Divine Liturgy

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The Divine Liturgy is the central Eucharistic worship service of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, in which the faithful participate in the sacramental re-presentation of Christ’s saving work.

All labels observed (9)

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian liturgy ⓘ
Eucharistic liturgy ⓘ
worship service ⓘ
assistedBy altar servers ⓘ
deacon ⓘ
subdeacon ⓘ
associatedWith Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Greek Orthodox traditions ⓘ
Oriental Catholic Churches of Byzantine tradition ⓘ
Slavic Orthodox traditions ⓘ
calendarUse Sundays ⓘ
feast days ⓘ
great fasts and feasts ⓘ
celebratedBy bishop ⓘ
priest ⓘ
centralActOf Eastern Catholic worship ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox worship ⓘ
emphasizes continuity with apostolic tradition ⓘ
mystical union with Christ ⓘ
participation of the whole congregation ⓘ
hasCoreElement Eucharist ⓘ
linked to: Holy Eucharist

Holy Communion ⓘ
Liturgy of the Faithful ⓘ
Liturgy of the Word ⓘ
anaphora ⓘ
proclamation of the Gospel ⓘ
historicalRoot early Christian Eucharistic gatherings ⓘ
includes Lord’s Prayer ⓘ
chant ⓘ
creed ⓘ
epiclesis ⓘ
icon veneration ⓘ
incense ⓘ
processions ⓘ
languageTradition Arabic ⓘ
Church Slavonic ⓘ
English ⓘ
Georgian ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Romanian ⓘ
majorForm Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ⓘ
Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts ⓘ
purpose sanctification of the faithful ⓘ
thanksgiving to God ⓘ
worship of the Holy Trinity ⓘ
requires baptized faithful ⓘ
consecrated bread and wine ⓘ
theologyFocus participation in the heavenly liturgy ⓘ
real presence of Christ in the Eucharist ⓘ
sacramental re-presentation of Christ’s saving work ⓘ
usedIn Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ

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Referenced by (90)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coptic Christmas → includesRitual → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Eucharistic Prayer → usedIn → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Coptic Synaxarion → usedIn → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Epiclesis → usedIn → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Anaphora of St. Athanasius → partOf → Divine Liturgy in the Armenian Church ⓘ
linked to: Divine Liturgy
Zema chant tradition → usedFor → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Holy Tuesday → commemoratedIn → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Holy Monday → typicalServices → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Catholicon (Church of the Holy Sepulchre) → usedFor → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
subject linked to: Catholicon
Mystagogia → focusesOn → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Great Ektenia → partOf → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Orthros → preparesFor → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Book of Pentecost → usedInService → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
troparia → partOf → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Maronite Missal → usedIn → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Sursum Corda → associatedWith → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Great Feast → hasEucharisticCelebration → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Anaphora of Saint Mark → liturgicalUse → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Anaphora (Eucharistic prayer) → centralTo → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
subject linked to: Anaphora
Sanctus → usedIn → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Entrance Hymn (Eisodikon) → usedIn → Byzantine Divine Liturgy ⓘ
linked to: Divine Liturgy
Institution Narrative → isUsedIn → Orthodox Divine Liturgy ⓘ
linked to: Divine Liturgy
Confessions of unworthiness → usedIn → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
subject linked to: confessions of unworthiness
Liturgy of St. James → liturgicalUse → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Tabot → usedIn → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Eritrean Orthodox liturgy → hasComponent → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Church of Saint Therapon → usedFor → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Savindan → hasLiturgicalElement → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Our Father → includedIn → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Apostolos → usedDuring → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
All Saviors Church → usedFor → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox clergy → celebrates → Divine Liturgy ⓘ
Little Ektenia → liturgicalUse → Divine Liturgy ⓘ