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Oriental Orthodox Churches

"Divine Liturgy" is the normal word that, in their own languages, followers of
the Byzantine Rite apply to their Eucharistic services but, while in English the
same word (as also the word "Mass") is at times used to speak of the
corresponding services of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the normal names
used in those Churches refers either to the aspect of offering/sacrifice
(Qurobo Alohoyo in the Syriac Orthodox Church), Badarak[11] in the Armenian
Apostolic Church, Prosfora[12] in the Coptic Orthodox Church) or of sanctifying
(Keddase in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church).[5]
The Oriental Orthodox Churches own a richness of different liturgies, which
are named after the anaphora included.
Coptic Liturgy
At present, the Coptic Orthodox Church and Coptic Catholic Church have
three Liturgies:

 The Liturgy of St. Basil (4th century)


 The Liturgy of St. Mark the Apostle, this liturgy is also known as the Liturgy
of St. Cyril
 The Liturgy of St Gregory the Theologian
The Liturgy of St. Basil is celebrated on most Sundays and contains the
shortest anaphora. The Liturgy of St. Gregory is usually used during the feasts
of the Church but not exclusively. In addition the clergy performing the liturgy
can combine extracts of the Liturgies of St. Cyril and St. Gregory to the more
frequently used St. Basil at the discretion of the priest or bishop.
The main liturgy used by the Coptic Church is known as Liturgy of Saint Basil.
[13]
 The term Liturgies of Saint Basil in a Coptic context means not only the sole
anaphora with or without the related prayers, but also the general order of
the Alexandrine Rite liturgy.

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