Changes

Jump to: navigation, search

Hours

812 bytes added, 15:42, November 14, 2011
m
interwiki ro
[[Image:Horologion.jpg|framethumb|right|350px250px|Horologion, Venice 1535]]The '''Hours''' are four relatively brief prayer services of the [[Daily Cycle]] that mark the various principal hours of the day.
* '''''First Hour''''' corresponds to daybreak (6:00 a.m.).
* '''''Ninth Hour''''' corresponds to mid-afternoon (3:00 p.m.)
These services, together with the other services of the Daily Cycle, are usually contained in a bound collection called the '''Book of Hours''', also known as the Horologion (Greek) or Chasoslov (Slavonic).
== General Structure of the Hours ==
Each of the services of the Hours shares the same general structure.
{{Services}}
*The service opens with the [[priest]]'s exclamation ''Blessed is our God ...'' and the [[Trisagion Prayers]]. (Note: this opening sequence is omitted if the service immediately follows another service.)
*Three chapters from the Psalter appointed for the particular Hour are read (First Hour: [[Psalms]] 5, 89, 100; Third Hour: Psalms 16, 24, 50; Sixth Hour: Psalms 53, 54, 90; Ninth Hour: Psalms 83, 84, 85)
=== Mesoria ===
During the [[Nativity#Nativity_fast|Nativity Fast]] and the [[Apostles' Fast]], each of the First, Third, Sixth, and Ninth Hours is followed by an additional service called a [[Mesorion]] (inter-hour). The Mesorion starts immediately after the final prayer.
=== Royal Hours ===
On the eves of the feasts of [[Nativity]] and [[Theophany]] and on [[Holy_Week|Holy Friday]], the usual services of the Hours are combined and replaced by the more solemn [[Royal Hours]]. The Royal Hours include hymnography, prayers, and scripture readings related to the feasts they anticipate.
=== Paschal Hours ===
== Online Texts ==
*[http://www.saintjonah.org/services/1sthour.doc The First Hour]
*[http://www.saintjonah.org/services/3rd&6th.doc The Third & Sixth Hours]
*[http://www.saintjonah.org/services/9th_hour.doc The Ninth Hour]
*[http://www.saintjonah.org/services/paschal_hours.doc Paschal Hours]
*[http://www.saintjonah.org/services/paschalhours.htm Paschal Hours, for Lay use]
*[http://www.liturgica.com/html/growO4.jsp The Hours], modified for personal use, Liturgica.com
*From the [http://pageswww.prodigysaintjonah.netorg/frjohnwhitefordservices/horologion.htm Online Reader Service Horologion] compiled by Priest John Whiteford ([[ROCOR]])**[http://pageswww.prodigysaintjonah.netorg/frjohnwhitefordservices/firsthour.htm First Hour]**[http://pageswww.prodigysaintjonah.netorg/frjohnwhitefordservices/third&sixth.htm Third and Sixth Hours]**[http://pageswww.prodigysaintjonah.netorg/frjohnwhitefordservices/ninthhour.htm Ninth Hour]*[http://www.anastasis.org.uk/lesser_hours.htm The Lesser Hours], from [http://www.anastasis.org.uk/ Anastasis], the website of the Monastery of St. Andrew the First Called, Manchester, England
== Sources ==
{{stub}}
[[category:Liturgics]]
[[el:Ώρες]]
[[ro:Ceasurile]]
6,119
edits

Navigation menu