1) Byzantine Rite 
Ektenia (from ἐκτενής ektenés; literally, `diligence`), often called simply Litany, is a prayerful petition in the Eastern Orthodox/Eastern Catholic liturgy. The prevalent ecclesiastical word for this kind of litany in Greek is Συναπτή Synaptê, Ektenia being the word preferred in Church Slavonic (ектенїѧ ekteniya). A Lita.....