evening prayer
Dusk worship service
Evening prayer is a religious service or devotional practice held in the late afternoon or evening.
In Anglican traditions, it refers specifically to the liturgical office of Evensong: The cathedral holds evening prayer at five o'clock daily.
More broadly, it describes any prayer said before sleep or at day's end.
Formal worship structure
- breviaryDaily prayer compilation
- psalmsReligious songs of praise
- hymnsReligious songs of worship
- canticleScriptural text sung devotionally
magnificat · antiphon · psalmody · hymnody · invocation · service · ceremony · mass
Day's final liturgy
- matinsLiturgical dawn devotions
- laudsExpresses high admiration
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- faithTrust without proof
piety · reverence · supplication · intercession · thanksgiving · benediction · adoration · glorification
Peaceful mental state
- restfulnessCalm, peaceful state
- reposePeaceful stillness or calm
- relaxationState of being unwound
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
gentleness · soothing · hush · twilight · dusk · nightfall · sunset · candlelight
Focused attention practice
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- solitudeState of being alone
silence · stillness · serenity · peacefulness · quietude · pondering · rumination · self-examination
liturgy
Formal worship structure
canticle · magnificat · antiphon · psalmody · hymnody · invocation · service · ceremony · mass · altar
compline
Day's final liturgy
faith · piety · reverence · supplication · intercession · thanksgiving · benediction · adoration · glorification · spirituality
calmness
Peaceful mental state
- restfulnessCalm, peaceful state
- reposePeaceful stillness or calm
- relaxationState of being unwound
harmony · gentleness · soothing · hush · twilight · dusk · nightfall · sunset · candlelight · peaceful
meditation
Focused attention practice
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
solitude · silence · stillness · serenity · peacefulness · quietude · pondering · rumination · self-examination · awareness
- Evening Prayerscompline, night vigil, night watch
- home devotionfamily altar, home altar, daily devotion, family devotions, devotional reading
- worship servicesSunday service, worship service, Christmas Eve service, midnight mass, high mass
- Lutheran CatechismLuther, Martin Luther, Lutheran, Ten Commandments, Apostles' Creed
- home routinesmorning routine, weekly cleaning, chores, cleaning, laundry
- worshipadoration, praise God, hallelujah, genuflection, devotional
evening prayermorning prayer
Early devotional practice
matins · lauds · dawn prayer · shacharit · prime
evening prayerblasphemy
Irreverence toward the sacred
profanity · cursing · irreverence · godlessness · nightlife
prayer, pray, evening, prayed, praying, prayerful, vespers, eventide, evensong