Liturgy
The Eastern churches (excepting the non-liturgical dissenting bodies) each belong to one of several liturgical families:
- Alexandrian Rite
- Antiochene Rite
- Armenian Rite
- Byzantine Rite
- East Syrian Rite
- West Syrian Rite
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