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How do I install Orthros?
Orthros is available now as a free public beta through Apple’s TestFlight on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Apple Watch installs through the paired iPhone, and CarPlay uses the iPhone app.
What is inside?
The whole Bible in three translations, the King James, the Septuagint, and plain modern English, with the Fathers beside it; the morning and evening prayers; the liturgical calendar for New and Old alike; the daily saint from the Prologue of Ochrid; The Way, a stone of catechesis each day; and the komboskini. Source and license details distinguish received texts and editions from Orthros editorial teaching.
Which jurisdictions does it serve?
Orthros is pan-Orthodox. It keeps both the New and the Old Calendar, you choose once, and every feast and fast follows your choice.
Do I need an account?
No. No account, no sign-in, no email required to pray. Your rule, journal, and prayer intentions stay on your device. Supported private data can sync through your own iCloud if you enable it. Personal recording files stay local.
Is it really free?
Yes. Everything written is free to read. Always. Every prayer, every Life, every parable, the whole Bible in three editions, the Fathers on all four Gospels, the seven Ecumenical Councils, the desert sayings, read end to end, never truncated. Orthros+ is optional, and it is how the app is funded. There are no ads and there is no data business.
What is Orthros+?
A page is never locked; only the wiring between pages is. Everything written is free to read, end to end, forever. Orthros+ is the recorded voice and the study apparatus that connects the corpus: the whole library read aloud in a human voice, the Fathers linked across the rest of the Bible, thirty-three threads through Scripture, the covenants, the concept index, and the study rooms. All of it is being built and is coming; nothing you can read today will ever move behind it.
What do parishes get?
Parish plans are planned, with the proposed tiers and eligibility shown on the parish page. Seat codes and parish reporting are not a verified feature of the current public beta.
When does audio arrive?
Human recordings are in preparation. November 15 is the planned target, not a confirmed delivery date. A reading listed in Audio does not mean its recording is available. Open the item to check its current source and playback state.
What is the Founding Supporter?
The planned Founding Supporter offer is a one-time $89.99 Orthros+ purchase, with the same benefits as the yearly plan. It supports recordings, commissioned art, and readers. It is a planned offer, not an available purchase in the current public beta.
Will there be an Android version?
An Android version is not currently available, and no launch date is confirmed.
Who makes Orthros?
Demetri Panici, a self-named revert, like many of us, constantly being reconverted to Christ. Made by Orthodox Christians, for everyone: Orthros is not an official work of any Church body and never speaks for the Church; it carries her words, with every source named. Reach a person anytime at help@orthros.app.
For a walkthrough of the app itself, see the Help Center. For anything else, write to help@orthros.app. A person reads it.