History of the Divine Liturgy in Eastern Catholicism?

[EphelDuath]

There’s lots of resources about the history of the changes to the Roman Missal for the Roman rite, but I was wondering where to start for the various eastern rites? The only change I’m aware of was the 17th century imposition in the Russian Orthodox Church to make their rites conform to the Byzantine Greek Orthodox, which causes the schism of the Old Believers. Any other such notable events? For all I know, there hasn’t been any changes in the Eastern liturgies since the times of the Church Fathers, so this question might be a bit weird to educated readers here.

God bless!

 

[Aramis]

Any other such notable events?

The hybridizing in Antioch when the head of its church was of a different rite from the majority of the faithful - syriacizing the byzantines, and byzantification of the syriacs, but still, two distinct rites in use. ISTR about 6th or 7th C.

 

[MorEphrem]

The hybridizing in Antioch when the head of its church was of a different rite from the majority of the faithful - syriacizing the byzantines, and byzantification of the syriacs, but still, two distinct rites in use. ISTR about 6th or 7th C.

I think that might be a uniquely Syriac Orthodox (SO)/Syriac Catholic phenomenon. When I was speaking to Mor Cyril, SO bishop of the Eastern US, he was explaining to me that the SO Beth Gazo (i.e. “House of Treasure” or the compilation of all Syriac music/melodies) differs from, for instance, the Maronite Beth Gazo because the SO Patriarch in the 8th century had certain reforms to make the music much more like the Greek modes, whereas the Maronites under different jurisdiction did not experience such reforms.

Anyway, to the OP, interesting question. It’s very broad and intimidates me by the sheer scope (i.e. all the histories of the Copts, Armenians, Chaldeans, Syriacs, Byzantines, etc.) so I’ll duck out. What I will say is that most of the Oriental Churches (as opposed to Eastern) were heavily Latinized (like the Armenians, Copts, Syriacs and Chaldeans - although props to the Chaldeans for their restorations).

 

[Aramis]

I think that might be a uniquely Syriac Orthodox (SO)/Syriac Catholic phenomenon. When I was speaking to Mor Cyril, SO bishop of the Eastern US, he was explaining to me that the SO Beth Gazo (i.e. “House of Treasure” or the compilation of all Syriac music/melodies) differs from, for instance, the Maronite Beth Gazo because the SO Patriarch in the 8th century had certain reforms to make the music much more like the Greek modes, whereas the Maronites under different jurisdiction did not experience such reforms.

Anyway, to the OP, interesting question. It’s very broad and intimidates me by the sheer scope (i.e. all the histories of the Copts, Armenians, Chaldeans, Syriacs, Byzantines, etc.) so I’ll duck out. What I will say is that most of the Oriental Churches (as opposed to Eastern) were heavily Latinized (like the Armenians, Copts, Syriacs and Chaldeans - although props to the Chaldeans for their restorations).

The Melkites/Antiochians (Syro-Byzantines) are one of the Three big Traditions of the Byzantine Rite… they are syriacized slightly, and use Arabic… and are the flip side of that quasi-hybridization.

 

[Aramis]

Oh, and another hybridization event: late 19th through early 21st C: Byzanto-Roman.

Several approved flavors in ROCOR, and 2 in GOArch-WRV.

The WRV is a slightly byzantified version of either the Anglican BCP or the early 20th C version of the Trent Missal.

The ROCOR versions include a variety of pre-1100 liturgies as well as the above, and the Sarum Missal in Spanish, English, and Latin.

A byzanto-Celtic “restoration” of the Stowe missal is in use by a schism off the Antiochian Orthodox Church, the so-called “Celtic Orthodox Church”…

Noting that the Stowe missal is of a Celtic Rite that appears to be equidistant from the Roman and Gallican Rites, but equally western.

 

[malphono]

I think that might be a uniquely Syriac Orthodox (SO)/Syriac Catholic phenomenon. When I was speaking to Mor Cyril, SO bishop of the Eastern US, he was explaining to me that the SO Beth Gazo (i.e. “House of Treasure” or the compilation of all Syriac music/melodies) differs from, for instance, the Maronite Beth Gazo because the SO Patriarch in the 8th century had certain reforms to make the music much more like the Greek modes, whereas the Maronites under different jurisdiction did not experience such reforms.

Whereas the “eight tones” in the Syriac chant tradition are authentically Semitic, indeed there does appear to be a certain amount of Hellenization within the SOC tradition. That said, however, and at least as I understand it, that Hellenization refers mainly to the Qoqiliyon and certain other primarily congregational chants. The Qoqilyon, e.g, does not figure into the Maronite tradition at all, whereas most of the qolé, ba’wotho, etc, are very similar, if not the same, in the two traditions.

Anyway, to the OP, interesting question. It’s very broad and intimidates me by the sheer scope (i.e. all the histories of the Copts, Armenians, Chaldeans, Syriacs, Byzantines, etc.) so I’ll duck out. What I will say is that most of the Oriental Churches (as opposed to Eastern) were heavily Latinized (like the Armenians, Copts, Syriacs and Chaldeans - although props to the Chaldeans for their restorations).

The degree of latinization differs for those Churches “in union with Rome” but among the “Orthodox originals” I think it was only the Armenians who adopted a degree of Latin practices.

 

[Othmar]

A byzanto-Celtic “restoration” of the Stowe missal is in use by a schism off the Antiochian Orthodox Church, the so-called “Celtic Orthodox Church”…

Noting that the Stowe missal is of a Celtic Rite that appears to be equidistant from the Roman and Gallican Rites, but equally western.

This missal is also occasionally used by a Russian Orthodox monastery here in Belgium, I’ve heard.