Portal:Litany

Christian litanies

• Kyrie, one of the earliest forms of Christian litany.
• Agnus Dei, another early Christian litany.

Catholic Church

In the Catholic Church, six litanies are approved for public recitation:

• The Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus
• The Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
• The Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus
• The Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary (also known as the Litany of Loreto)
• The Litany of St. Joseph
• The Litany of the Saints

Other litanies are used in private devotion, including:

• The Litany for Humility

Catholics who follow the Byzantine Rite or the Anglican Use may also use litanies listed under #Eastern Orthodox Church or #Anglican Communion as well.

Eastern Orthodox Church

In the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite, a litany is referred to as an ektenia. The main forms of the litany are:

• The Great Litany
• The Litany of Supplication
• The Litany of Fervent Supplication
• The Little Litany
• The Litany of the Catechumens
• The Litany of the Faithful

Anglican Communion

• The Great Litany by Thomas Cranmer (1544).
• The Litany for Ordinations

Methodist Church

The Methodist Book of Worship for Church and Home (1965) contains the following litanies:

• The Litany of Recollection of Jesus
• The Litany on the Will of God
• The Litany of the Divine Will
• The Litany of Self-Examination
• The Litany of Confession
• The Litany of Supplication
• The Litany of Remembrance
• The Litany of Commemoration
• The Litany of Intercession
• The Litany for Peace

Jewish litanies

Although used to a much lesser extent in Jewish worship, litanies do appear in Jewish liturgy. The most famous of these "supplicatory" prayers is Avinu Malkeinu, which is recited during the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur liturgies. Certain Selichot prayers also take the form of a litany during the month of Elul.

Literary works

Literary works inspired by or in the form of a litany include:

Hymns

• Litany of the Birth of Jesus by Cecilia Mary Caddell
• Litany of the Childhood of Jesus by Cecilia Mary Caddell
• Litany of the Passion of Jesus by Cecilia Mary Caddell
• Litany of the Resurrection of Jesus by Cecilia Mary Caddell

Poetry

• Les Litanies de Satan by Charles Baudelaire
• A Little Litany by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
• A Lover's "Litany to Pan" by Florence Earle Coates
• The Lovers' Litany by Rudyard Kipling
• A Litany by Edward Quintard
• A Soldier's Litany by Richard Raleigh
• The Litany of the Seven Kisses by Clark Ashton Smith

Reference works

• "Litany," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
  • "Kyrie Eleison," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
  • "Litany of the Holy Name," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
  • "Litany of Loreto," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
  • "Litany of the Saints," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
• "Litany," in A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, (ed.) by George Grove, London: MacMillan & Co., Ltd. (1900)
  • "Litaniæ Lauretanæ," in A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, (ed.) by George Grove, London: MacMillan & Co., Ltd. (1900)
• "Litany," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "On the Greater Litany" by Ælfric