Ebrarian liturgical rites

Ebrarian liturgical rites are Christian rites of public worship, or liturgy, used by certain churches in Ebrary. These rites are derive from the old rites of the pre-Reformation Ebrarian Orthodox church (which were themselves derived from the Aroman forms of liturgy). However, while the pre-Amendant forms of worship typically employed the Fragran language, modern forms generally use the modern Ebrarese language. The two main forms are the Ebrarian Rite and the Ebraricist Rite.

Forms of Ebrarian liturgy currently in use

Ebraricist Rite

The Ebraricist Rite is the version of Ebrarian-style liturgy employed by the Church of Ebrary, employed in irregular circumstances. This version differs in enough points from the Ebrarian Rite to be considered its own rite, particularly in aspects which align it to a degree with Amendant practice. Originally, forms of an Ebraricist Rite were widely practiced as the most common form of worship in the Church of Ebrary even after the Amendant Reformation, but church reforms replaced the Ebraricist Rite in the majority of circumstances with church service outlined in the King Gustav Prayer Book (1585) commissioned by Gustav III. However, the Ebraricist Rite still persisted in many circumstances along with other diverse modes of worship in the Church of Ebrary.

Currently, a priest must have approval from the bishop of their diocese to perform services using this liturgy. This has led to a situation where the Ebraricist Rite may be offered at many churches in a certain diocese, but it may be wholly absent in another. The Ebraricist Rite is typically associated with the moderates in the church whom are tolerant of Orthodox-aligned modes of worship. The Ebraricist Rite is also authorized for use in the exceptionally rare cases where congregations have left the Ebrarian Aroman Church or Ebrarian Orthodox Church to unite with the Church of Ebrary.

Ebrarian Rite

The Ebrarian Rite is an adaptation of the old Aroman Rite used by the Christian church in Ebrary before the Amendant Reformation. After the Reformation, the liturgy was informally maintained for centuries until it was codified by a council of Adherentes Antiquate ministers in the Church of Ebrary during the 18th century, which created a codified Ebrarian Rite, influenced to a degree by the Ebraricist Rite, in the Prayer Guide of the Old-Fashioned Adherents. The main innovation of this rite being the adoption of Ebrarese as the liturgical language as opposed to Fragran, which Adherentes Antiquate had previously used. Currently the Ebrarian Aroman Church and the Ebrarian Orthodox Church each use slightly different variants of this Ebrarian Rite.

The Ebrarian Aroman Church has codified their form of the Ebrarian Rite in their Prayer Guide for the Orthodox Aroman Church in Ebrary (1950). The Ebrarian Orthodox Church uses their own Ebrarian Orthodox Prayerbook (1962) as their guide for their version of the Ebrarian Rite.