Under Metropolitan Nicholas of Amisos, Hierarch of the American Carpatho-Rusyn Orthodox Diocese in the USA
A Diocese under the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Prayer is an indispensable part of the Orthodox Christian's life.  It is through prayer that we communicate with God and God communicates with us.  And yet in the Orthodox world, we differ somewhat in that prayer becomes as much physical as spiritual.  We bow and prostrate ourselves, we venerate icons, we light candles and burn incense.   And in doing all this the one object remains, to lift up our lives to the Lord.  To seek Him so that he may live in us and through us to all those we meet and come in contact with in our lives.

Below are a few quotes from the Saints of the Church directing us on the proper path of salvation.

When mind and heart are united in prayer and the soul is wholly concentrated in a single desire for God, then the heart grows warm and the light of Christ begins to shine and fills the inward man with peace and joy.  We should thank the Lord for everything and give ourselves up to His will; we should also offer Him all our thoughts and words, and strive to make everything serve only His good pleasure.
-St. Seraphim of Sarov

Prayer is a great weapon, a rich treasure, a wealth that is never exhausted, an undisturbed refuge, a cause of tranquility, the root of a multitude of blessings and their source.
-St. John Chrysostom

Prayer is a conversation directly with God, being always with God, having one's soul united with Him and one's mind inseparable. A person becomes one with the angels and unites with them in perpetual praise and longing for God.
-St. Symeon of Thessaloniki

Orthodox Prayers for a variety of Occasions
Trisagion Prayers  (Pronounced Tree-sigh- you-n)
In the Orthodox Church Tradition, many of the prayer services begin with the Trisagion prayers.  They are a way of preparing our minds, heart and soul for worship.  They afford us the opportunity to lay aside the weight of worry from the day past and the day to come and lead us into a spiritual state for the continuing of prayer.
In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
O Heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit f Truth who are everywhere present and fills all things, come and dwell within us and cleanse us from every blemish and save our souls O Blessed One.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us (3x)

Glory to the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
now and ever and forever. AMEN.

O Most Holy Trinity have mercy on us, O Lord cleanse us of our sins, O Holy One, come to us and heal us of our infirmities for Your name's sake.

Lord have mercy (3x)


Doxology and Prayer for direction and deliverance

O Christ our God, Who at all times and places is worshipped and glorified, both in heaven and on earth; Long-suffering and generous in mercy, rich in compassion, loving to the just and merciful to the sinner.  You who calls all men and women to repentance through the promise of the blessings to come.  Direct our lives in the way of Your commandments.  Sanctify our souls, purify our bodies, set our mind right, cleanse our thoughts.  Deliver us from affliction, wrath danger and need.  Surround us with Your holy angels, so that guided and guarded in their camp, we may reach the oneness of the Faith and the knowledge of Your unutterable glory.  For you are blessed now and unto the ages of ages.  AMEN.