The East Syriac Rite, or East Syrian Rite, is an Eastern Christian liturgical rite that employs the Divine Liturgy of Saints Addai and Mari and utilizes the East Syriac dialect as its liturgical langu
A Syro-Malabar Catholic bishop holding the Mar Thoma Christian Cross, which symbolizes the heritage and identity of the Syrian Church of Saint Thomas Christians of India
Chinese stone inscription of a Church of the East Christian Cross from a monastery of Fangshan District in Beijing (then called Dadu, or Khanbaliq), dated to the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368 AD) of medieval China.
Mystery of Crowning at a wedding in the Chaldean Syrian Church
Syro-Malabar Major Archbishop Mar George Alencherry crowning a baby after baptism
Syriac Christianity is a branch of Eastern Christianity. The formative body of Syriac literature, covering theological writings and traditional liturgies, are expressed in the Classical Syriac languag
East Syriac Rite
…Divine Liturgy of Saints Addai and Mari and utilizes the East Syriac dialect as its liturgical language. It is one of the two main liturgical rites of Syriac Christianity, along with the West Syriac Rite (Syro-Antiochene Rite). The East Syriac Rite originated in Edessa, Mesopotamia, and was historically used in the Church…
Holy Qurbana of the Syriac Orthodox Church celebration of the Divine Liturgy of Saint James
Celebration at a Syriac Orthodox monastery in Mosul, Ottoman Syria (now Iraq), early 20th century
Syriac gospel miniature from Zengid dynasty Mosul, Iraq, c. 1216–1220.
Christ Pantocrator mosaic from Hagia Sophia 2240 x 3109 pixels 2.5 MB