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Orthodox mobile applications. Orthodox library

is a unique application for mobile devices on the Android platform, which will be appreciated by all believers.

Purpose
Modern man is increasingly turning to God for help. Many users strive to make their life comfortable and convenient, so modern technologies are breaking into every area of ​​human life.

In order to always have religious manuals at hand, the developer offers the “” application, which is unique in its content. Here are collected all the most necessary and important articles that will help you view and read prayers or become religious at any moment.

Interface
Everything in the application is done accurately and correctly. The menu is designed concisely. All information is divided into thematic groups to make it convenient for the user to find the information he needs.

Graphic design
The application is designed in a discreet style.

The color palette was selected taking into account all the wishes and needs of the church. High-quality graphics with good illustrations help to perceive all the provided data fully and as accurately as possible.
To ensure the most convenient reading of the literature presented in the virtual reference book, you can choose one of several color scheme options.

Application Features
- The application is completely free;
- You can always download a separate library or book to your device in order to read literature offline in the future;
- On social networks you can share quotes you have read, as well as lists of books;
- Several color schemes for more convenient perception of information.

Synodal Russian translation of the Bible. Contains the text of the books of the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments in modern Russian. The translation was made in the 19th century in full accordance with the teachings of the Orthodox Church. The only Russian translation authorized by the Holy Synod and recognized in the Russian Orthodox Church.

The translation of the books of the Old Testament was carried out from Hebrew (Masoretic text) with some consideration of the Church Slavonic text, dating back to the translation of seventy interpreters; New Testament - from the Greek original.

The Bible contains interpretations of the holy fathers: St. John Chrysostom, Blessed Theophylact, Archbishop of Bulgaria, St. Ephraim the Syrian.

2. Orthodox prayer book for Android

Orthodox prayer book. The application contains morning and bedtime prayers, as well as prayers for Holy Communion in Russian and Old Church Slavonic. In the morning hours there is an automatic scrolling to morning prayers, in the evening hours – to prayers for bedtime. The application was created with the participation of the Pravoslavie.ru portal

3. Requirements for a church, temple or monastery for iPhone

Order requests (notes) to the Upper Pechersk Monastery through the mobile application. Requirements are the prayer of the clergy for you and your relatives. The program presents all the requirements that are sent to the monastery.

The Verkhnepechersky Monastery is located in Nizhny Novgorod, on the banks of the Volga River. It was founded in 1328-1330 by the monk Dionysius.

Fourteen requirements for health:

  • Eternal remembrance
  • Annual commemoration
  • Semi-Annual Commemoration
  • Prayer request
  • Registered note
  • The note is simple
  • Blessing of water prayer
  • Thanksgiving prayer
  • Prayer service with akafest
  • Prayer service for the sick (special)
  • Prayer for deeds (Macarius)
  • Prayer request for 40 days

Ten demands for repose:

  • Eternal remembrance
  • Annual commemoration
  • Semi-Annual Commemoration
  • Sorokoust custom-made with particle removal
  • Sorokoust simple without removing particles
  • Registered note
  • The note is simple
  • Funeral service in absentia
  • Memorial service
  • Lithium

4. Orthodox calendar for iOS

Displays the calendar according to the new and old styles, indicating Easter, great and twelve holidays, as well as fasting days.

Please note that images of icons are in good quality, as well as chants of prayers are downloaded from our server. Your mobile operator may charge data charges based on your data plan.

5. Orthodox calendar for Android

Displays a calendar according to the new and old style, indicating Easter, great and twelve holidays, as well as fasting days.

It is possible to view prayers and icons of saints commemorated on a specified day.
Contains Thoughts for each day of the year by St. Theophan the Recluse.

2x2 and 4x4 widgets are also available.

Please note that images of icons in good quality, as well as chants of prayers, are downloaded from our server. Your mobile operator may charge data charges based on your data plan.

6. Orthodox literature: Bible, Gospel, Orthodox Prayer Book for iPhone

– the most complete collection of Orthodox literature
– the library is constantly updated
– voiced by clergy, church choirs, and professional speakers

One unique application contains a wide selection of theological, liturgical and patristic books, reference books, prayer books and other church literature. The library is regularly updated, and in it you can always find audio versions of excerpts from the Gospel, Bible, lives of saints and other equally famous Orthodox materials. Also presented here are philosophical and artistic literature that promotes spiritual and moral growth.

The application consists of the following sections:

– Bible
– Prayers
– Psalter
– Lives of the Saints
– Spiritual literature
– Chants
– Conversations and sermons
– Music and fairy tales

Main functions of the application:

– Regularly updated library
– Convenient audio player for listening to selected books
– Ability to create your own library
– Each audiobook has a detailed description
– You can search for audiobooks by title and author
– All purchased audiobooks can be synchronized with other Apple devices linked to the same Apple ID
– Possibility of free restoration of purchases
– The application is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad

By downloading the application, you can find answers to pressing life questions, deepest aspirations and interests. “Orthodox Literature” is an indispensable guide to the spiritual life of every Christian!

7. Radio “Vera” for Android

Educational radio "Vera" strives to tell modern residents of the metropolis about Orthodoxy and what it means to be a Christian today. We broadcast around the clock. Our broadcast features the best domestic and foreign music, as well as programs about history, raising children and family. And, of course, the church calendar and interpretation of the Gospel readings for every day.

8. iPhone Bible for Kids

“Bible for Children” is a new product in the series of applications from YouVersion. Available on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, The Bible for Kids is always completely free!

Through interactive adventures and beautiful illustrations, children explore the great stories of the Bible. The Children's Bible is specially designed to keep children excited to return to it again and again. This is the beginning of a lifelong love of God's Word.

Easy, child-friendly navigation
Color illustrations
Animation activated when clicked
Fun, interactive illustrations that bring the Bible to life
Fun facts and activities designed to help children remember what they've learned.
Special tasks that allow children to win awards

9. iBook about the Church for iPhone

The best guide to Orthodox church and worship for inexperienced visitors

In the attachment you will find a book from which you will learn:

  • what, how and why to do in the temple
  • how to understand everything we see and hear in the temple
  • to whom and how to pray to loved ones
  • how to fast and celebrate Orthodox holidays

Perhaps you are a non-religious person and are generally indifferent to both faith and worship. But you have probably been to a church for a christening, wedding or funeral service for someone. And most likely, before visiting the temple, you had questions about how to behave, when and what to do, what not to do, and in general - how to understand everything that is happening.

Suppose you just wanted to enter the temple and stand in silence. But when can you go there, how exactly should you enter to avoid the comments of “grandmothers”, why do they put candles in front of icons, and many more questions to which you want to receive a short, accessible, and most importantly correct answer.
This book may well become your reliable guide in such cases.

In addition to the book in this application you will find:

  • more than 300 illustrations of icons with descriptions and prayers for them
  • interactive map with marked locations of temples and churches with photographs and a brief history
  • a universal calendar where you can see the dates of fasting, holidays and name days

10. Magazine of the Moscow Patriarchate for iPhone

“Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate” is the official publication of the Russian Orthodox Church. Church-wide documents and comments to them. Theology, history, culture, as well as church-practical issues and church-state relations from the point of view of authoritative hierarchs and confessors. A reliable and balanced picture of church life in Russia and in the world.

Published since January 1931.

In the application you can purchase:
Annual subscription – 2050 rub/year (12 issues)
Separate issue – 169 RUR/issue

Subscription terms:
Payment will be charged to your iTunes account immediately upon purchase.
Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
Subscription renewals will be charged within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period and cost information will be provided.
You can manage your subscription. Auto-renewal may be turned off in your iTunes Account Settings after purchase.
Subscription for the current period cannot be cancelled.
Privacy Policy – ​​http://jmp.arefa.net/privacy.html

Our TOP 10 does not include several good mobile applications that still deserve mention:

  • “Orthodox calendar. Prayer book. Bible"

Reading the morning rule on a smartphone on the subway, looking up Lenten recipes in an electronic cookbook, ordering recipes online, translating words from Church Slavonic, listening to Orthodox radio - everything a gadget addict needs is already offered by mobile application developers. Priests also use devices; few people today would be surprised by a priest holding a tablet in his hands during a service. Convenient and accessible, no need to carry service books and akathists with you.

From a fairly impressive list offered by the App Store and Google Play, we have selected the most prominent representatives of Orthodox mobile applications.

Bible

This is the most common type of Orthodox applications. Most Popular:

  • Bible. Synodal translation. “Contains the text of the books of the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments in our modern Russian language.”
  • Orthodox literature: Bible, Gospel, Orthodox Prayer Book. According to the developers, this application contains the most complete collection of Orthodox literature, the library is constantly updated, voiced by clergy, church choirs, and professional speakers.
  • Orthodox Bible + Prayer Book. Feature: “There is a function for copying text fragments and creating notes with subsequent export (social networks, e-mail).”
  • Mobile Church: Bible. As stated by the developer, “the uniqueness of the application is that it is created according to your ideas and suggestions, and that is why it will be closer and more useful to you than others.”

Orthodox calendars

  • Orthodox calendar. “Created with the support of the Pravoslavie.ru portal.

Displays the calendar according to the new and old styles, indicating Easter, great and twelve holidays, as well as fasting days.

It is possible to view prayers and icons of saints commemorated on a specified day.”

An updated, convenient, high-quality calendar.

Prayer books

  • Orthodox prayer book. “The application contains morning and bedtime prayers, as well as prayers for Holy Communion in Russian and Old Church Slavonic. Created with the participation of the Pravoslavie.ru portal.”
  • Audio prayer book: Orthodox prayers, Bible, Gospel. Only morning prayers and selected troparia are free.
  • Audio prayer book. . Only morning prayers are free
  • Dictionary of Church Slavonic language

Orthodox library: books and media

  • Orthodox library for everyone. The developer is the missionary department of the Moscow Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. A nice application with a fairly large archive of free literature (more than 1800 books), there are audiobooks.
  • Orthodox magazine "Thomas" is an interactive monthly magazine for mobile devices. The application is free.
  • Among the new products we can note the Orthodox media library "Tradition", which was developed with donations from visitors to the Predaniye.ru portal.

Orthodox radio

  • Radio "Vera" is one of the popular Orthodox radio stations with 24-hour broadcasting. In the application, in addition to the live broadcast, you can listen to the church calendar and interpretation of the Gospel readings for each day.
  • Radio "Radonezh". It is possible to listen to the broadcast online.

For children

  • Bible for children is a game based on biblical stories. A colorful, educational quiz game.
  • Children's Bible - text only, no pictures.

The application for submitting notes to the Ascension Pechersk Monastery iTreby (), which once stirred the Orthodox community, is now not being updated; the Android version has never been launched. There was an attempt to raise funds through crowdfunding for the “Disappearing Shrines” application (a project of the portal “Rublev.ru”), which, unfortunately, was not successful. Perhaps the demand for Orthodox mobile applications is quite conservative, but most likely, most Orthodox developers simply do not have the extra hundreds of thousands of rubles to develop a lower-quality and interesting application. Moreover, it is unlikely to ever pay off; standard monetization models do not take root well here. We are waiting for one of the Orthodox developers to repeat the success of the most popular mobile application for Muslims, Muslim Pro, with a multimillion-dollar audience.

Orthodox calendar for Android - this application was developed by a group of professionals, which was actively supported by the Pravoslavie.Ru portal.

When installing the program, the user will have access to a church calendar in which holiday dates are marked according to the old and new styles. It has the following Orthodox holidays: Easter, Epiphany, Palm Sunday, Apple Day, Honey Day and many other red dates. In addition, the application contains effective prayers, albums with the faces of saints, as well as information on what days to commemorate them. The calendar gives the owner of a mobile device the opportunity to view “Thoughts of St. Theophan the Recluse for every day of the year.”

To view images of saints in more detail, read prayers and listen to prayers, you must be connected to the Internet.

The program provides detailed information for each month of interest. On the phone screen you can see highlighted Great and Twelfth Holidays, days of fasting and continuous weeks. To explore information about a specific date. You must select “Day” in the menu section. The program will provide information about the date according to the old and new styles, indicate the name of the holiday, and list the names of the saints whom I remember on this particular day.

In addition, the application is provided with the ability to download sound files from the server, which can be listened to by the user. In addition, the user is given a unique opportunity to become acquainted with biblical scripture, read the Gospel and Apostolic readings, and become familiar with the sayings of God-loving peoples.

Key features of the Orthodox Calendar application:

  • provides access to detailed information about the red days of the calendar;
  • allows you to listen to prayers;
  • has a large list of church prayers;
  • contains a huge library with icons of famous saints, images of Orthodox holidays;
  • makes it possible to listen to media files via the global Internet network;
  • all the great holidays, fasting days and twelve feasts are marked on the calendar;
  • The program allows you to read the Bible online.

Download the Orthodox calendar for your Android phone using the link below.

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