How to Pray in Hellenism

How do you pray as a Hellenist? How do Hellenists pray? How does Hellenist ritual work? These are questions I've gotten a TON of in the community, and I think it's about time I did a scholarly deep dive into the topic, as well as a guide on how to write your own hellenic prayers.

Special thanks as always to GaelicNox for their amazing channel art!

Sources:
Pulleyn, S. (1997). Prayer in Greek religion. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Petrovic, A., & Petrovic, I. (2016). Inner purity and pollution in Greek religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

[HadesTheSecondGR]

As a Greek i am glad to see that my country's actual religion is still in people's hearts

[nadiacarey]

I am converting to Hellenism so this was so much help to learn to pray to the gods!

[thesinfultictac]

Hands to the sky(to thr Olympians), Hands to the statue(cult specific) hands to the floor(Kthonic)

Wash hands in magic water (Khernips)

Hestia first
Praise
Offering
Praise
Hestia last

[kryrimstercat]

As someone actively converting to hellenism at the moment this is extremely helpful!

[Zenaidafromthemoon]

Me, someone who has been Hellenist for most of my life and knows how to pray: *“Ah yes good video absolutely essential for me to watch.”*

[wolfie]

I often get overwhelmed when it comes to research and reading, and because of this have fallen victim to people spreading misinformation (AKA witchtok) so I’m happy to have these videos to give me solid ground to start on. I feel embarrassed with how little I knew and how much I was doing wrong, but I hope to learn more starting now, love your videos :)

[GalaxyBearNova]

I’m sorry but this is hilarious: the ad I got for this was a Catholic Church or smth. I’m dying.

[MozzarellaMoomin]

as a child i stood at the mouth of the cave of zas on naxos where pateras Zeus hid from Kronos, i never forget the way it made me feel, now i live in england but my voice still carries up olympos, i carry the gods in my heart

[maryparker]

I was just wondering about this topic quietly to myself when I saw you uploaded this video just 30 mins prior. Thank you for the lesson. It arrived precisely when it was needed.

[Sparkbomber]

I'm glad we can learn more about cultures and practices once thought to have been stamped out by needy monotheistic organisations... Please keep up the good work as usual.

[AndiiiiurAxii]

As something who is converting to Hellenism this video is extremely helpful!! Thank you for making this

[Gendersoup]

I’m converting to Hellenism so this is really helpful, thank you 🙏🙏

[dekamateinc.]

Wow hellenism is very very similar to Hinduism( my religion from india). And many gods are similar too eith our hindu gods. Like, there is zeus god of thunder, we too have a god who is the king of heaven and god of rain and lightning.
In hellenism there is athena, said to be god of war, wisdom and etc
And we have durga, femal god of warfare and she has different forms, like one form of her is god of study and wisdom( pretty important for us student in school, we always pray to her for giving is power to study more properly and for wisdom) and athena is too god of wisdom and etc. But unfortunately many ancient religions were lost due to conversion of christianity and islam. Fortunately india still has its ancient relgion and is the 3rd largest religion despite many islamic attacks and Christian missionaries converting us. Would love to knoe more about other ancient religions

[Ireallywouldrathernot]

Hey, if you feel like it, would be interesting to get a video on the history of Hellesim between now and ancient times.

[roadrunner]

Thank you for this, I try not to get overwhelmed with all the info. So far, Apollo is the only god I've connected with and my prayers tend to be rather rambling. From what I can tell he doesn't seem to mind so far but I'm trying to get better but my thoughts are often racing so sometimes its hard to focus to pray an organized prayer, but I do my best

[echohawk]

Have felt a big call to Hellenism recently. Thank you for such an informative video! I have deities from other pantheons so I'm not willing to fully join Hellenism, but I do wish to honor the Gods that have called me in the way they are accustomed to!

[livinghistory]

I'm thinking of converting (though I have to wait for a few years because family would disprove) and these videos have helped me learn more about it.

[Mercasis]

This has helped me to learn a little more about the topic of prayer.

[noahapollo]

I'm a Greek Hellenist and it's finally recognised in Greece!

[icarusissleepy]

THANK YOU!! all my life ive always been taught the christan way of prayig (trinitarian formula) so when i tried to pray to apollo i suddenly stopped and thought "wait, how do i start praying to the greek gods..?" and this video taught me how, thanks!