“They pray the Jesus Prayer, which is “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner,” constantly throughout the day. There’s the morning service that’s from five to seven, and then you can go back to your cell from seven to nine and do whatever you want – more prayers or readings or just preparing. From nine to twelve is morning work period; twelve to one-thirty is lunch, then one-thirty to five is afternoon work period. Five-thirty is dinner and six-thirty is compline [an evening prayer service], and then they’re done by seven-thirty or eight. After nine is silence.”

(Convert Sam Cox’s summary of a day in the life of an Orthodox monk)