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 12,799
Brightweek Prayers 3 mins 8,866
Daily Troparia and Kontakia (hymns) 3 mins 14,765
Dismissals 9 mins 5,203
Evening Prayers 1 min 7,410
Evening Prayers (longer rule) 12 mins 4,583
Great Doxology 2 mins 4,911
Hymn to the Theotokos 5 mins 25,428
Jesus Prayer - 8,648
Justinian’s Hymn - 9,475
Kneeling Prayers at Pentecost Vespers (1) 4 mins 12,798
Kneeling Prayers at Pentecost Vespers (2) 4 mins 6,546
Kneeling Prayers at Pentecost Vespers (3) 8 mins 8,142
Lenten Prayer of St. Ephrem the Syrian (text) - 10,236
Lesser Doxology 2 mins 5,524
Lord Bless My Enemies 3 mins 4,790
Lord’s Prayer - 8,566
Morning Prayers 1 min 7,678
Morning Prayers (longer rule) 15 mins 6,676
Parents’ Prayer at the Death of a Child 2 mins 13,014
Petition – Egyptian crisis - 2,659
Prayer after the Departing of the Soul 1 min 5,976
Prayer at Confession Before Your Spiritual Father 1 min 8,019
Prayer at Holy Communion 2 mins 8,405