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.
Aliases (5)
Statements (48)
| 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 → |
Referenced by (16)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Vespers
("Daily Vespers")
→
Vespers ("Lenten Vespers") → |
hasVariant |
|
Daily Office
→
Roman Breviary → |
includesOffice |
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Great Vespers
("Daily Vespers")
→
Great Vespers ("All-Night Vigil") → |
relatedTo |
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Octoechos
→
Triodion ("Lenten Vespers") → |
usedFor |
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Typikon
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appliesTo |
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Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
→
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contains |
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Horologion
→
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includesService |
|
Byzantine Rite
→
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majorService |
|
Claudio Monteverdi
("Vespro della Beata Vergine")
→
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notableWork |
|
Royal Order of the Seraphim
("Seraphim vigil")
→
|
religiousServiceAssociated |
|
Byzantine chant
→
|
usedIn |
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Church Slavonic
→
|
usedInContext |