Vespers

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Byzantine Rite office evening prayer liturgical service

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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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Daily Vespers 2
Lenten Vespers 2
All-Night Vigil 1

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 Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ
surface form: 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 Vespers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Daily Vespers

Great Vespers ⓘ
Vespers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lenten Vespers

Paschal Stichera ⓘ
surface form: Paschal Vespers
includes New Testament readings ⓘ
Old Testament readings ⓘ
O Gladsome Light (Phos Hilaron) ⓘ
surface form: 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 Horologion ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine Daily Office

daily cycle of services ⓘ
performedBy cantor ⓘ
choir ⓘ
deacon ⓘ
priest ⓘ
timeOfDay evening ⓘ
usedIn Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Typikon → appliesTo → Vespers ⓘ
Vespers → hasVariant → Vespers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daily Vespers
Vespers → hasVariant → Vespers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenten Vespers
Daily Office → includesOffice → Vespers ⓘ
Horologion → includesService → Vespers ⓘ
Byzantine Rite → majorService → Vespers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vespro della Beata Vergine
Great Vespers → relatedTo → Vespers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daily Vespers
Great Vespers → relatedTo → Vespers ⓘ
this entity surface form: All-Night Vigil
this entity surface form: Seraphim vigil
Octoechos → usedFor → Vespers ⓘ
Triodion → usedFor → Vespers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenten Vespers
Byzantine chant → usedIn → Vespers ⓘ