The Daily Office is a term used primarily by members of the Episcopal Church. In Anglican churches, the traditional canonical hours of daily services include Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer, usually following the Book of Common Prayer. As in other Christian traditions, either clergy or laity can lead the daily office. Most Anglican clergy are required to pray Morning and Evening Prayer daily.
One of the first pages of the psalter in a service book used for the canonical hours before the Reformation, showing the beginning of Matins on Sunday. Shown is the direction to sing Venite and Psalms 1 and 2.
The first Book of Common Prayer (1549), which first presented the modern Anglican Daily Office services in essentially the same form as present.
A choir rehearsing for choral Evensong in York Minster
Matins is a canonical hour in Christian liturgy, originally sung during the darkness of early morning.
A Byzantine Rite priest during matins on Good Friday.