Great Vespers
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Great Vespers is a principal evening worship service in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, featuring psalms, hymns, and prayers that mark the liturgical beginning of major feasts.
Aliases (1)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Orthodox Christian liturgical service
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evening worship service → liturgical service → |
| associatedWith |
Great Feasts
→
liturgical day cycle → |
| attendedBy |
laity
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| celebratedBy |
priests
→
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| celebratedOn |
Saturday evenings
→
eves of major feasts → |
| follows |
Typikon rubrics of the Byzantine Rite
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| hasComponent |
Aposticha
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Augmented Litany → Entrance with censer or Gospel → Great Litany → Litany of Supplication → Lord, I have cried (Psalms 140, 141, 129, 116) → Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace) → O Gladsome Light (Phos Hilaron) → Old Testament readings → Psalm 103 (Bless the Lord, O my soul) → Trisagion prayers → Troparia of the day or feast → dismissal → kathisma psalm → opening blessing → prokeimenon → stichera hymns → |
| hasLiturgicalFunction |
liturgical beginning of major feasts
→
principal evening worship → |
| includes |
hymns
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prayers → psalms → |
| languageOfCelebration |
liturgical languages of local church
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| liturgicalRank |
more solemn than daily vespers
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| mayBeAssistedBy |
deacons
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| mayBePrecededBy |
Ninth Hour
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| mayInclude |
Artoklasia
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Litia → |
| musicalForm |
chant
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| partOf |
Byzantine Rite
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| preparesFor |
Divine Liturgy
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| relatedTo |
All-Night Vigil
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Daily Vespers → |
| theologyEmphasizes |
creation
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incarnation → salvation history → |
| timeOfDay |
evening
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| usedIn |
Eastern Catholic Churches
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Eastern Orthodox Church → |
Referenced by (7)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple
→
Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos → |
hasLiturgicalService |
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Vespers
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hasVariant |
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Dormition of the Theotokos
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liturgicalServices |
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Paschal Stichera
("Paschal Vespers")
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occasion |
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Paschal Divine Liturgy
("Paschal Vespers")
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precedes |
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Paschal Stichera
("Paschal Vespers")
→
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usedInLiturgy |