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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 ...
A memorial service (Greek: μνημόσυνον, mnemósynon, "memorial"; [1] Slavonic: панихида, panikhída, from Greek παννυχίς, pannychis, "vigil" (etymologically "all-nighter"); [2] [3] Romanian: parastas and Serbian парастос, parastos, from Greek παράστασις, parástasis) [4] is a liturgical solemn service for the repose of the departed in the Eastern ...
The Polyeleos is a festive portion of the Matins or All-Night Vigil service as observed on higher-ranking feast days in the Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Lutheran, and Byzantine Rite Catholic Churches. The Polyeleos is considered to be the high point of the service, and contains the reading of the Matins Gospel .
Name of service in Greek Name of service in English Historical time of service Theme [14] Hesperinós (Ἑσπερινός) Vespers: At sunset: Glorification of God, the Creator of the world and its Providence. Apódeipnon (Ἀπόδειπνον) Compline: At bedtime: Sleep as the image of death, illumined by Christ's Harrowing of Hell after ...
Orthros (Greek: ὄρθρος, meaning "early dawn" or "daybreak") or útrenya (Slavonic ѹ́тренѧ) in the Byzantine Rite of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches, is the last of the four night offices (church services), the other three being vespers, compline, and midnight office. [1]
A Methodist minister consecrating the Eucharist elements during the Service of the Word and Table. The celebration of the "Mass" in Methodist churches, commonly known as the Service of the Table, is based on The Sunday Service of 1784, a revision of the liturgy of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer authorized by John Wesley. [50]
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Divine Liturgy (Ancient Greek: Θεία Λειτουργία, romanized: Theia Leitourgia) or Holy Liturgy is the usual name used in most Eastern Christian rites for the Eucharistic service. Church of Saint Sava, Christmas, Belgrade, 7 January 2021. The Greek Catholic and Orthodox Churches see the Divine Liturgy as transcending time and the world.