A Prayer Book for Orthodox Christians

Publication Data: Boston, MA: Holy Transfiguration Monastery, 2005
Format: hardcover
Number of Pages: xviii + 366
Dimensions (l × w × h): 17.3 cm × 12.3 cm × 2.7 cm
Additional information: two-color printing, two-color Illustrations
ISBN: 0‒943405‒01‒7

   
Translated from the Greek by the Holy Transfiguration Monastery

“The Apostle of the Nations enjoins us to ‘pray without ceasing,’ and this goal of uninterrupte noetic prayer remains the goal of every Christian. In our times, however, we are faced with demands and distractions which make this goal all the more difficult. We would therefore especially urge all Christians to spend time in prayer in the morning, to remember the prayers before and after meals, and to read the Service of Small Compline in the evening. Every day, monastics are enjoined to read the Akathist to the Theotokos as part of their daily rule of prayer, and we would also commend this practice to all Orthodox Christians. These are small things, and yet the establishment of them as a cycle of daily prayers is of very great importance to our spiritual life[.]”
—“Preface”

CONTENTS

Preface
Morning Prayers
Prayers at Mealtime
The Service of Small Compline
The Service of Vespers
The Service of Matins
The Divine Liturgy
Dismissal Hymns of the Resurrection
Dismissal Hymns and Theotokia for Weekdays
Dismissal Hymns and Kontakia of the Feasts of the Master and the Mother of God
Dismissal Hymns and Kontakia of the Triodion
Dismissal Hymns and Kontakia for Holy Week
The Service of Matins for the Holy and Great Sunday of Pascha
The Paschal Hours
Dismissal Hymns and Kontakia of the Pentecostarion
The Akathist Hymn to our Sweetest Lord Jesus Christ
The Akathist Hymn to the Most Holy Theotokos
A Supplicatory Canon to our Lord Jesus Christ
The Service of the Small Supplicatory Canon to the Most Holy Theotokos
The Service of the Great Supplicatory Canon to the Most Holy Theotokos
A Supplicatory Canon to the Guardian Angel of a Man’s Life
The Service of Preparation for Holy Communion
Thanksgiving After Holy Communion