· Orthodox Prayers

 Orthodox Prayers
These prayers are taken from the Red Prayer Book which is an official publication of the Antiochian Archdiocese, and which is available from the Archdiocese bookstore.

· Book of Hours (Horologion)

 Book of Hours (Horologion)
The Horologion is primarily a book for the use of the Reader and Chanters (as distinguished from the Euchologion, which contains the texts used by the Priest and Deacon).
It contains the fixed portions of the Daily Office (Vespers, Compline (Great and Small), Midnight Office, Matins, the Little Hours, the Inter-Hours, Typica, Prayers before Meals). The parts for the Reader and Chanters are given in full, the Priest's and Deacon's parts are abbreviated. The Great Horologion will also contain a list of Saints commemorated throughout the year (with their Troparia and Kontakia), selected propers for Sundays, and moveable Feasts (from the Menaion, Triodion and Pentecostarion), and various Canons and other devotional services.

· Katavasiae for the Seasons of the Year

 Katavasiae for the Seasons of the Year
A katavasia (pl. katavasiae, from the Greek katabaino, "go down")[1] is the concluding hymn of an ode of a canon. The most commonly used katavasiae are taken from the irmoi of the canons of feast days. The one used on most Sundays of the year is taken from the canon of the service for the Akathist hymn, which is appointed for the fifth Saturday of Great Lent. On Sundays and feasts, there is a katavasia at the end of each ode, but in normal weekday services, there are only katavasiae at the end of the third, sixth, eighth, and ninth odes.The katavasia takes its name from the practice of the choir coming down from the kliroi on either side of the church and singing this hymn in the center of the church.[2] This practice is still observed in some monasteries.In some parishes, for many canons, only the katavasiae will be sung rather than the full text of each ode. In such cases, the interpolated Small Litanies normally included in the canon are omitted, and the katavasiae are sung through without stopping.