A row has erupted between a Liberal conservative and Greens MPs about the role of the Lord's Prayer in Victorian Parliament.

The debate kicked off last week after Liberal MP Tim Smith rebuked the two new lower house Greens MPs for their practice of entering the chamber after the prayer has been recited.

Ellen Sandell, Greens MP for Melbourne, wants the Lord's Prayer scrapped in Parliament. Credit:Justin McManus

Next week, the Greens will seek in Parliament to replace the Lord's Prayer with a version that reflects Victoria's "secular and multicultural society".

The Greens member for Melbourne, Ellen Sandell, described the prayer as an "anachronism" that applied only to those of Christian faith.