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title: "Prayers — Orthodoxy"
description: "Prayer texts from the prayer book. The Orthodox Church calendar, icons, prayers, lives of saints and Church history on spas.life."
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers"
language: "en"
---

# Prayers

Prayer texts from the prayer book.

## Basic prayers

- [The Lord's Prayer “Our Father”](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/our-father)
- [The Trisagion](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/trisagion)
- [Prayer to the Holy Spirit “O Heavenly King”](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/heavenly-king)
- [The Symbol of Faith (Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed)](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/creed)
- [The Jesus Prayer](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/jesus-prayer)

## To the Theotokos

- [Hymn to the Theotokos “Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos”](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/theotokos)
- [“It is truly meet” (Axion Estin)](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/axion)

## Penitential

- [Prayer of St Ephrem the Syrian](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/ephrem)
- [Short penitential prayers](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/penitential-short)

## Before meals

- [Prayer before a meal](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/before-meal)

## After meals

- [Prayer after a meal](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/after-meal)

## Morning

- [Morning prayer of St Macarius the Great](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/morning-macarius)

## Evening

- [Evening prayer of St Macarius the Great to God the Father](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/evening-macarius)

## For loved ones

- [Prayer for the living](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/living)

## For the departed

- [Prayer for the departed](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/departed)

## For the sick

- [Troparion for the sick](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/sick)

## For travellers

- [Troparion for travellers](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/travellers)

## Thanksgiving

- [Thanksgiving](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/thanksgiving-short)

## Troparia

- [Paschal Troparion](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/troparion-pascha)
- [Troparion of the Nativity](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/troparion-nativity)
- [Troparion of Theophany](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/troparion-theophany)
- [Troparion of the Annunciation](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/troparion-annunciation)
- [Troparion of the Transfiguration](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/troparion-transfiguration)
- [Troparion of the Dormition](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/troparion-dormition)
- [Troparion of Pentecost](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/troparion-pentecost)

## To the saints

- [Troparion of St Nicholas](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/prayers/troparion-nicholas)