Evensong
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Evensong is a church service traditionally held near sunset focused on singing psalms and other biblical canticles. 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 to the Anglican daily office's evening liturgy, it can also refer to the pre-Reformation form of vespers or services of evening prayer from other denominations, particularly within the Anglican Use of the Catholic Church.
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, 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