Orthodox Prayers when We Can't Go to Church

How do I adjust my prayers when I cannot attend church like normal? Here is how we have adjusted our "prayer rule" here in my house, at least, for now.

Our normal prayer rule as a family remains unchanged. And, for us, that is basically a shortened version of the morning and evening prayers, but that could be whatever is normal for you.

Then, all the times we would have gone to church, we replace with something "extra" at home. That "extra" could be just about anything, but I would suggest something simple that you could read straight out of the prayer book. That is what we have done, for the most part.

If you want more details, feel free to read the next post with more detailed information of how to do those "extra" prayer services at home. The basic idea of what we have done is to...
  1. Keep a regular, daily prayer rule.
  2. Replace a missed service at church with something at home.
Ok...I do have one last thought: keep the scheduled time your parish would have had the service. It is all too easy to do what we did here in my house, and let it get later and later, then the kids are tired, and everything is thrown off. Just keep a schedule, and usually, the easiest schedule to keep is the one you already had.

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