The friars inhabited the cloister, sang the matins, fasted and prayed within the walls and lived their lives in Banada six centuries ago. |
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Morning prayer, known as matins, and evening prayer, known as vespers or evensong, are most common. |
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Two of the pieces we will chant are pulieli which are sung within the matins, with each verse followed by Alleluia. |
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Most importantly they had to pray seven times a day from the matins in the early morning to the vespers in the evening. |
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Witnesses describe the sumptuousness of the hymns sung from matins onwards in the brand new nave, under the aegis of the dynamic Germain. |
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There will be a Resurrection Service at midnight followed by matins and divine liturgy. |
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Each melody was assigned a specific function in the services of the liturgical year some for the mass and some for the divine offices such as matins, vespers, and compline. |
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The outdoor procession during Bright Week takes place either after paschal matins or the paschal divine liturgy. |
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Matins on important feasts and Sundays had three nocturns, while less important feasts and weekdays had only two nocturns. |
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The fashionably dressed churchgoers are returning from Matins, several of them in a landau. |
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The set consists of six pairs, plus one single book of Matins invitatories. |
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At the stroke of midnight the Paschal celebration itself begins, consisting of Paschal Matins, Paschal Hours, and Paschal Divine Liturgy. |
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The Epistle reading is always linked to a reading from the Gospel, though some services, such as Matins, will have a Gospel lesson, but no Epistle. |
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They may include Matins, Vespers, Compline, and Easter Vigil. |
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