Favorite Oriental Rite?

[Livenotonevil]

Specifically, those that have origins in the Oriental Orthodox tradition.

That is,

Coptic
Armenian
Syriac
Ethiopian
Eritrean
Malankara
Jacobite

Which of these do you like the most and why?

The Ethiopian is really, really cool.



But I still personally like the Armenians the most.

[Bonaventure]

Melkite.

[aquinas138]

I have the most familiarity with the Coptic and the East Syriac (Assyrian/Chaldean). I've translated several hymns from the East Syriac tradition which are pretty interesting. They are very much like the psalms and are completely suffused with scriptural language. Trying to footnote such a composition is hard work! The Coptic Agpeya (their Divine Office) is amazing, and I'm humbled by the number of lay Copts who actually pray it. It's pretty intense compared to the Roman Office, both the traditional and especially the LOTH.

[Livenotonevil]

Melkite.

Melkite doesn't count, it's Eastern, not Oriental.

[Patriarch]

Maronite (if "ad orientem" and a good deal of Aramaic in it, like the good Monsignor does at the Basilica. ). It's Oriental or "Eastern". Byzantine after that.

[Livenotonevil]

Maronite (if "ad orientem" and a good deal of Aramaic in it, like the good Monsignor does at the Basilica. ). It's Oriental or "Eastern". Byzantine after that.

Maronite is weird, because it is something that uniquely sprung up under Rome and didn't break away from an Orthodox Church, like the other Eastern Catholic Churches.

I tend to see Maronite and Armenian as similar simply because they were both Eastern liturgical rites that have been heavily Latinized.

[Xavier]

I like the Syrian Catholic rites. Many of my friends are Syrian Catholics. There are many rites celebrated within the universal Church of East and West united to the Apostolic See. Our Syrian Catholic brethren call Holy Mass the "Holy Qurbana". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriac_Catholic_Church

N.B: For those who may not know, those who call themselves Oriental Orthodox broke off after 3 Ecumenical Councils of the Catholic Church. Those who call themselves Greek Orthodox broke off after 7. You have certain other separated jurisdictions, like the Assyrian Church of the East, which broke off after 2. Eastern Catholics returned after the Ecumenical Council of Florence to Catholic communion.

[aquinas138]

Maronite (if "ad orientem" and a good deal of Aramaic in it, like the good Monsignor does at the Basilica. ). It's Oriental or "Eastern". Byzantine after that.

Maronite is weird, because it is something that uniquely sprung up under Rome and didn't break away from an Orthodox Church, like the other Eastern Catholic Churches.

I tend to see Maronite and Armenian as similar simply because they were both Eastern liturgical rites that have been heavily Latinized.

The Maronite relationship to the Syrian Orthodox/Catholics is probably analogous to the relationship between certain Western religious rites and uses and the Roman rite. It's clearly a West Syrian rite; the monastery of Saint Maron from which they descend probably just developed some peculiarities. The Maronite rite has sadly been heavily Novus Ordoized.

[Green]

The Assyrian Rite since they recieve communion in the hand which triggers the rad trads