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  2. Christian liturgy - Wikipedia

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    Christian liturgy is a pattern for worship used (whether recommended or prescribed) by a Christian congregation or denomination on a regular basis. The term liturgy comes from Greek and means "public work". Within Christianity, liturgies descending from the same region, denomination, or culture are described as ritual families.

  3. Christian worship - Wikipedia

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    The worship has two parts; one in the beginning with music and the second part with sermon and Lord's Supper. [12] In the 1980s and 1990s, Contemporary worship music settled in many evangelical churches. [13] [14] This music is written in the style of popular music, Christian rock or folk music and therefore differs considerably from ...

  4. Church music - Wikipedia

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    At a time when Christianity was competing for prominence with other religions, the music and chants were often beautiful and elaborate to attract new members to the Church. [9] Music is an integral part of mass. It accompanies various rituals acts and contributes to the totality of worship service.

  5. Ritual family - Wikipedia

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    The word rite is often used to describe particular Christian rituals. Rite has also come to refer to the full pattern of worship associated with a particular Christian denomination or tradition, [ 4 ] typically comprising the liturgies for the Eucharistic celebration, canonical hours , and sacramental rites . [ 5 ]

  6. Liturgy - Wikipedia

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    Liturgy in the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church. Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. [1] As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to and participation in the sacred through activities reflecting praise, thanksgiving, remembrance, supplication, or repentance.

  7. Byzantine Rite - Wikipedia

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    The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, is a liturgical rite that is identified with the wide range of cultural, devotional, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christian church of Constantinople.

  8. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...

  9. Roman Rite - Wikipedia

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    Altar of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere in Rome, as arranged in 1700. The Roman Rite (Latin: Rītus Rōmānus) [1] is the most common ritual family for performing the ecclesiastical services of the Latin Church, the largest of the sui iuris particular churches that comprise the Catholic Church.