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Vigils is a term for night prayer
Night Hours

The Night Hours are the fixed times of prayer in the Divine Office of the Roman Catholic Church, that take place after sunset and before sunrise....
 in ancient Christianity
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
. See Vespers
Vespers

Vespers is the evening prayer service in the Roman Catholic, Byzantine Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican, and Lutheran Liturgy of the canonical hours....
, Compline
Compline

Compline is the final church service of the day in the Christian tradition of canonical hours. The English word Compline is derived from the Latin completorium, as Compline is the completion of the working day....
, Nocturns
Nocturns

Nocturns are divisions of Matins, the night office of the Christian Liturgy of the Hours. A nocturn consists of psalms with antiphons followed by three lessons, which are taken either from Bible or from the writings of the Church Fathers....
, Matins
Matins

Matins is the early morning or night prayer service in the Roman Catholic Church, Anglicanism, Lutheran and Eastern Orthodoxy liturgy of the canonical hours....
, and Lauds
Lauds

Lauds is one of the two "major hours" in the Roman Catholic Liturgy of the Hours. It is to be recited in the early morning hours, preferably near dawn....
  for more information. A Vigil
Vigil

A vigil is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance.It can also be the eve of a Religious festival#Christian religious festivals observed by staying awake as a devotional exercise or ritual devotions observed on the eve of a holy day , such as the Easter Vigil held on Holy Saturday....
 is a night spent in prayer.

A Roman Catholic Mass that counts liturgically for a Sunday or Holy Day but which takes place the previous evening is often mistakenly called a Vigil Mass. But it is more accurately termed an "anticipated Mass," because a Vigil is actually the whole day prior to certain major feasts, which acts as sort of Western version of the forefeast.






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Vigils is a term for night prayer
Night Hours

The Night Hours are the fixed times of prayer in the Divine Office of the Roman Catholic Church, that take place after sunset and before sunrise....
 in ancient Christianity
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
. See Vespers
Vespers

Vespers is the evening prayer service in the Roman Catholic, Byzantine Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican, and Lutheran Liturgy of the canonical hours....
, Compline
Compline

Compline is the final church service of the day in the Christian tradition of canonical hours. The English word Compline is derived from the Latin completorium, as Compline is the completion of the working day....
, Nocturns
Nocturns

Nocturns are divisions of Matins, the night office of the Christian Liturgy of the Hours. A nocturn consists of psalms with antiphons followed by three lessons, which are taken either from Bible or from the writings of the Church Fathers....
, Matins
Matins

Matins is the early morning or night prayer service in the Roman Catholic Church, Anglicanism, Lutheran and Eastern Orthodoxy liturgy of the canonical hours....
, and Lauds
Lauds

Lauds is one of the two "major hours" in the Roman Catholic Liturgy of the Hours. It is to be recited in the early morning hours, preferably near dawn....
  for more information. A Vigil
Vigil

A vigil is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance.It can also be the eve of a Religious festival#Christian religious festivals observed by staying awake as a devotional exercise or ritual devotions observed on the eve of a holy day , such as the Easter Vigil held on Holy Saturday....
 is a night spent in prayer.

A Roman Catholic Mass that counts liturgically for a Sunday or Holy Day but which takes place the previous evening is often mistakenly called a Vigil Mass. But it is more accurately termed an "anticipated Mass," because a Vigil is actually the whole day prior to certain major feasts, which acts as sort of Western version of the forefeast. And such Vigils (such as Christmas Eve) have their own proper Mass theoretically said that morning.

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  • Vigil
    Vigil

    A vigil is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance.It can also be the eve of a Religious festival#Christian religious festivals observed by staying awake as a devotional exercise or ritual devotions observed on the eve of a holy day , such as the Easter Vigil held on Holy Saturday....