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Vespers, as a whole, is an introduction and preparation for the Eucharistic Liturgy, consisting of a collection of prayers, praises and Thanksgiving prayers which request the Lord's blessings upon the sacramental liturgy. [12] The rite of Vespers Praises in the Coptic Orthodox Church is as follows:
Vespers (sunset) commemorates the taking down of Christ from the Cross. Compline (9 p.m. – before bedtime) commemorates the burial of Christ, the Final Judgment. Vespers and Compline are both read before the Liturgy during Lent and the Fast of Nineveh. The Veil is reserved for bishops, priests and monks, as an examination of conscience.
The Use of Sarum (or Use of Salisbury, also known as the Sarum Rite) is the liturgical use of the Latin rites developed at Salisbury Cathedral and used from the late eleventh century until the English Reformation. [1] It is largely identical to the Roman Rite, with about ten per cent of its material drawn from other sources. [2]
Vespers has a very similar structure, differing in that Pius X assigned to it five psalms (now reduced to two psalms and a New Testament canticle) and the Magnificat took the place of the Benedictus. On some days in Pius X's arrangement, but now always, there follow Preces or intercessions. In the present arrangement, the Lord's Prayer is also ...
A few examples of Vespers in the Lutheran Church can be found below. The first column is the Office of Vespers as found in the pre-Reformation breviary from the Archdiocese of Magdeburg . The second column provides the Office of Vespers from the Lutheran Cathedral of Havelberg , a suffragan of Magdeburg, as found in the 1589 Vesperale of ...
Great Vespers as it is termed in the Byzantine Rite, is an extended vespers service used on the eve of a major Feast day, or in conjunction with the divine liturgy, or certain other special occasions. In the Maronite Church's liturgies, the office is arranged so that the liturgical day begins at sundown. The first office of the day is the ...
The Benedictine Rite is the particular form of Mass and Liturgy celebrated by the Benedictine Order, ... Vespers are to be sung with four Psalms every day. These ...
The ranking of liturgical days in the Roman Rite is a regulation for the liturgy of the Roman Catholic church. It determines for each liturgical day which observance has priority when liturgical dates and times coincide (or "occur"), which texts are used for the celebration of the Holy Mass and the Liturgy of the hours and which liturgical ...