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Although the ideal time for Tikkun Chatzot is the hour following midnight, Tikkun Rachel may be said until a half (seasonal) hour before `alot hashachar/dawn, and Tikkun Leah until dawn. [8] The Magen Avraham method (also held by Rebbe Nachman of Breslov) is that midnight is six clock hours after nightfall (appearance of 3 medium stars). The ...
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 ...
At midnight: Christ's midnight prayer in Gethsemane; a reminder to be ready for the Bridegroom coming at midnight and the Last Judgment (Koinē Greek: Ὄρθρος, romanized: Órthros) Matins or Orthros: Morning watches, ending at dawn: The Lord having given us not only daylight but spiritual light, Christ the Savior
The Apostolic Tradition speaks of prayer at midnight and again at cockcrow, but seemingly as private, not communal, prayer. [13] Prayer at midnight and at cockcrow was associated with passages in the Gospel of Matthew [14] and the Gospel of Mark. [15] [16] On the basis of the Gospel of Luke [17] too, prayer at any time of the night was also ...
The association of Bible study and prayer is an important one. Christians do not merely study the Bible as an academic discipline, but with the desire to know God better. Therefore, they frequently pray that God will give them understanding of the passage being studied.
Midnight Office: At midnight: Christ's midnight prayer in Gethsemane; a reminder to be ready for the Bridegroom coming at midnight and the Last Judgment. Órthros (Ὄρθρος) Matins or Orthros: Morning watches, ending at dawn: The Lord having given us not only daylight but spiritual light, Christ the Savior. Prō̂tē Hóra (Πρῶτη ...
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Compline (/ ˈ k ɒ m p l ɪ n / KOM-plin), also known as Complin, Night Prayer, or the Prayers at the End of the Day, is the final prayer liturgy (or office) of the day in the Christian tradition of canonical hours, which are prayed at fixed prayer times. The English word is derived from the Latin completorium, as compline is the completion of ...