List of prayers
This is a list of Prayers.
Sikh Prayers
The sikhs believe in sleeping early then waking up early. The sikhs call early morning as Amrit wela. Most of the sikhs(especially baptised) wake up at this time of day and pray
Morning prayers
In the morning most of the sikhs recite the path by sitting in their family or sitting alone. They recite 5 paths (holy chapters) as directed by the tenth guru of sikhs Sri Guru Gobind Singh.
The list of 5 paths is:
1. Japji Sahib
2. Jaap Sahib
3. Twe Prasad Swaiye
4. Chaupai Sahib
5. Anand Sahib.(Refer android or apple app Sunder Gutka for more details) They try to perform these prayers on daily basis.
Evening Prayers In the evening the sikhs perform the path of Rehraas Sahib.
Night Prayers During night time the sikhs recite Kirtan Sohila before sleeping.
Though the sikhs pray these special prayers they are always in touch with their God by reciting Waheguru-waheguru for the whole day, follow the orders of their Guru Nanak Dev ji to do work but keep their attention towards God.
Christian prayers
Common to several denominations
- Epiclesis
- Glory Be to the Father
- Good Friday Prayer
- Grace at Meals, including some non-Christian versions
- Litany
- Lord's Prayer
- Apostles' Creed
- Serenity Prayer
- Trinitarian formula
Catholic prayers
- Angelus
- Compline
- Confiteor
- Guardian Angel Prayer
- Liturgy of the Hours
- Hail Mary
- Magnificat (Song of Mary)
- Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace
- Mass
- Memorare
- Morning Offering
- Nicene Creed
- Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
- Rosary
- Vespers
Anglican Prayers
- Act of Contrition
- Prayer for all Sorts and Conditions
- For General Thanksgiving
Eastern Orthodox prayers
Christian prayers specific to the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite:
Other denominations
Prayers of the Theotokos ("Mary, Mother of God")
- It Is Truly Meet
- O Virgin Pure
Islamic prayers
The English term "prayer" can refer to any of three separate concepts in Islamic spiritual practice:
- Salat, ritual Islamic prayer, prescribed five times daily:
- Besides the five daily prayers, other notable forms of salat include:
- Jumu'ah – weekly congregational prayer (replaces dhuhr on Fridays)
- Eid salah – performed during the two primary Islamic festivals, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha
- Tarawih – lengthy night-time prayers during Ramadan
- Dua, or "supplication"
- Dhikr, or "remembrance of God", often involving various repeated phrases, most notably:
- Subhanallah
- Alhamdulillah
- Allahu akbar – see takbir
- La ilaha ill Allah – see Six Kalimas
- Astaghfirullah
Hindu prayers
Jain prayers
Jewish prayers
- List of Jewish Prayers and Blessings
- Tefillah prayers prescribed 3 times a day by observant Jews and 4 times a day during every Shabbat service:
- Shacharit - Dawn/Morning prayer
- Mincha - Afternoon prayer
- Maariv - Evening prayer
- Mussaf - Additional prayer that is recited on Shabbat, Yom Tov, Chol Hamoed, and Rosh Chodesh.
- Shema Yisrael
- V'ahavta
- Amidah
- Kaddish
- Kol Nidre
- Aleinu
- Selichot
- Ne'ila
- Berakhah (Jewish blessings) According to Jewish tradition, religious Jews are required to recite 100 berakhot (blessings) each day.