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In the Church of England, the publication in 2005 of Daily Prayer, the third volume of Common Worship, adds "Prayer During the Day" to the services for Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, and Compline, and adds a selection of antiphons and responsories for the seasons of the Church Year.
Cistercian monks praying the Liturgy of the Hours in Heiligenkreuz Abbey. The Liturgy of the Hours (Latin: Liturgia Horarum), Divine Office (Latin: Officium Divinum), or Opus Dei ("Work of God") are a set of Catholic prayers comprising the canonical hours, [a] often also referred to as the breviary, [b] of the Latin Church.
The readings and prayers of such vigil Masses differ from the texts in the Masses to be celebrated on the day itself. The solemnities that have a vigil Mass are: Easter Sunday; The Ascension of the Lord; Pentecost; The Nativity of St John the Baptist (24 June) St Peter & St Paul (29 June) The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (15 August)
Bonfires (commonly called Saint John's Fires in various languages) were lit in honour of St. John on Saint John's Eve and Saint John's Day, [13] and served to repel witches and evil spirits. [14] A Christian interpretation of carrying lighted torches on St John's Eve is that they are "an emblem of St. John the Baptist, who was 'a burning and ...
See also Saint John's Eve; August 29, an Eastern Orthodox feast commemorating his beheading; September 23 an Eastern Orthodox feast celebrating his conception; a Roman Catholic and Lutheran feast celebrating his conception; Thout 2, a Coptic Orthodox feast; Dehwa Daimana (Mandaean feast): 1st day of Hiṭia, the 11th month of the Mandaean calendar
Two of those studies proposed new sanctoral calendars for the church. Prayer Book Study IX was published in 1957. It proposed more than 80 new feasts to the calendar, including new major feasts for the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, Saint Mary Magdalene and Holy Cross Day. Prayer Book Study XVI was published in 1964 as Lesser Feasts and ...