine Rite is that much of it was forged in an era of theological debate and controversy. It distinctively expresses the profundity and beauty of Christian theological truths, including through the use of apophatic language and lengthy praises of the Triune God in all His attributes.

Constantinople, THE RITE OF (Or BYZANTINE RITE), the Liturgies, Divine Office, forms for the administration of sacraments and for various blessings, sacramentals, and exorcisms, of the Church of Constantinople, which is now, after the Roman …

Short description: Liturgical rite of nearly all Eastern Orthodox and most Eastern Catholic churches An iconostasis separates the sanctuary from the nave in Byzantine Rite churches. Here is shown part of a six-row iconostasis at Uglich Cathedral. North Deacon's Door (left) and Holy Doors (right). Part of a series on the Eastern Orthodox Church

Answer: The Orthodox Church allowed liturgies in the vernacular. That is, the local lingo. So there's Church Slavonic, Greek, Romanian, Aramaic, Armenian, Georgian, Aleut and other Alaskan languages and even Turkish among the Gagauz in Bessarabia. The Roman Catholic Church only allowed vernacular...