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Vespers (from Latin vesper ' evening ' [1]) is a liturgy of evening prayer, one of the canonical hours in Catholic (both Latin and Eastern Catholic liturgical rites), Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Lutheran liturgies. The word for this prayer time comes from the Latin vesper, meaning "evening". [2]
Selene, Hesperus and Nyx fight against the Giants, Antalya Museum.. Hesperus is the personification of the "evening star", the planet Venus in the evening. His name is sometimes conflated with the names for his brother, the personification of the planet as the "morning star" Eosphorus (Greek Ἐωσφόρος, "bearer of dawn") or Phosphorus (Ancient Greek: Φωσφόρος, "bearer of light ...
Hesperos, or Vesper in Latin, is the origin of the name Hesperus, the evening star (i.e. the planet Venus) as well as having a shared root with the English word "west".
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The word "Vigils", at first applied to the Night Office, comes from a Latin source, namely the Vigiliae or nocturnal watches or guards of the soldiers. The night from six o'clock in the evening to six o'clock in the morning was divided into four watches or vigils of three hours each, the first, the second, the third, and the fourth vigil. [ 10 ]
Vespers is the evening prayer service in the liturgies of the canonical hours.The word comes from the Greek εσπερινός and its Latin equivalent vesper, meaning "evening."
Vesper, a banshee with unusually magical singing abilities from animated television series Mysticons; Vesper Family, a family in the book series The 39 Clues; Vesper Holly, a character from a book series by Lloyd Alexander; Vesper Lynd, a character in the James Bond novel and film Casino Royale; Vesper, a village in the Ultima series of video games
Phos Hilaron (Koinē Greek: Φῶς Ἱλαρόν, romanized: Fōs Ilaron) is an ancient Christian hymn originally written in Koine Greek.Often referred to in the Western Church by its Latin title Lumen Hilare, it has been translated into English as O Gladsome Light.