Prayers of the Church - Text of Prayers

In the Orthodox Church it is said that we pray what we believe and believe what we pray. The text of our written prayers not only help with our communion with God through words of praise, thanksgiving, repentance, supplication, and intercession, but also brings to remembrance the Gospel message of Christ, the Apostolic teachings, and our faith.
This part of our website gives the text of some of the prayers of the Orthodox Church.
The publication of such prayers does not limit the free expression of the Christian soul to the Creator, the Most-holy Theotokos and the Saints. On the contrary, by reading these prayers one can learn how to pray. They become models for our own, personal prayers. Often, we would like to pray but, distracted by the world around us, or troubled by fear or sorrow, we do not even know how to begin. We then begin with the a prayerbook and find that not only much of what we wanted to say is included in the prayers of the fathers, but that afterwards, we find words of our own to continue the outpouring of our soul.

Prayer Read Time Hit Count
Anaphora Prayer (St Basil) 13 mins 12771
Brightweek Prayers 3 mins 8847
Daily Troparia and Kontakia (hymns) 3 mins 14747
Dismissals 9 mins 5179
Evening Prayers 1 min 7391
Evening Prayers (longer rule) 12 mins 4554
Great Doxology 2 mins 4893
Hymn to the Theotokos 5 mins 25396
Jesus Prayer - 8630
Justinian’s Hymn - 9452
Kneeling Prayers at Pentecost Vespers (1) 4 mins 12782
Kneeling Prayers at Pentecost Vespers (2) 4 mins 6527
Kneeling Prayers at Pentecost Vespers (3) 8 mins 8127
Lenten Prayer of St. Ephrem the Syrian (text) - 10219
Lesser Doxology 2 mins 5508
Lord Bless My Enemies 3 mins 4768
Lord’s Prayer - 8549
Morning Prayers 1 min 7658
Morning Prayers (longer rule) 15 mins 6653
Parents’ Prayer at the Death of a Child 2 mins 12993
Petition – Egyptian crisis - 2642
Prayer after the Departing of the Soul 1 min 5952
Prayer at Confession Before Your Spiritual Father 1 min 7998
Prayer at Holy Communion 2 mins 8389