Western Rite Orthodoxy or
Western Orthodoxy or
Orthodox Western Rite are terms used to describe
Orthodox congregations and groups which are autocephalous Churches or are an accommodation as a rite in an
Eastern Orthodox Church or
Oriental Orthodox Churches, but which use
traditional Western liturgies rather than adopting Eastern liturgies such as the
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. While there are some ancient examples of Western Rite churches in areas predominantly using the Byzantine Rite (the Monastery of Saint Mary of the Latins, often referred to as Amalfi, is a common example), the history of the movement is often considered to begin in the nineteenth century with the life and work of
Julian Joseph Overbeck.