The Unabbreviated Horologion or Book of the Hours

One of the most important service books of the Orthodox Church, available in a well-bound large print format. In traditional English using the Psalter as translated by Holy Transfiguration Monastery. This book has the fixed texts for all the daily services of the Orthodox Church, including the inter-hours. Clear rubrics using red ink explain how the form of the services varies between Sundays and weekdays, fasting seasons etc. This edition also includes extracts from the variable texts of the Menaion, Triodion and Pentecostarion.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introductory Remarks to the First Edition

Introductory Remarks to the Second Edition

The Midnight Office for Weekdays

The Midnight Office for Saturdays

The Midnight Office for Sundays

The Order of the Matins

The First Hour

The Inter-Hour of the First Hour

Selected Psalms (with Megalynaria)

The Third Hour

The Inter-Hour of the Third Hour

The Sixth Hour

The Inter-Hour of the Sixth Hour

The Order of the Typica

The Divine Liturgy

The Order of the Panagia

The Ninth Hour

The Inter-Hour of the Ninth Hour

The Order of the Vespers

Prayers in the Refectory

The Order of Great Compline

The Order of Small Compline

Private Bedtime Prayers

The Daily Troparia and Kontakia

The Troparia and Kontakia of the Twelve Feasts

Selected Material from the Triodion

Selected Material from the Pentecostarion

Selected Material from the Menaion

The Supplicatory Canon to the Most Holy Theotokos

The Canon of Repentance to Our Lord Jesus Christ

The Canons for Holy Communion

The Order of Preparation for Holy Communion

The Prayers after Holy Communion

Glossary