Byzantine Rite
（重定向自Constantinopolitan Rite）
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![An iconostasis separates the sanctuary from the nave in Byzantine Rite churches. Here is shown part of a six-row iconostasis at Uglich Cathedral. North Deacon's Door (left) and Holy Doors (right).](/Images/godic/202501/06/Cathedral_Uglich_inside_011535.jpg")
![Fresco of Basil the Great in the cathedral of Ohrid. The saint is shown consecrating the Gifts during the Divine Liturgy which bears his name.](/Images/godic/202501/06/Meister_der_Sophien-Kathedrale_von_Ohrid_0011535.jpg")
![Monks and seminarians on cliros. Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, New York](/Images/godic/202501/06/Monks_and_Seminarians_on_Cliros_in_Jordanville1535.jpg")
The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite, Rite of Constantinople or Constantinopolitan Rite, is the liturgical rite currently used by the Eastern Orthodox Church and some Eastern Catholic churches. It has also been employed, although less frequently, in the Anglican Communion and Lutheran churches. For example, it is utilized by the Society of Eastern Rite Anglicanism, and the Ukrainian Lutheran Church. Its development began during the third century in Constantinople and it is now the second most-used rite in Christendom after the Roman Rite.