afternoon prayer
Post-lunch worship time
Afternoon prayer is a scheduled period of devotion observed in the middle part of the day, common across many religious traditions.
In Christianity, it often refers to specific liturgical services like None or Vespers in Catholic and Anglican practice.
In Islam, it corresponds to the Asr prayer, one of five daily obligatory prayers.
The monks gathered for afternoon prayer at three o'clock.
- evening serviceReligious gathering at dusk
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- middayTwelve hours after midnight
- salatIslamic obligatory prayer
evensong · mosque · chapel · sacred space · kneeling · bells · chanting · muezzin · rosary · breviary · contemplation · quiet reflection · sanctuary · incense · prostration · church bells · meditation · ritual
- Islamic prayersalah, salat, namaz, prostration, bowing
- prayer callsazan, muezzin, call to worship, church bells, shofar
- Jewish prayerKaddish, priestly blessing, Selichot
- mitzvotmitzvah, mitzvot, commandments, Torah laws, halakhah
- downtimebreak, breaks, nap, rest, relaxation
afternoon prayermorning prayer
Early devotional practice
matins · dawn prayer · lauds · evening prayer · vespers
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