Research Guides: Catholic Liturgy: Eastern Rites

Eastern Rites - Texts

There are a number of liturgical rites used by different Eastern Catholics. These include the Armenian, Byzantine, Chaldaean, Coptic, Ethiopian, Maronite, Syrian, Syro-Malabar, and Syro-Malankara rites. Of these the largest is the Byzantine.

The Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
Liturgies Eastern and Western.
Edited by F.E. Brightman.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1896.
For print version locations, see the UofT Catalogue.
English translations of the Armenian, Byzantine, Chaldaean, Coptic, Ethiopian, and Syrian anaphoras.
Byzantine Daily Worship.
Allendale, NJ: Alleluia Press, 1969.
For print version locations, see the UofT Library Catalogue.
An English translation of the Byzantine liturgy as used by Melkite Catholics.
The Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom: A New Translation by Members of the Faculty of Hellenic College/Holy Ghost Greek Orthodox School of Theology.
Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1985.
The Greek text, a transliteration of the Greek text, and an English translation. Approved for use in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America.

Eastern Rites - Secondary Works

The Liturgical Dictionary of Eastern Christianity.
By Peter D. Day.
Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1993.
For print version locations, see the UofT Library Catalogue.
The online version is available on the Internet Archive, a trusted source, but one for which it is necessary to create a free account and login.
The Rites of Eastern Christendom.
By Archdale A. King.
Rome: Catholic Book Agency, 1948. 2 volumes.
For print version locations, see the UofT LIbrary Catalouge.
An introduction to each of the eastern rites, with frequent quotations from the liturgical texts.
The online version is available on the Internet Archive, a trusted source, but one for which it is necessary to create a free account and login.
The Byzantine-Slav Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom: Its Origin and Evolution.
By Casimir Kucharek.
Allendale, NJ: Alleluia Press, 1971.
The standard history and guide to the Byzantine liturgy as used by Ukrainian and Ruthenian Catholics; this work is the Byzantine equivalent of Jungmann's The Mass of the Roman Rite.
The Eucharistic Liturgies of the Eastern Churches.
By Nikolaus Liesel.
Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1963.
For print version locations, see the UofT Library Catalouge.
A step-by-step guide to the eucharistic liturgy as celebrated in each of the Eastern rites, with black and white illustrations displaying almost every aspect of the celebration of the Divine Liturgy.
The online version is available on the Internet Archive, a trusted source, but one for which it is necessary to create a free account and login.
A History of the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.
Robert F. Taft.
Rome: Pontificium Institutum Studiorum Orientalium, 1975-2008.
6 volumes.
1. The Liturgy of the Word. 2. The Great Entrance. 3. The Anaphora. 4. The Diptychs. 5. The Pre-Communion Rites. 6. The Communion, Thanksgiving, and Concluding Rites.