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Name of service in Greek Name of service in English Historical time of service Theme [note 12] Esperinos (Ἑσπερινός) Vespers: At sunset: Glorification of God, the Creator of the world and its Providence Apodepnon (Ἀπόδειπνον) Compline: At bedtime: Sleep as the image of death, illumined by Christ's Harrowing of Hell after ...
The Night Service (midnight) Dedicated to the praising of God the Father. Themes of the service are: thanksgiving to God for the blessing of sleep and asking that the remainder of the night pass in peace and tranquility, and that the next day be spent in purity and righteousness. The Morning Service (dawn) Dedicated to the praising of God the Son.
The horologion or horologium (pl. horologia), also known by other names, is the book of hours for the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches. [1] It provides the acolouthia (ἀκολουθίαι, akolouthíai), the fixed portions of the Divine Service used every day at certain canonical hours.
The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church.Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rules for fasting or feasting that correspond to the day of the week or time of year in relationship to the major feast days.
This service may be performed (commencing the evening before) on any Sunday or major feast, [1] any feast for which a Litia is prescribed; these feasts are marked in the Typikon and in liturgical calendars by a Greek cross printed in red in a properly shaped semicircle [open at the top] (); this symbol is encoded in Unicode as U+1F541 (🕁).
The Last Judgment; also, Meat-Fare Sunday (the last day meat may be eaten): 8th Sunday before Pascha (56 days) Sunday of Forgiveness ; also, Cheese-Fare Sunday (the last day dairy products may be consumed — during Great Lent fish, wine, and olive oil will be allowed only on certain days): 7th Sunday before Pascha (49 days)
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Hebdomadarion (Greek: Ἑβδομαδάριον) is a liturgical book which contains the paracletic canons of the week. Homilies (Greek: Ὁμιλίαι) some homilies of the Church Fathers are recited regularly or on special occasions, such as the Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom.