vespers in English

noun
1
a service of evening prayer in the Divine Office of the Western Christian Church (sometimes said earlier in the day).
After vespers (an evening service), the celebration continues outside the church.

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1. The 39 Clues: Vespers Rising.

2. Vespers with the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles

3. Vespers, that is, the Capitulum, hymn, antiphon of the "Magnificat", is taken from the Sanctorale.

4. (December 24 is Vespers of the Christmas Vigil, and does not have an O Antiphon.) [[33244, 33249]]

5. The Flag of Sicily, regarded as a regional icon, was first adopted in 1282, after the Sicilian Vespers of Palermo.

6. The O Antiphons are sung in Vespers during the last seven days of Advent and were first referenced in the 6th century

7. The Vespers which begins Lazarus Saturday officially brings Great Lent to a close, although the fast continues through the following week.

8. All the rest are to be said at Vespers; and as the psalms fall three short, those of the Aforesaide psalms which

9. At Vespers of Pentecost in the Oriental Churches the extraordinary service of genuflexion , accompanied by long poetical prayers and psalms, takes place.

10. -- a musicologist and a monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey -- about the "O Antiphons" which begin tonight at Vespers and continue through

11. The O Antiphons refer to the seven Antiphons that are recited (or chanted) preceding the Magnificat during Vespers of the Liturgy of the Hours

12. The “O Antiphons” refer to the seven Antiphons that are recited (or chanted) preceding the Magnificat during Vespers of the Liturgy of the Hours

13. Wednesday, August 4 Seven Youth of Ephesus, Martyrs – Aliturgical Day 8 am Matins on the Day of Alleluia 5 pm Vespers Thursday, August 5 St

14. 1974 February 11, William Bender, “Call to vespers”, in Time: The libretto was a piece of hack work from a Parisian scenario factory run by an enterprising Auteur of sorts

15. Alsace was an area steeped in religion; Wenger and the village boys often needed to seek permission from the Catholic priest to miss vespers in order to play football.

16. The various acclamations, similar to antiphons, that the Liturgy of Vespers now combines in a single hymn, are actually put on the lips of various figures in the Apocalypse text.

17. Censer, a vessel suspended by chains, and used for burning incense at solemn Mass, Vespers, Benediction, processions, and other important offices of the Church.It is now commonly called a thurible

18. The Great O Antiphons, written by Benedictines around the sixth century, are the Antiphons used before the Magnificat at Evening Prayer (Vespers) from December 17 to 23, the last seven days of Advent

19. ) As at present commonly understood, an Antiphon consists of one or more psalm verses or sentences from Holy Scripture which are sung or simply recited before and after each psalm and the Magnificat during Matins and Vespers.

20. As at present commonly understood, an Antiphon consists of one or more psalm verses or sentences from Holy Scripture which are sung or simply recited before and after each psalm and the Magnificat during Matins and Vespers.

21. The O Antiphons refer to the seven Antiphons that are recited (or chanted) preceding the Magnificat during Vespers of the Liturgy of the Hours. They cover the special period of Advent preparation known as the Octave before Christmas, Dec

22. Those seven Antiphons all begin with the "O," and thus became known as "The O Antiphons." Composed in the sixth or seventh century, the O Antiphons are used in vespers (evening prayer) and the Masses for December 17-23

23. Before publishing the Banns it was the custom for the curate anciently to affiance the two persons to be married in the name of the Blessed Trinity; and the Banns were sometimes published at vespers, as well as during the time of mass.

24. As to a dear friend Mother Church bids farewell to her beloved Alleluia on the Saturday before Septuagesima Sunday, when at the end of Vespers the Acclamation is sung twice after the Benedicamus Domino and the choir responds with its twofold repetition following

25. (From the Greek Antiphonon, sounding against, responsive sound, singing opposite, alternate chant; Latin, antiphona; French, antienne.) As at present commonly understood, an antiphon consists of one or more psalm verses or sentences from Holy Scripture which are sung or simply recited before and after each psalm and the Magnificat during Matins and Vespers.

26. These seven Antiphons are found in the Roman Breviary; but other medieval Breviaries added (1) "O virgo virginum quomodo fiet" etc., still retained in the Roman Breviary as the proper antiphon to the Magnificat in the second Vespers of the feast Expectatio Partus B

27. The Pope blesses them at the First Vespers on the Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul. They are then placed in a special urn enclosed in a cabinet under the Altar of the "Confessio" in the Vatican Basilica, at the Apostle's tomb, and are conferred upon the Archbishops the following day.

28. —(From the Greek Antiphonon, sounding against, responsive sound, singing opposite, alternate chant; Latin, Antiphona; French, antienne.)As at present commonly understood, an Antiphon consists of one or more psalm verses or sentences from Holy Scripture which are sung or simply recited before and after each psalm and the Magnificat during Matins and Vespers.

29. From the Catholic Encyclopedia (From the Greek Antiphonon, sounding against, responsive sound, singing opposite, alternate chant; Latin, antiphona; French, antienne.) As at present commonly understood, an antiphon consists of one or more psalm verses or sentences from Holy Scripture which are sung or simply recited before and after each psalm and the Magnificat during Matins and Vespers.