The All-Night Vigil is an a cappella choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninoff, his Op. 37, premiered on 10/23 March 1915 in Moscow.
The composer
Vespers
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Vespers is a liturgy of evening prayer, one of the canonical hours in Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Lutheran liturgies. The word for this prayer time comes from the Latin vesper, meaning "evening".
Benedictine monks singing vespers on Holy Saturday
Incensing the congregation in Advent Vespers
Orthodox priest and deacon making the Entrance with the censer at Great Vespers
Table set with five loaves, wheat, wine and oil for artoklassia