The Vespers and The Matins

This is the Part I of a two-series video that shows the order of the services that are traditionally celebrated in the evening which is the beginning of the liturgical day cycle according to the Church calendar. It consists of two services, the Vespers (vechernya, esperinos) – the proper service of the evening, and the Matins (utrenya, orthros), which is usually celebrated after the vespers in the Russian Orthodox Church, but can be celebrated in the morning before the Divine Liturgy.

This video was specially created for the students of the online Course of the Moscow Theological Academy and can be used as a supplement for studying the order of the Orthodox liturgical services, understanding the actions of the clergy during the worship. To learn more, visit https://encourse.mpda.ru/ .

Video created by the MThA Press Office
Producer: priest Ioann Nedosekin
Clergy: priest Pavel Lizgunov, deacon Peter Longan
Choir and readers: students of the MThA and members of the “St Felix Chanters” choir

LINKS:

The Orthodox Liturgy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhfrBNoeN-c
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The site of the online courses of the Moscow Theological Academy where you can learn more about Orthodox faith, the Bible, the Gospel, the Fundamentals of Orthodox Worship, etc. https://encourse.mpda.ru/

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00:00:00 The Vespers
00:00:59 – First Acclamation. “Come let us worship…”. Psalm 103.
00:07:50 – Blessed is the Man…
00:10:05 “Lord, I have cried to You”. Entrance
00:14:50 Prokeimenon of the Day. Paremias
00:22:42 Vouchsafe, o Lord
00:26:10 The Lity
00:40:45 Troparia. Blessing of the Breads
00:44:16 Psalm 33
00:46:10 The Matins. Hexapsalm
00:57:00 Peace Litany. Troparia. Kathismai
01:10:30 Polyeleos. Megalynarion (Velichanie).
01:19:35 Gospels
01:23:00 Psalm 50
01:26:30 Canon. Ode 1
01:32:00 Ode 4
01:38:45 Ode 7
01:41:15 “More Honourable that the Cherubim…”.
01:46:16 Ode 9.
01:49:20 “Let every breath praise the Lord” (Typika)
01:51:25 Great Doxology
01:56:29 Litanies.
02:03:28 1 Hour (Prime)

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