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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20250511T090000
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URL:https://holymartyrpeter.ca/events/matins-2025-05-11/
SUMMARY:Matins
DESCRIPTION:Matins\nThe morning service of the Church is called Matins. It 
 opens with the reading of six morning psalms and the intoning of the Great
  Litany. After this\, verses of Psalm 118 are sung:\nGod is the Lord and h
 as revealed himself unto us.\nBlessed is he who comes in the name of the L
 ord.\nThe Troparion is then sung and\, if it be a monastery\, various grou
 ps of psalms which differ each day are read. Once again there are hymns on
  the theme of the particular day. On major feast days\, special praises an
 d psalms are sung\, which on the Lord’s Day sing of Christ’s resurrect
 ion from the dead. On major feasts and on Sundays\, the Gospel is also rea
 d.\n\nAfter the Gospel there is a long intercessory prayer followed by a s
 et of hymns and readings called the Canon. These songs are based on the Ol
 d Testamental canticles and conclude with the song of Mary\, the so-called
  Magnificat (Lk 1.46–55). The Great Doxology is chanted followed by the 
 morning litanies. The troparion is also repeated once again before the con
 gregation is dismissed to begin the activities of the day.\n\nThe Matins s
 ervice of the Church unites the elements of morning psalmody and prayer wi
 th meditation on the Biblical canticles\, the Gospel reading\, and the par
 ticular theme of the day in the given verses and hymns. The themes of God
 ’s revelation and light are also always central to the morning service o
 f the Church. Sometimes\, particularly in churches of the Russian traditio
 n\, the Matins and the Vespers services are combined to form a long vigil 
 service. On special feast days\, the blessing of bread\, wheat\, wine\, an
 d oil is added to the Vespers\, even when it is served separately from Mat
 ins. The faithful partake of the blessed food and are anointed with the oi
 l as a sign of God’s mercy and grace.
CATEGORIES:Parish,Services
LOCATION:Holy Martyr Peter the Aleut Orthodox Church\, 1802 33 Ave SW\, Cal
 gary\, AB\, T2T 1Y9\, Canada
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