Vespers

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Vespers is an evening prayer service in the Byzantine Rite, marking the liturgical beginning of the day with psalms, hymns, and incense.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine Rite office
evening prayer
liturgical service
associatedWith Menaion
Octoechos
Pentecostarion
Psalter
Triodion
liturgical day-beginning at sunset
celebratedOn Sundays
feast days
weekdays
correspondsTo Evening Prayer in the Liturgy of the Hours
etymology derived from Latin "vesper" meaning "evening"
hasElement entrance with the censer or Gospel book
incensation of the church
lighting of lamps
hasVariant Daily Vespers
Great Vespers
Lenten Vespers
Paschal Vespers
includes New Testament readings
Old Testament readings
evening prayer "O Gladsome Light" (Phos Hilaron)
hymns
incense
lamp-lighting psalms
litanies
prokeimenon
psalms
stichera
languageOfTerm Latin
liturgicalFunction preparation for the following liturgical day
sanctification of evening time
location church
monastery
marks liturgical beginning of the day
partOf Byzantine Daily Office
daily cycle of services
performedBy cantor
choir
deacon
priest
timeOfDay evening
usedIn Byzantine Rite
Eastern Catholic Churches
Eastern Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodox Churches


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