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The Rule of the Theotokos is a Christian prayer of the Eastern Orthodox that consists of reciting the Angelical salutation 150 times. This rule is similar to the Rosary of the Western Church . Some believe that the Mother of God showed the Rule to people in the 8th century AD but was later forgotten, and was rediscovered for Eastern Christians ...
The Agpeya (Coptic: Ϯⲁⲅⲡⲓⲁ, Arabic: أجبية) is the Coptic Christian "Prayer Book of the Hours" or breviary, and is equivalent to the Shehimo in the Syriac Orthodox Church (another Oriental Orthodox Christian denomination), as well as the Byzantine Horologion and Roman Liturgy of the Hours used by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, respectively.
Among the Old Believers the usual beginning is preceded by the following, known as the "Prayer of the Publican": God be merciful to me a sinner. (After which all make a bow.) Thou hast created me; Lord, have mercy on me. (Bow.) I have sinned immeasurably; Lord, forgive me. (Bow.) Some say an alternate version of the last prayer:
Vouchsafe, O Lord (Greek Καταξίωσον, Κύριε, Latin Dignare, Domine) are the initial words of a prayer from the Matins and Vespers service of the Eastern Orthodox, [citation needed] and the former Prime and Compline of the Roman and Eastern Catholic Churches, and for Matins and Vespers (or Morning and Evening Prayer) of the Anglican, Lutheran, and other liturgical Protestant churches.
The Liturgy of St. Tikhon was produced in the 1970s for use by Episcopalians who wished to convert to Orthodoxy but retain the liturgy to which they were accustomed. The text of the liturgy, therefore, is based upon the Episcopal Church's 1928 Book of Common Prayer (BCP), along with certain features of the Tridentine Mass (the dominant Mass of the Catholic Church prior to its reform after the ...
They contain valuable information about local forms of the Rite of Antioch-Jerusalem. The Syriac Orthodox Church kept a version of this rite which is obviously a local variant. Its scheme and most of its prayers correspond to those of the Greek St. James; but it has amplifications and omissions such as is found in all local forms of early rites.
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The various Oriental Orthodox Churches also have Liturgies of Preparation before the commencement of the public portion of the Divine Liturgy. `Some of these are very simple, and some are more complex. They all involve the entry of the clergy, vesting and preparing the Gifts of bread and wine, accompanied by appropriate prayers.