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2. Watchnight service - Wikipedia

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   A watchnight service at a Lutheran Christian church on New Year's Eve (2014) A watchnight service (also called Watchnight Mass) is a late-night Christian church service.In many different Christian traditions, such as those of Moravians, Methodists, Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, Baptists, Adventists and Reformed Christians, watchnight services are held late on New Year's Eve, which is the ...

3. Covenant Renewal Service - Wikipedia

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   Further revisions, strengthening the link with Communion and intercession for the wider church and the world, appeared in the Methodist Service Book (1975) and Methodist Worship Book (1999). Although the form of the covenant prayer and service have been simplified, important elements of them are still retained from Wesley's Directions .

4. Vigil (liturgy) - Wikipedia

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   In Christian liturgy, a vigil is, in origin, a religious service held during the night leading to a Sunday or other feastday. [1] The Latin term vigilia, from which the word is derived meant a watch night, not necessarily in a military context, and generally reckoned as a fourth part of the night from sunset to sunrise. The four watches or ...

5. Watches of the Night - Wikipedia

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   "Watches of the Night" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling. It was first published in the Civil and Military Gazette on March 25, 1887; in book form, first in the first Indian edition of Plain Tales from the Hills in 1888; and in the many subsequent editions of that collection.

6. Watchman (law enforcement) - Wikipedia

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   By 1415 a watch was appointed to the Parliament of England and in 1485 King Henry VII established a household watch that became known as the Beefeaters. As of the 1660s, it was already common practice to avoid night-time service in the watch by paying for a substitute.

7. What does Watch Night mean for Black Americans today? It ...

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   The tradition of Watch Night services in the United States dates back to Dec. 31, 1862, when many Black Americans gathered in churches and other venues, waiting for President Abraham Lincoln to ...

8. Wake (ceremony) - Wikipedia

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   The term originally referred to a late-night prayer vigil but is now mostly used for the social interactions accompanying a funeral. While the modern usage of the verb wake is "become or stay alert", a wake for the dead harks back to the vigil, "watch" or "guard" of earlier times. It is a misconception that people at a wake are waiting in case ...

9. Talk:Watchnight service - Wikipedia

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   Strangely, this article completely ignores any other than New Year's watchnight. It is common in many traditions to observe watchnight services on the night before Easter Day and on Christmas Eve. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WillMcCrum (talk • contribs) 07:08, 30 December 2023 (UTC)