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A '''Litanieslitany''' - is a prayerful sequence of supplications which are intoned by a [[deacon]] or [[priest]] in the name of all those praying. After each petition the choir or people sing, ''"Lord, have mercy,"'' ''"Grant this, O Lord" (or in some translations, "Grant it, O Lord"),"'' or ''"To Thee, O Lord."''

The [[Great Litany]], or Litany of Peace, begins with the words ''"In peace, let us pray to the Lord."'' It is typically found near the beginning of services. It contains many different petitions for prosperity and salvation of God's people.

The [[Little Litany]] is a shortened form of the Great Litany. It begins with the words: ''"Again and again in peace let us pray to the Lord,"'' and contains only three petitions.

The [[Litany of Supplication]] is characterized by its first petition, ''"Let us complete our prayer unto the Lord,"'' and by its petitions that end with ''"let us ask of the Lord,"'' to which the faithful respond ''"Grant itthis, O Lord."'' The petitions beseech ("supplicate") the Lord for the spiritual well-being of the faithful. The initial petition may be modified to denote time of day (e.g. ''"Let us complete our evening prayer unto the Lord."''), and therefore the Litany of Supplication may be called the "Evening Litany" or "Morning Litany," depending on the service in which it is said. In the [[Divine Liturgy]], which is considered to be "outside of time," the Litany of Supplication does not denote a time of day.

The [[Litany of Fervent Supplication]] is characterized by the three-fold ''"Lord, have mercy'', " thus giving it its name of ''Fervent''. It is in this litany that the people pray for their own particular needs, as well as those of the entire Church, their neighbors, their country, and the entire world.

The [[Augmented Litany]] is so called because it consists of the petitions contained in the [[Litany of Fervent Supplication]], ''augmented'' by two petitions at the beginning: ''"Let us say with all our soul and with all our mind, let us say:"'' and ''"O Lord Almighty, the God of our Fathers, we pray Thee, hearken and have mercy."'' The responses to these augmented petitions, unlike those taken from the Litany of Fervent Supplication, consist of a single ''"Lord have mercy,"'' instead of three. The Augmented Litany may also be "augmented" with special petitions at times of need, such as for peace at times of war, for the health of a graevely-ill parishioner, the blessing of a new [[Marriage]], etc.