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Depends how traditional or long you want to get?

The Coptic Orthodox church has three liturgies St.Basil,St.Cyril and St.Gregory

The original length of St.Basil is 6 hrs,St.Cyril 4 hrs and St.Gregory is 6 hrs

However they mainly use St.Basil liturgy to memorize it and become familiar with it because it will be hard to memorize all three however the others are usually performed when it's the feast day or occasion of saint Cyril/Gregory.

The liturgy is shortened to about 3 hrs with today's social life work etc

Prior to the liturgy there is an Orthros, or Matins, a separate service which lasts 40 minutes to an hour in both Coptic and Greek churches.

The Greek Orthodox church uses St.Basil's and St. John Chrysostom liturgies which are similar. The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is used most frequently lasting between 90 minutes to two hours. St Basil's Liturgy is served during the Lenten season. The prayers are longer than those in St. John Chrysostom's Liturgy.

So to answer your question briefly the typical Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom in the Orthodox church is about 2 hours

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