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custom so ancient and so solemn was no longer represented but by the homily 33 but after the second vatican council it has been restored for the celebration of vigils 56 the ambrosian liturgy better perhaps than any other preserved traces of the great vigils or pannychides with their complex and varied display of processions psalmodies etc the same liturgy also preserved vigils of long psalmody this nocturnal office adapted itself at a later period to a more modern form approaching more and more closely to the roman liturgy here too were found the three nocturns with antiphon psalms lessons and responses the ordinary elements of the roman matins and with a few special features quite ambrosian 33 as revised after the second vatican council the ambrosian liturgy of the hours uses for what once called matins either the designation the part of matins that precedes lauds in the strict sense or simply office of readings 57 its structure is similar to that of the roman liturgy of the hours with variations such as having on sundays three canticles on saturdays a canticle and two psalms in place of the three psalms of the other days in the ambrosian rite and of every day in the roman rite 58 in the mozarabic liturgy on the contrary matins is a system of antiphons collects and versicles which make them quite a departure from the roman system 33 lutheran churches edit main article matins in lutheranism anglican communion edit main article morning prayer anglican eastern christianity edit byzantine rite edit main article orthros in the eastern churches matins is called orthros in greek ὄρθρος meaning early dawn or daybreak and oútrenya in slavonic оўтреня it is the last of the four night offices which also include vespers compline and midnight office in traditional monasteries it is celebrated daily so as to end at sunrise in parishes it is normally served only on sundays and feast days citation needed matins is the longest and most complex of the daily cycle of liturgies the akolouth fixed portion of the liturgy is composed primarily of psalms and litanies the sequences variable parts of matins are composed primarily of hymns and canons from the octoechos an eight tone cycle of hymns for each day of the week covering eight weeks and from the menaion hymns for each calendar day of the year citation needed matins opens with what is called the royal beginning so called because the psalms 19 and 20 are attributed to king david and speak of the messiah the king of kings in former times the ektenia litany also mentioned the emperor by name the sunday orthros is the longest of the regular orthros liturgies if celebrated in its entirety it can last up to three hours citation needed oriental christianity edit syriac orthodox church indian orthodox church and mar thoma syrian church edit 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 the midnight office is known as sapro and is prayed at 6 am using the shehimo breviary 59 3 armenian rite edit in the armenian liturgy of the hours matins is known as the midnight office armenian ի մեջ գիշերի i mej gisheri the armenian book of hours or zhamagirk armenian ժամագիրք states that the midnight office is celebrated in commemoration of god the father citation needed much of the liturgy consists of the kanon armenian կանոնագլուխ kanonagloukh consisting of a sequence of psalms hymns prayers and in some instances readings from the gospels varying according to tone of the day feast or liturgical season the armenian kanon is quite different in form from the canon of the byzantine matins liturgy though both likely share a common ancestor in the pre dawn worship of the jerusalem liturgy citation needed basic outline of matins in the armenian church edit introduction common to all liturgical hours blessed is our lord jesus christ amen our father amen fixed preface lord if you open my lips my mouth shall declare your praise twice acclamation blessed is the consubstantial unitary and undivided holy trinity amen psalms hebrew numbering in parentheses 3 88 87 103 102 143 142 glory to the father now and always amen hymn of the night liturgy by nerses shnorhali let us remember your name in the night lord proclamation by john mandakuni having all been awakened in the night from the repose of sleep lord have mercy variable number of times thrice for sundays and feasts of christ 50 times for the feasts of saints 100 times on days of fasting hymn of nerses shnorhali all the world ashkharh amenayn lord have mercy thrice through the intercession of the birthgiver of god remember lord and have mercy hymn of nerses shnorhali the rising of the sun aṛawowt lowsoy prayer we thank you blessed is our lord jesus christ amen alleluia alleluia at this point a section of the psalter is read followed by a canticle from the old or new testament see armenian liturgy following the psalms and the canticle is the canon a complex sequence of psalms hymns and prayers which varies in part according to the liturgical calendar conclusion our father amen the armenian matins or midnight office bears some resemblance with the midnight office of the byzantine rite such as the recitation of a movable set of hymns depending on the feast however the armenian midnight office is generally more elaborate than the byzantine midnight office in that the armenian counterpart includes readings from the gospel as well as cycles of psalms and prayers reflecting the liturgical season or feast other material in the byzantine office of matins which has a counterpart in the armenian daily office such as the recitation of large sections of the psalter and the recitation of biblical canticles occurs in the armenian liturgy at the sunrise hour which follows matins corresponding to lauds see also edit liturgy of the hours canonical hours diurnum compline vigil liturgy matins in lutheranism anglican morning prayers book of hours notes edit kurian jake seven times a day i praise you the shehimo prayers diocese of south west america of the malankara orthodox syrian church retrieved 2 august 2020 shehimo book of common prayer diocese of south west america of the malankara orthodox syrian church 2016 p 5 the seven hours of prayer create a cycle that provides us with a foretaste of the eternal life we will spend in the presence of god worshipping him we pray standing upright while facing east as we collect our thoughts on god 1 2 richards william joseph 1908 the indian christians of st thomas otherwise called the syrian christians of malabar a sketch of their history and an account of their present condition as well as a discussion of the legend of st thomas bemrose p 98 we are commanded to pray standing with faces towards the east for at the last messiah is manifested in the east 2 all christians on rising from sleep early in the morning should wash the face and pray 3 we are commanded to pray seven times thus danielou jean 2016 origen wipf and stock publishers p 29 isbn 978 1 4982 9023 4 peterson quotes a passage from the acts of hipparchus and philotheus in hipparchus s house there was a specially decorated room and a cross was painted on the east wall of it there before the image of the cross they used to pray seven times a day with their faces turned to the east it is easy to see the importance of this passage when you compare it with what origen says the custom of turning towards the rising sun when praying had been replaced by the habit of turning towards the east wall this we find in origen from the other passage we see that a cross had been painted on the wall to show which was the east hence the origin of the practice of hanging crucifixes on the walls of the private rooms in christian houses we know too that signs were put up in the jewish synagogues to show the direction of jerusalem because the jews turned that way when they said their prayers the question of the proper way to face for prayer has always been of great importance in the east it is worth remembering that mohammedans pray with their faces turned towards mecca and that one reason for the condemnation of al hallaj the mohammedan martyr was that he refused to conform to this practice henry chadwick 1993 the early church penguin isbn 978 1 101 16042 8 hippolytus in the apostolic tradition directed that christians should pray seven times a day on rising at the lighting of the evening lamp at bedtime at midnight and also if at home at the third sixth and ninth hours of the day being hours associated with christ s passion prayers at the third sixth and ninth hours are similarly mentioned by tertullian cyprian clement of alexandria and origen and must have been very widely practised these prayers were commonly associated with private bible reading in the family weitzman m p 7 july 2005 the syriac version of the old testament cambridge university press isbn 978 0 521 01746 6 clement of alexandria noted that some fix hours for prayer such as the third sixth and ninth stromata 7 7 tertullian commends these hours because of their importance see below in the new testament and because their number recalls the trinity de oratione 25 these hours indeed appear as designated for prayer from the earliest days of the church peter prayed at the sixth hour i e at noon acts 10 9 the ninth hour is called the hour of prayer acts 3 1 this was the hour when cornelius prayed even as a god fearer attached to the jewish community i e before his conversion to christianity it was also the hour of jesus final prayer matt 27 46 mark 15 34 luke 22 44 46 lössl josef 17 february 2010 the early church history and memory a c black p 135 isbn 978 0 567 16561 9 not only the content of early christian prayer was rooted in jewish tradition its daily structure too initially followed a jewish pattern with prayer times in the early morning at noon and in the evening later in the course of the second century this pattern combined with another one namely prayer times in the evening at midnight and in the morning as a result seven hours of prayer emerged which later became the monastic hours and are still treated as standard prayer times in many churches today they are roughly equivalent to midnight 6 a m 9 a m noon 3 p m 6 p m and 9 p m prayer positions included prostration kneeling and standing crosses made of wood or stone or painted on walls or laid out as mosaics were also in use at first not directly as objections of veneration but in order to orientate the direction of prayer i e towards the east latin oriens hippolytus apostolic tradition pdf st john s episcopal church p 16 retrieved 5 september 2020 mark 6 48 matthew 14 5 psalm 90 4 regula s p n benedicti st benedict s rule for monasteries cf another translation paul delatte rule of st benedict a commentary ravenio books 2014 benedictine monks of buckfast abbey divine office matins prayer at night homiletic and pastoral 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