Articles on services and prayers.
This section of our website has a collection a collection of articles about services, prayers, and worship of the Orthodox Church.
Good starting points would be:
| Article | Read Time | Hit Count | Written by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Thursday – Twelve Gospels | 17 mins | 24,763 | Fr. Paul Lazor |
| Holy Week | 54 mins | 27,618 | Fr. Alexander Schmemann |
| Instructions – For the Church Reader | 11 mins | 4,736 | G. Shimansky |
| Lenten Prayer of St. Ephrem the Syrian | 8 mins | 11,424 | Fr. Alexander Schmemann |
| Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | 5 mins | 13,449 | Fr. Thomas Hopko |
| Matins | 9 mins | 8,301 | Fr. Seraphim Slobodskoy |
| Meeting of the Lord | 4 mins | 5,886 | Fr. Thomas Hopko |
| Nativity of Christ | 5 mins | 6,646 | Fr. Thomas Hopko |
| Nativity of the Theotokos | 4 mins | 8,588 | Fr. Thomas Hopko |
| Notes On The Jesus Prayer | 3 mins | 6,271 | Fr. Artemy Vladimirov |
| Notes on the Lord’s Prayer | 3 mins | 6,582 | Fr. Seraphim Slobodskoy |
| Notes on the Prayer to the Holy Spirit | 2 mins | 5,150 | Fr. Seraphim Slobodskoy |
| On Practicing the Jesus Prayer | 12 mins | 6,130 | St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov) |
| Our Father who art in heaven | 5 mins | 6,140 | Fr Alexander Schmemann |
| Paschal Sermon of St. John Chrysostom | 3 mins | 6,609 | St. John Chrysostom |
| Pentecost (8th Sunday after Pascha) | 23 mins | 6,639 | Sergei Bulgakov |
| Prayer – Orthodox Spirituality | 46 mins | 11,472 | Fr. Thomas Hopko |
| Prayer is essential to Christian life | 5 mins | 6,868 | Fr. Thomas Hopko |
| Prayer, from The Ladder of Divine Ascent | 7 mins | 8,016 | St. John Climacus |
| Prayers for the Dead: Pannikhida | 27 mins | 14,750 | Bishop Alexander (Mileant) |
| Pre-Lent | 3 mins | 6,981 | Fr. Thomas Hopko |
| Service books of the Church | 5 mins | 6,951 | |
| Some Reflections on Confession | 15 mins | 5,492 | Fr. Alexander Schmemann |
| St. Thomas Sunday | 8 mins | 5,822 | Archbishop Dmitri |