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Evening prayer for monks who somehow keep a sundial-strict schedule with no boss.
means Vespers is the evening prayer service in Christian liturgical traditions, one of the canonical hours marked at sunset.
from Straight from Latin vesper, "evening" or "evening star" — the same body the Greeks called Hesperos, the planet Venus glowing at dusk. The word's family tree spreads across Indo-European languages for "evening," a cousin of Greek hespera. So when monks chant vespers, they're literally keeping the appointment of the evening star.
- sun cue
- Named for Vesper, the evening star, actually Venus
- time slot
- Sung as daylight fades, before dinner
- sicilian revolt
- 1282 uprising sparked at vespers bells, called Sicilian Vespers
- daily rhythm
- One of eight monastic hours dividing the day
- music magnet
- Inspired works by Monteverdi and Rachmaninoff