Daily Orthodox Christian Prayer: The Hours

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The Horologion contains the daily Hours of prayer that form the daily cycle of Orthodox Christian prayer. The eight daily liturgical Hours sanctify the hours of the day and night by commemorating the saving events of the Holy Gospel, praising and thanking God for the beginning and end of each day and entreating His mercy and grace at all times so that we may be pleasing unto Him and preserved from sin. The psalms, prayers and supplications are a school of prayer and teaching to those that hear and pray them attentively. All readings supplied by Holy Cross Monastery: https:/holycross.org.

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  3. 12/30/2025

    A. THE SHORTER CATECHISM OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH by St Philaret of Moscow

    Daily Orthodox Christian Prayer: The Hours

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  4. 05/28/2025

    B. THE JESUS PRAYER (30 mins)

    The Jesus Prayer, spoken by Metr. Kallistos (Ware), of blessed memory.

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  5. 02/04/2025

    MORNING PRAYERS

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  6. 02/04/2025

    PRAYERS BEFORE SLEEP

    ​Holy Cross Monastery Online Store: https://holycross.org/collections Holy Cross Monastery Live Broadcast: https://youtube.com/channel/UCQ-sqeQbmgzrL0t8uFJm4Ew Paypal Donation Link: https://paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1336755 Holy Cross Monastery is an English-speaking Orthodox Christian monastic brotherhood within the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in the Diocese of Eastern America & New York. Learn more about the life and ministry of the monastery at https://holycross.org. HOLY CROSS MONASTERY is an English-speaking Orthodox Christian monastic brotherhood within the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in the Diocese of Eastern America & New York. Learn more about the life and ministry of the monastery at https://holycross.org.

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  7. 02/04/2025

    THE MIDNIGHT OFFICE (WEEKDAYS)

    ​Holy Cross Monastery Online Store: https://holycross.org/collections Holy Cross Monastery Live Broadcast: https://youtube.com/channel/UCQ-sqeQbmgzrL0t8uFJm4Ew Paypal Donation Link: https://paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1336755 Holy Cross Monastery is an English-speaking Orthodox Christian monastic brotherhood within the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in the Diocese of Eastern America & New York. Learn more about the life and ministry of the monastery at https://holycross.org. HOLY CROSS MONASTERY is an English-speaking Orthodox Christian monastic brotherhood within the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in the Diocese of Eastern America & New York. Learn more about the life and ministry of the monastery at https://holycross.org. The Midnight Office is served before Matins. In the Gospel parable of the ten virgins the LordJesus Christ portrayed Himself as the bridegroom who came at midnight. Thus, since ancient times Christians have sanctified this hour with prayer so as to meet the Lord, like the wise virgins, in wakefulness. In addition to this, midnight is hallowed for Christians by the remembrance that at that time the Lord sorrowed and travailed in the garden of Gethsemane even to the sweating of His blood, was betrayed by the traitorous Judas, and was subjected to bitter reviling while on trial before the high priest. The Midnight Office consists of the reading of the penitential psalms 50 and 118, which portray the blessedness of blameless men; of the Symbol of Faith, the hymn “Behold, the Bridegroom Cometh,” and prayers for the departed. In this way the Midnight Office inclines us to repentance, the continual preservation of the law of the Lord, and spiritual vigilance in expectation of the unexpected Second Coming of Christ.

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  8. 02/04/2025

    THE FIRST HOUR

    ​Holy Cross Monastery Online Store: https://holycross.org/collections Holy Cross Monastery Live Broadcast: https://youtube.com/channel/UCQ-sqeQbmgzrL0t8uFJm4Ew Paypal Donation Link: https://paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1336755 Holy Cross Monastery is an English-speaking Orthodox Christian monastic brotherhood within the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in the Diocese of Eastern America & New York. Learn more about the life and ministry of the monastery at https://holycross.org. THE FIRST NOUR, which corresponds by our reckoning to the seventh hour of the morning, recalls how the Lord Jesus Christ was led into the praetorium from Caiaphas to Pilate, “like an evil-doer, the Benefactor bound, and how there the Judge of all the world was slandered by the lawless high priests and elders of the Jews, and by an unjust judge was condemned.” It is believed that the First Hour was established in Palestinian monasteries in the fourth century. At the reading of the Hours it is customary to read the Troparion and Kontakion hymns of the feast (if applicable) or of the saint of the day. However, in order to make the Hours herein available for general use throughout the Church year, the Troparion and Kontakion to the Holy Cross are used. Holy Cross Monastery Online Store: https://holycross.org/collections Holy Cross Monastery Live Broadcast: https://youtube.com/channel/UCQ-sqeQbmgzrL0t8uFJm4Ew Paypal Donation Link: https://paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1336755 HOLY CROSS MONASTERY is an English-speaking Orthodox Christian monastic brotherhood within the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in the Diocese of Eastern America & New York. Learn more about the life and ministry of the monastery at https://holycross.org.

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The Horologion contains the daily Hours of prayer that form the daily cycle of Orthodox Christian prayer. The eight daily liturgical Hours sanctify the hours of the day and night by commemorating the saving events of the Holy Gospel, praising and thanking God for the beginning and end of each day and entreating His mercy and grace at all times so that we may be pleasing unto Him and preserved from sin. The psalms, prayers and supplications are a school of prayer and teaching to those that hear and pray them attentively. All readings supplied by Holy Cross Monastery: https:/holycross.org.

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