Morning prayers, beginning the day with God. The translation used is published by Holy Transfiguration Monastery in Brookline Massachusetts. It is one that I love deeply for its faithfulness to the original Greek text while striking a judicious balance between poeticism and interpretation.

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0:13 Trisagion Prayers 1:28 Troparia 2:18 Morning Prayer 3:05 50th Psalm 4:37 Creed (Symbol of Faith)  5:35 Morning Prayer of St. Basil the Great 6:41 The Magnificat 7:01 Final Prayer