Evensong
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Evensong is a church service traditionally held near twilight focused on singing psalms and other biblical canticles, usually in the Anglican church music tradition. It is loosely based on the canonic
Evening prayer often takes the form of Choral Evensong, such as this service at Westminster Abbey.
The choir rehearsing for Evensong in York Minster
Choral Evensong at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
A parish church choir at All Saints' Church, Northampton singing Evensong
Vespers
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Vespers is a liturgy of evening prayer, one of the canonical hours in Catholic, Orthodoxy, Anglican, and Lutheran liturgies.
Evensong
…focused on singing psalms and other biblical canticles, usually in the Anglican church music tradition. It is loosely based on the canonical hours of vespers and compline. Old English speakers translated the Latin word vesperas as æfensang, which became 'evensong' in modern English. Typically used in reference…
Cistercians singing vespers in Santa Maria de Poblet in Catalonia
Incensing the congregation during the Magnificat at an Advent celebration of 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