Byzantine Ramblings has written the first of a multi-part treatment of the liturgical service of orthros. If you're reading as someone learning about the Christian East this looks is a great primer, but even if your already intimately familar there may be something new to learn.
...“Orthros” comes from the Greek word meaning “arise”, and is the proper service for the morning. In fact, it is properly celebrated beginning in the early hours before dawn, with sunrise anticipated to occur around halfway through the service. Orthros is properly a combination of two older services roughly corresponding to the Roman Rite Matins and Lauds in the West. Combining elements from these two older liturgical services, the reading of psalms, standard and variable hymns of Orthros produce an almost symphony-like movement of adoration and praise of God and veneration to His saints...Complete article here.
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