...to allow time to decorate the church for the night vigil but that always seems unusual to me for a service of Vespers. Besides, the ustav/typikon prescibes it for 4 p.m. We do it at 3 p.m., which is just about right for our people. We moved into our church only last summer so we'll have to wait to see how it develops. May God continue to bless your cathedral parish.
My local Antiochian parish does that. At my parish, the people who would find the night vigil difficult to attend, whether through age, infirmity, or the need to look after young children, tend to come to the St Basil Vesperal Liturgy on the Saturday afternoon. This was the original Paschal Vigil (and is most familiar to western converts because it has the same origins as the western Easter Vigil). This seems to work well for us. Some parishes offer this service on the Saturday morning...
Yes it is light out. Many churches in Northeast Pennsylvania and Western PA, and others have Resurrection Matins at midnight, and have Divine Liturgy the next morning, for various reason, mostly practical ones for the benefit of the parishoners of that particular church
...to allow time to decorate the church for the night vigil but that always seems unusual to me for a service of Vespers. Besides, the ustav/typikon prescibes it for 4 p.m. We do it at 3 p.m., which is just about right for our people. We moved into our church only last summer so we'll have to wait to see how it develops. May God continue to bless your cathedral parish.
readermichael 1 year ago
My local Antiochian parish does that. At my parish, the people who would find the night vigil difficult to attend, whether through age, infirmity, or the need to look after young children, tend to come to the St Basil Vesperal Liturgy on the Saturday afternoon. This was the original Paschal Vigil (and is most familiar to western converts because it has the same origins as the western Easter Vigil). This seems to work well for us. Some parishes offer this service on the Saturday morning...
readermichael 1 year ago
Why is it light out? Do you not have your feast right after the paschal service?
MigEffect 2 years ago
Yes it is light out. Many churches in Northeast Pennsylvania and Western PA, and others have Resurrection Matins at midnight, and have Divine Liturgy the next morning, for various reason, mostly practical ones for the benefit of the parishoners of that particular church
StJohnsROC 2 years ago