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Prayers

Eastern Catholic

Prayers from the heritage of the Eastern Catholic Churches

1. Kontakion 1 of the Akathist — To Thee, the Champion Leader Opening stanza of the 6th-century Byzantine hymn to the Mother of God — Hail, O Bride unwedded!
2. Trisagion — Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal Byzantine hymn of adoration to the Trinity — sung in Greek and Latin on Roman Good Friday.
3. Jesus Prayer — Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God The brief prayer of the Desert Fathers taken up in the Catechism (CCC 2667) — invocation of the Holy Name.
4. Axion Estin — It is truly meet to bless thee Marian hymn of the Byzantine Divine Liturgy — more honourable than the Cherubim, more glorious than the Seraphim.