THE DEVOTIONAL SERVICES
TRISAGION, PARÁKLESIS,
MOL(I)ÉBEN, AND AKATHIST

LINKS TO THESE AND OTHER SERVICES

[updated 20010109, 20030501]

NOTICE:  The principal service of the Orthodox Church is the awesome Eucharistic Sacrifice of the most holy Body and Blood of our Lord, God, and Savior, Jesus Christ--the divine Liturgy--offered on Lordsdays and other holy days (daily in monasteries and large temples).  SEE HERE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.  The services that follow here are supplementary, non-sacrifical prayer services.  The monastic hour services (Vespers, the night office, etc.) are celebrated in ordinary parishes at certain times; they of course fill a good percentage of the twenty-four-hour day in monasteries for men and for women.   What follow are special devotional services that stand apart from the ordered liturgies of the Church.

PRONUNCIATION NOTE:   The following are pronounced in Greek like English "ee":  eta ("e"), i, y, ei, oi, ui."

      St. John the Forerunner                Vatopedi Theotokos

FOR THE DIVINE LITURGY AND OFFICES FOR THE HOURS, 
CLICK HERE as well as HERE (with Voice of the Fathers)
& HERE (with explanations)

 

           St. Mary Magdalene                St. Katherine

CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE ORTHODOX PRAYERS

CLICK HERE or HERE FOR KATHISMAS OF THE PSALTER
(divisions of the Psalter for the morning  Office)

See also THE SEPTUAGINT PSALMS
(Alleluia Press and Narthex Press, Redwood Shores, CA  94065)

 

     Christ's Birthday           St. Stephen Protomartyr

CLICK HERE FOR APOLYTIKIA &c of the day
See also:  Apolytikia kai Kontakia (Greek/English)
(published by Fr. Evagoras Constantinides, Merrillville, IN)

The Hour services of the Horologion put online 
by Fr. Deacon John Whiteford
with instructions for Reader's services 

 

       St. Vasil(eios)               St. John of Damaskos

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE MENOLOGION
Topar & Kondak for each Day

CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINKS FOR
DEVOTIONAL SERVICES PRINTED
ON THE PRESENT WEBSITE

Akathist to OLGS Jesus Christ

The shorter Paraklesis to our Lady the all-holy Theotokos &
the shorter Akathist to our Lady the all-holy Theotokos

Mol(i)ében service for special needs
& Serbian Slava

Trisagion for one or more of the faithful fallen asleep
& Panikhida

The shorter Thanksgiving service and
the Slavic Litiyá or Lity  ("Entreaty") on
the eves of festivals that have a Vigil