The Eucharistic Liturgies of the Anglo-Roman Rite i n the Eastern Orthodox Church. Historical, Structural and Doctrinal-Mystagogical Overview

Although the Orthodox Church is naturally associated with the Byzantine Rite, some canonical communities worship according to other liturgical rites. Currently, the Orthodox Church has in its treasury the Roman Rite, the Sarum Use, the Anglo- Roman Rite, and the Neo-Gallican Rite. Out of use or occasionally celebrated are the Ambrosian Rite, the Celtic Rite, and what may be called the Italo-Levantine Rite. In the present study, we intend to show how the Anglo-Roman Rite entered the Orthodox Church, outline the structure of its Eucharistic Liturgies, and point out some more important doctrinal elements. We also want to propose a mystagogical variant, high- lighting the beauty of the Western liturgical tradition.