Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Liturgy of Saint Mark)

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Alexandrian Rite liturgy Christian liturgy Eucharistic liturgy

The Liturgy of Saint Cyril (also known as the Liturgy of Saint Mark) is an ancient Alexandrian Eucharistic liturgy traditionally attributed to Saint Mark the Evangelist and used in the early Christian Church of Egypt.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Coptic Divine Liturgy	2
Liturgy of Saint Mark	2
Coptic Liturgy of Saint Basil	1
Liturgy of Saint Cyril	1
Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Coptic)	1
Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Liturgy of Saint Mark) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T373367 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Liturgy of Saint Mark)
Context triple: [Coptic Rite, primaryLiturgy, Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Liturgy of Saint Mark)]

A. Liturgy of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (Coptic)
The Liturgy of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (Coptic) is a Eucharistic service of the Coptic Orthodox Church attributed to Gregory of Nazianzus and noted for its deeply theological, contemplative prayers addressed to Christ.
B. Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great is a principal Eucharistic service in Eastern Christian tradition, noted for its lengthy, theologically rich prayers attributed to St. Basil of Caesarea and used especially on certain feast days and during Great Lent.
C. Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is the principal Eucharistic service used throughout the Eastern Orthodox Church, renowned for its rich hymnography, theological depth, and central role in Orthodox worship.
D. Paschal Divine Liturgy
The Paschal Divine Liturgy is the central Eucharistic celebration of Easter in the Eastern Christian tradition, commemorating Christ’s Resurrection with especially festive prayers, hymns, and rituals.
E. Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is a solemn Eastern Christian service, celebrated mainly on weekdays of Great Lent, in which Holy Communion is distributed from previously consecrated Eucharistic gifts without a full Eucharistic consecration.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Liturgy of Saint Mark)
Target entity description: The Liturgy of Saint Cyril (also known as the Liturgy of Saint Mark) is an ancient Alexandrian Eucharistic liturgy traditionally attributed to Saint Mark the Evangelist and used in the early Christian Church of Egypt.

A. Liturgy of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (Coptic)
The Liturgy of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (Coptic) is a Eucharistic service of the Coptic Orthodox Church attributed to Gregory of Nazianzus and noted for its deeply theological, contemplative prayers addressed to Christ.
B. Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great is a principal Eucharistic service in Eastern Christian tradition, noted for its lengthy, theologically rich prayers attributed to St. Basil of Caesarea and used especially on certain feast days and during Great Lent.
C. Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is the principal Eucharistic service used throughout the Eastern Orthodox Church, renowned for its rich hymnography, theological depth, and central role in Orthodox worship.
D. Paschal Divine Liturgy
The Paschal Divine Liturgy is the central Eucharistic celebration of Easter in the Eastern Christian tradition, commemorating Christ’s Resurrection with especially festive prayers, hymns, and rituals.
E. Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is a solemn Eastern Christian service, celebrated mainly on weekdays of Great Lent, in which Holy Communion is distributed from previously consecrated Eucharistic gifts without a full Eucharistic consecration.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Alexandrian Rite liturgy ⓘ Christian liturgy ⓘ Eucharistic liturgy ⓘ
associatedWithChurch	Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ surface form: Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria Orthodox Church of Alexandria ⓘ surface form: Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria
attributedAuthor	Mark the Evangelist ⓘ surface form: Saint Mark the Evangelist
belongsToTradition	Eastern Christian liturgical tradition ⓘ Oriental Orthodox liturgical tradition ⓘ
category	Christian liturgical text ⓘ
commemorates	Mark the Evangelist ⓘ surface form: Saint Mark the Evangelist saints and martyrs of Egypt ⓘ
containsPrayerType	epiclesis ⓘ intercessions ⓘ thanksgiving ⓘ
devotionalFocus	Eucharistic sacrifice ⓘ real presence of Christ in the Eucharist ⓘ
geographicalContext	Orthodox Church of Alexandria ⓘ surface form: Alexandrian Patriarchate
hasAlias	Anaphora of Saint Mark ⓘ Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Liturgy of Saint Mark) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Liturgy of Saint Mark
hasInfluenced	Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Liturgy of Saint Mark) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Coptic Liturgy of Saint Basil Liturgy of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (Coptic) ⓘ surface form: Coptic Liturgy of Saint Gregory
historicalPeriodOfFormation	early centuries of Christianity ⓘ
language	Coptic ⓘ Greek ⓘ
liturgicalFamily	Alexandrian Rite ⓘ
liturgicalUse	celebration of the Eucharist ⓘ
namedAfter	Cyril of Alexandria ⓘ surface form: Saint Cyril of Alexandria
originRegion	Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ surface form: Alexandria Egypt ⓘ
preservedIn	Coptic manuscripts ⓘ Greek manuscripts ⓘ
primaryLanguageInCurrentUse	Coptic ⓘ
riteType	Byzantine-preclassical style anaphora of Alexandrian type ⓘ
structureIncludes	Anaphora ⓘ Communion rite ⓘ Liturgy of the Catechumens ⓘ surface form: Liturgy of the Word
theologicalEmphasis	Christology of Alexandria ⓘ incarnation ⓘ salvation history ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo	Mark the Evangelist ⓘ surface form: Saint Mark the Evangelist
usedByCommunity	Copts ⓘ surface form: Coptic Christians Greek-speaking Christians of Alexandria ⓘ
usedIn	early Christian Church of Egypt ⓘ
usedOnOccasions	Coptic calendar ⓘ surface form: Coptic Orthodox liturgical year certain Sundays ⓘ major feasts ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coptic Rite → primaryLiturgy → Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Liturgy of Saint Mark) ⓘ

Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Liturgy of Saint Mark) → hasAlias → Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Liturgy of Saint Mark) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Liturgy of Saint Cyril

this entity surface form: Liturgy of Saint Mark

Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Liturgy of Saint Mark) → hasInfluenced → Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Liturgy of Saint Mark) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Liturgy of Saint Cyril

this entity surface form: Coptic Liturgy of Saint Basil

Anaphora of Saint Cyril (Coptic form) → componentOf → Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Liturgy of Saint Mark) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coptic Divine Liturgy

Anaphora of Saint Basil (Coptic form) → riteContext → Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Liturgy of Saint Mark) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coptic Divine Liturgy

Liturgy of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (Coptic) → relatedWork → Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Liturgy of Saint Mark) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Coptic)

Alexandrian Rite → hasPrincipalAnaphora → Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Liturgy of Saint Mark) ⓘ