This is not something I have ever seen discussed. As Orthodox Christians, where do you attend when no Orthodox Church is available nearby?
Thanks for the reply. I never considered that despite all the Catholic, Anglican and Protestant Churches locally, there is not a single Orthodox Church.depends on what is around you. but you can never go wrong doing lay services until you can get a priest. in fact, most of the daily cycle can be found in certain prayer books.
Thanks for the replies, I appreciate the time you took to.bummer, if that is the nearest, I would message the priest and let him know your situation. he might be able to hook you up (even if only once and again, it's still something)
That's really helpful, thank you.Without a priest you can do the entire Liturgy of the Hours, and instead of a Divine Liturgy you can do a "Typika." If you wanted to do full services instead of wjat younwould fond in, say, the Jordanville Prayer Book, you would want an Unabbrevoated Horologion, or another horologion; the Unabbreviated Horologion is available in iBooks.