I’ve created a few reference sheets to help those at my church (Holy Trinity) who want to learn a little Greek and be able to sing along with special hymns. See below for the PDFs as well as image versions, which you can print or save to your phone to use during services.

Greek Cheat Sheet

This letter size document is the original document, which includes common Greek phrases you’ll hear in church. My niece Nicole has the original Collector’s Edition that has her name on it 🙂

You can also download the image version.

Special Hymns and The Lord’s Prayer

This digest size document has the hymns of the church for Holy Trinity (which are about Pentecost; see the document for more details), the Lord’s Prayer, and a condensed version of the Greek Cheat Sheet. Each Orthodox church has special hymns based on who or what they are named after. At a church named St. Michael’s, you’d sing special hymns about the Archangel Michael.

You can also download the image version of page 1 and of page 2.

The Great Feasts

This digest size document summarizes the Great Feasts (and fasts) of the Orthodox Church. The original practice of fasting on Wednesdays and Fridays is outlined in the Didache, a church document written in the 1st century during the time of the apostles. The Orthodox Church is the lone faith tradition in Christendom that keeps this ancient practice (though Roman Catholics still fast on Fridays).

You can also download the image version.

The Lorica of St. Patrick

Once a slave of the Irish, St. Patrick returned to the land of his slavers and risked death to bring the gospel to that pagan land. A lorica is a Roman Breastplate, and this prayer is said to have been his ‘shield’ as he braved the perils of the adversaries of Christ, for they sought to kill him. A powerful prayer indeed!

You can also download the image version.