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Peace everyone,
I've prayed the Latin Liturgy of the Hours for years. Vespers and Lauds, plus as many of the other hours that I could reasonably fit into my schedule. It's one of the anchors of my daily walk with Christ.
A couple of years back I picked up a copy of the UGCC's Horologion and I revisited it today. Though Vespers and Matins look like the outline for a beautiful church service, I'm not sure if I could realistically incorporate them into my daily prayer life. I'd also need hands on teaching to figure out to apply all the right sticheras, troparions, kontakions, etc.
Is there another Eastern Christian way of marking the hours that's...er...a bit simpler for someone exploring the lights of the East?
Best, -Charleson
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I aquired The Publicans Prayer Book a couple of months ago after seeing the review at Byzantine Texas & Byzantine Rambling blogs... http://www.melkite.org/SophiaPress/PublicansPrayerBook.htmWorth a look, I like mine...
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What exactly does the book have? Does it have a Horologion as well?
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Though Vespers and Matins look like the outline for a beautiful church service, I'm not sure if I could realistically incorporate them into my daily prayer life. I'd also need hands on teaching to figure out to apply all the right sticheras, troparions, kontakions, etc. You can, and the Stamford Horologion is already quite simplified compared if you had all of the liturgical books at your disposal. There is a "Brief Typicon" in the back that explains some usage, and if you PM I could always give some additional pointers. For Vespers and Matins it allows a much more complete prayer of the fixed and moveable feast days as does Let us pray to the Lord. The Publican's Prayer Book, while it has much devotional material, does not contain many of the texts of the Hours contained in the Melkite Horologion.
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What exactly does the book have? Does it have a Horologion as well? It contains a short version of prayer of the hours, 1st,3rd,6th and 9th hours, plus evening hymn, night prayer of St. Basil and midnight prayer. This prayer book fits in for one with a busy schedule...
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Praise be Jesus Christ, now and forever!
Thank you all for your kind replies. My debit card is itching to spend money on something...!
Though, Diak, I already paid a pretty penny for my Samford UGCC Horologion, so I may take up up on your generous offer to help me figure things out.
Best, -Charleson
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Charleson,
If you can't do the "full" services, I'd suggest talking to your local priest and see what he suggests for a daily morning and evening prayer routine.
The "Byzantine" liturgy of the hours is NOT designed for private recitation that anyone can take up without preparation. For more on that, and its contrast to not only the "traditional" Roman Liturgy of the Hours as well as how the Roman Liturgy developed over the course of the late medieval and Counter-reformation periods into a Liturgy for the Church to a private devosion, I highly recommend Fr. Robert Taft's book "The Liturgy of the Hours East and West". Lots of interesting facts that can help one decide what to pray and why. But be forewarned, it's not easy reading, and I wouldn't recommend it unless one's interested in comparative liturgical history.
I personally try, as a minimum, some of the Psalms and hymns - 103, the "lamp-lighting" Psalms, O Joyful light, the Canticle of Simeon for the evening and Psalm 62, 50, 148-150 and the doxology for the morning - combined with a few of the daily texts - e.g. the Dismissal hymns and Kontakia.
But I of course have no gift for spiritual direction, and the words of a wise spiritual father beats out an individual's opinion - even if that opinion tries to be well informed.
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