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- 1. a service of morning prayer in various churches, especially the Anglican Church.
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May 7, 2024 · matins: 1 n the first canonical hour; at daybreak Synonyms: morning prayer Type of: canonical hour (Roman Catholic Church) one of seven specified times for prayer
May 16, 2024 · In the Roman Catholic Church priests are required by canon law to pray the entire Liturgy of the Hours each day while deacons are required to pray the morning and evening hours. The practice among religious communities varies according to their rules and constitutions. The Second Vatican Council also exhorted the Christian laity to take up the ...
Apr 29, 2024 · Each evening service is the Matins or Orthros service of the following day (e.g. the service held on Sunday evening is the Orthros service for Holy Monday). The name of the service is from the figure of the Bridegroom in the parable of the Ten Virgins found in Matthew 25:1-13.
May 14, 2024 · Morning Prayer, sometimes called Matins, and Evening Prayer, the rough equivalent of Vespers (and also known as Evensong), are the two main Daily Offices in the churches of the Anglican Communion, prescribed in the various editions of the Book of Common Prayer and other Anglican liturgical texts. Both may be led by a layperson and are recited ...
Apr 30, 2024 · For most of our Orthodox history the Holy Wednesday night service was Matins/Orthros, which continues the Holy Week narrative. However, beginning a few hundred years ago in Greek and Antiochian churches *, Matins began to be replaced by the long service of Holy Unction – which as written requires seven priests and seven deacons, seven Epistle readings and seven Gospel readings and I don’t ...
May 13, 2024 · A more recent English language version translates the line as “ring the matins,” which is a more accurate version of the original.