Mr. Michael Davies discusses the history of the Parent Rites, specifically the Antiochian Rite of the Mass. Syria, with the great metropolis of Antioch, from which emerged men like St. John Chrysostom, was one of the great early centers of Christianity. Mr. Michael Davies treats here of the liturgy coming from its midst. Taken from: The Church in the Early Middle Ages - 1994 Von Hildebrand Institute