The Coptic Orthodox Book of Hours, free for every worshipper.
Agpeya is a free, ad-free liturgical preservation program from Faith Software, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit — the canonical Agpeya on the phone already in your pocket.
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It carries the canonical text of the Coptic Orthodox Book of Hours so that anyone, anywhere, can pray the hours the Church has prayed for centuries.
There is no paywall, no subscription, and no account you are forced to create before you can pray.
Who Agpeya serves
Agpeya serves Coptic Orthodox worshippers first: families who pray the hours together at home, servants preparing for liturgy, and believers living far from their home parish who want to keep the Church's rhythm of prayer wherever they are. For many, the printed Agpeya was the book their parents and grandparents prayed from. The app keeps that same book within reach.
It also serves anyone curious about historic liturgical prayer — Christians from other traditions who want to learn how the early Church ordered the day around prayer, and newcomers to Orthodoxy who are learning the hours for the first time and benefit from hearing them prayed aloud.
No sign-in is required, and the user base is anonymous by design. We don't need to know who you are for you to pray.
How the hours shape a day
The Agpeya orders a day around fixed hours of prayer, each tied to a moment in the life of Christ. Agpeya includes the canonical text for Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, Compline, the three Midnight watches, the Prayer of the Veil, and Communion prayers — in English and Arabic, with Arabic audio for the day hours and the first Midnight watch:
Day hours — Prime through Compline
1st Hour (Prime), 3rd Hour (Terce), 6th Hour (Sext), 9th Hour (None), 11th Hour (Vespers), and 12th Hour (Compline) — each with psalms, Gospel, and prayers.
Midnight watches
Three Midnight services (1st, 2nd, and 3rd watch) for those who pray in the night.
Veil and Communion
The Prayer of the Veil and prayers before and after Holy Communion.
Pray your way
Pray one hour or several. Reminders for each hour, prayer streaks, night mode, and an optional prayer board help you keep the Church's rhythm wherever you are.
What's included, free
- Canonical Agpeya text for Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, Compline, the three Midnight watches, the Prayer of the Veil, and Communion prayers
- English and Arabic
- Arabic audio for the day hours and the first Midnight watch (including playback with your phone locked)
- Works offline once content is on your device
- A reminder for each prayer hour, prayer streaks, night mode, and an optional prayer board
- No forced login, no paywall, and no subscription — ever
- Available on iOS and Android
Why we keep an ancient prayer book free
We build technology that helps people draw closer to God, and few practices have drawn believers closer, for longer, than praying the hours. The Agpeya isn't ours; it belongs to the Church. Our part is stewardship: keeping a faithful, canonical digital edition available, accurate, and free, so the only thing between a worshipper and the prayers is the decision to pray.
Preservation is a real part of that. A prayer book passed from generation to generation now also needs to live on the devices a new generation actually carries. Keeping Agpeya working across new phones and operating system updates is quiet, ongoing work — and it's the kind of work that disappears if nobody is committed to it.
"Seven times a day I praise You, because of Your righteous judgments."
Psalm 119:164
How Agpeya stays free
Agpeya has never had a paywall or subscription, and it won't. Faith Software, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 42-3505436). We reinvest in keeping the canonical text accurate and available on iOS and Android — we don't distribute profits to individuals.
Hosting, app-store fees, and engineering are covered through the ministry's overall stewardship. See how we report that work on our financial transparency page.
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Pray the hours today
Agpeya is a free mobile app. Download it from your phone's app store — no account needed: