Did the Melkites originally have their own rite or were they just byzantine?

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« on: May 18, 2021, 06:39:04 PM »

I remember reading that Melkites (pre-Uniate) used to have their own unique liturgy rather than the byzantine liturgy. However since they are in the middle east it might just be some variant of a west syriac rite.

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