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[8] [9] [4] In Christianity, the four watches of the night are: The first watch (6–9 pm) or the evening watch, second watch (9 pm–12 am) or the midnight watch, third watch (12 am–3 am) or the cockcrow watch, and the fourth watch (3 am–6 am) or the morning watch, all of which indicating a ceaseless and vigilant contemplation on God ...
In the Syriac Orthodox Church and Indian Orthodox Church (both of which are Oriental Orthodox Churches), as well as the Mar Thoma Syrian Church (an Oriental Protestant denomination), Nocturns is known as Lilio and is prayed at 12 am using the Shehimo breviary. [42] [43] It contains three watches in which the Quamo prayer is devoutly recited. [42]
Canadian singer the Weeknd references this prayer in his song "Big Sleep" from his 2025 album Hurry Up Tomorrow, where featured artist Giorgio Moroder recites the lines "Now I lay me down to sleep, pray the Lord my soul to keep, angels watch me through the night, wake me up with light" in the second verse. [12] Film and television
The 1989 New Zealand Prayer Book provides different outlines for Mattins and Evensong on each day of the week, as well as "Midday Prayer", "Night Prayer", and "Family Prayer". In 1995, the Episcopal Church (United States) published the Contemporary Office Book in one volume with the complete psalter and all readings from the two-year Daily ...
The following are the seven times of prayer in the East Syriac (Edessan and Persian) ritual tradition: Ramsha (ܪܲܡܫܵܐ) or the Evening Liturgy (6 pm) Suba-a (ܣܘܼܒܵܥܵܐ) or the Supper Liturgy (9 pm) Lelya (ܠܸܠܝܵܐ) or the Night Liturgy (12 am) Qala d-Shahra ( ܩܵܠܵܐ ܕܫܲܗܪܵ ) or the Vigil Liturgy (3 am)
To reduce gun violence, curfew hours in Washington D.C. have been in force between 11:00 pm and 12:00 am to lower juvenile gunfire incidents. Influenced by the idea of "witching hour", this occurs between 11:00 pm and 11:59 pm on weekdays and is referred to as the "switching hour". [ 15 ]
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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.