The Unabbreviated Horologion or Book of the Hours

— About the Book —

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.

— Contents —

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