Litourgia vs Sh'himo

Litourgia is a free application that uses the Orthodox various service books to automatically compose the daily prayers, including vespers, matins and the Holy Liturgy, according to the Typikon of the Antiochian Orthodox Church. The current version is in Arabic and follows the New Julian Calendar adopted in all Antiochian Churches; it addresses ecclesiastics, chanters or the ordinary faithful (choice pre-selectable from the settings menu). Through a rich and continuously updated database, Litourgia also gives the Icon of daily Saints and Feasts, various daily prayers and readings. It also offers a search engine connected to the archive of the Beirut Archbishopric’s weekly publication “Annashra” and its web site. This application was developed by the Orthodox Archbishopric of Beirut for the benefit of the Church children.

The MGOCSM of North America, the youth ministry of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, makes the beautiful prayers of the West Syriac Tradition available to our faithful in North America and worldwide. It is our hope, these prayers which are made available, will instill the discipline of prayer in the lives of all our faithful, to make them strong, witnessing Orthodox Christians. The liturgical prayers for all liturgical offices from Monday to Saturday are included in this app. The prayers of Sunday are not included, as it is the practice for Orthodox Christians to pray the liturgical hours of Sunday with the worshipping community. May the power of the sacred prayers of the Holy Church, help us in our journey to the Kingdom of God. “Sh’himo” is the Syriac word for “common” or “ordinary.” It simply refers to the prayers that are done on ordinary days (outside of the three day fast of Nineveh and the Great Fast) when there is not an important feast of the Church being celebrated. The Sh’himo prayers do not include Sunday, as every Sunday is a festal day on which we celebrate the Resurrection (Qyomtho) of our Lord.