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       Reader services
       By: Handmaiden50 Date: November 25, 2014, 8:17 am
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       I came across these below . . .
  HTML http://www.saintjonah.org/services/horologion.htm
       It may seem like a weird question, but can an individual do a
       reader service (at home, it is just myself) or do you need to
       have at least two people to pray these?
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       Re: Reader services
       By: marc hanna Date: November 25, 2014, 8:38 am
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       I don't know if they have any rules in the Russian Church, but
       there's certainly no issue from from any of the Oriental
       Orthodox perspectives.
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       Re: Reader services
       By: Handmaiden50 Date: November 25, 2014, 8:23 pm
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       I know this resource is Russian Orthodox; I came across it
       online. I'm visiting a Greek Orthodox church, however.  Father
       hasn't really assigned me a structured prayer rule.  I've told
       him that I've been using a booklet called the St. Philip's
       Prayer Manual (Antiochian).  It's a little more in depth than
       the little red Orthodox prayer book the Antiochian church puts
       out that I purchased at our church bookstore; that is what I
       started out with many months ago.
       Anyway, I thought it would be nice to start to pray a small
       compline in the evening instead of the evening prayer I've been
       doing.  I still want to speak to Father about it.
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       Re: Reader services
       By: marc hanna Date: November 25, 2014, 9:54 pm
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       I'm sure your evening prayer is just fine, so I wouldn't fret
       too much.  Praise God, give Him thanks, ask for His forgiveness,
       pray for your enemies, and ask for God's guidance.  This is what
       is important.
       However, the Hours' prayers are wonderfully spiritual and
       fraught with meaning, and when one can pray and feel the words
       within their heart, there is such a spiritual reward.  This may
       take some time. Pace yourself in diving in, because Orthodoxy is
       a way of life, not building made with bricks and mortar for
       which one goes to partake of ancient rituals, but a spiritual
       journey serving God.
       May you have a blessed Advent.
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