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  2. Rule of the Theotokos - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Agpeya - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Usual beginning - Wikipedia

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    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:

  5. Byzantine Rite - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Orthodox Christian is a full member of the Church and ... their prayer rule, adding the prescribed prayers in preparation for ...

  6. Liturgy of Preparation - Wikipedia

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    Afterwards, the deacon performs a full censing of the prothesis, the holy table, the sanctuary, the entire church and the people while he recites the following hymn and Psalm 50 quietly to himself: In the Tomb with the body, and in Hades with the soul, in Paradise with the thief , and on the Throne with the Father and the Spirit , wast thou, O ...

  7. Liturgy of Saint Tikhon - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Amidah - Wikipedia

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    In Orthodox public worship, the Amidah is usually first prayed quietly by the congregation, and is then repeated aloud by the chazzan (reader); it is not repeated in the Maariv prayer. The repetition's original purpose was to give illiterate members of the congregation a chance to participate in the collective prayer by answering " Amen ".

  9. Canon law of the Eastern Orthodox Church - Wikipedia

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    Eastern Orthodox canon law is "a standard for behavior" and "the attempt to apply dogma to practical situation in the daily life of each [Eastern Orthodox] Christian". [2] Eastern Orthodox canon law "the formalized part of divine law." [3] Viscuso writes that the Eastern Orthodox canon law expresses two realities.