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The Fathers of the Church and the ecclesiastical writers of the third century frequently mention Terce, Sext, and None as hours for daily prayers. [5] Tertullian, around the year 200, recommended, in addition to the obligatory morning and evening prayers, the use of the third, sixth and ninth hours of daylight to remind oneself to pray.
Third Hour or Tloth sho'in prayer (Terce, 9 a.m.) Sixth Hour or Sheth sho'in prayer (Sext, noon) Ninth Hour or Tsha' sho'in prayer (None, 3 p.m.) The Midnight prayer (Matins) consists of three qawme or "watches" (literally "standings"). As in other traditional rites, the ecclesiastical day begins in the evening at sunset with Vespers (Ramsho ...
Prime (first hour = approximately 6 a.m.) Terce (third hour = approximately 9 a.m.) Sext (sixth hour = approximately 12 noon) None (ninth hour = approximately 3 p.m.) Vespers (at the lighting of the lamps, about 6 p.m.) Compline (before retiring, about 8 p.m.) This arrangement of the Divine Office is described by Benedict.
The daytime canonical hours of the Catholic Church take their names from the Roman clock: the prime, terce, sext and none occur during the first (prīma) = 6 am, third (tertia) = 9 am, sixth (sexta) = 12 pm, and ninth (nōna) = 3 pm, hours of the day. The English term noon is also derived from the ninth hour.
Third Hour (Terce) At ≈9 AM: Pilate's judgement of Christ and the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, which occurred during this hour. Héktē Hóra (Ἕκτη Ὥρα) Sixth Hour (Sext) At ≈12 PM: Christ's crucifixion, which occurred during this hour. Ennátē Hóra (Ἐννάτη Ὥρα) Ninth Hour (None) At ≈3 PM
From the time of the early Church, the practice of seven fixed prayer times has been taught, which traces itself to the Prophet David in Psalm 119:164. [6] In Apostolic Tradition, Hippolytus instructed Christians to pray seven times a day, "on rising, at the lighting of the evening lamp, at bedtime, at midnight" and "the third, sixth and ninth hours of the day, being hours associated with ...
Third Hour (Terce) At ~9 AM: Pilate's judgement of Christ and the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, which happened at this hour. Ekte Ora (Ἕκτη Ὥρα) Sixth Hour (Sext) At noon: Christ's crucifixion, which happened at this hour Ennate Ora (Ἐννάτη Ὥρα) Ninth Hour (None) At ~3 PM: Christ's death which happened at this hour.
The Assyrian Church of the East has its own 7 canonical hours. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Divine Office is found in the Horologion, which consists of eight canonical hours: Vespers (sunset), Compline (before sleep), Midnight Office, Orthros (sunrise), 1st hour (07:00), 3rd hour (09:00), 6th hour (12:00), and 9th hour (15:00).