List of prayers

This is a list of Prayers.

Christian prayers

Common to several denominations

• Collect
• Compline
• Epiclesis
• Glory Be to the Father
• Good Friday Prayer
• Guardian Angel Prayer
• Litany
• Lord's Prayer
• Magnificat (Song of Mary)
• Mass
• Nicene Creed
• Apostles' Creed
• Serenity Prayer
• Trinitarian formula

Roman Catholic prayers

• Mass
• Act of Contrition
• Fatima Prayer
• Confiteor
• Eternal Rest
• Divine Praises
• Prayers to accompany The Stations of the Cross
• Canticle of the Sun

Prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary:

• Sub Tuum, the oldest known prayer to Mary
• Rosary
• Ave Maria (Hail Mary)
• Salve Regina (Hail, Holy Queen)
• Alma Redemptoris Mater (Loving Mother of our Savior)
• Regina Coeli (Queen of Heaven, Rejoice)
• Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• Mary, Mother of Grace
• Memorare (Remember O Most Gracious Virgin Mary)

Prayers to Saints and Angels:

• Prayer to Saint Michael
• Prayer to Saint Joseph
• Chaplets
• Litany of the Saints

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:

• Jesus Prayer
• Akathist
• Axion Estin
• Theotokion
• Ektenia

Other denominations

• Wesley Covenant Prayer (Methodist)
• Daily Prayer for Peace (Community of Christ)

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:
  • Fajr – the dawn prayer
  • Dhuhr – the noon prayer
  • Asr – the afternoon prayer
  • Maghrib – the sunset prayer
  • Isha'a – the night prayer

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

NOTE: If an observant Muslim has missed many prayers, whether in the recent past or over a long period, there is a recommended prayer for this situation, called the qaza e umri prayer. The qaza e umri involves four rakat namaz; in each of these, after al-hamd shareef, ayat ul kursi is to be recited seven times, and surah e kausar is to be recited fifteen times. For the second rakat, the penitent should recite to durood and dua, and thence continue to the third rakat without saying salaam. The third rakat proceeds from sana, and is to be continued similarly to the second, up through the end of the fourth rakat at durood and dua.

The qaza e umri prayer is usually offered in mosques on jummah tul widah of Ramadan, and it is said[by whom?] that this special Ramadan prayer may serve as qaza for all prayers one has missed reciting.

Hindu prayers

• Gayatri Mantra
• Shanti Mantra
• Sahasranam

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.