Vespers
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Vespers is an evening prayer service in the Byzantine Rite, marking the liturgical beginning of the day with psalms, hymns, and incense.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vespers canonical | 23 |
| Daily Vespers | 2 |
| Evensong | 2 |
| Lenten Vespers | 2 |
| All-Night Vigil | 1 |
| All-Night Vigil (Vespers), Op. 37 | 1 |
| Il Vespro | 1 |
| Marche des pèlerins chantant la prière du soir | 1 |
| Second Vespers | 1 |
| Seraphim vigil | 1 |
| Vespro della Beata Vergine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T227463 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vespers Context triple: [Byzantine Rite, majorService, Vespers]
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A.
Pastor aeternus
Pastor aeternus is the 1870 dogmatic constitution of the First Vatican Council that definitively articulated the doctrine of papal primacy and infallibility in the Roman Catholic Church.
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B.
Eastertide
Eastertide is the liturgical season in the Christian calendar celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, spanning the weeks from Easter Sunday until Pentecost.
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C.
Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday is the Christian observance between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, commemorating Jesus Christ’s body resting in the tomb and marking the final day of Holy Week.
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D.
Agnus Dei
Agnus Dei is a traditional Christian liturgical chant and devotional motif that invokes Jesus Christ as the sacrificial Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.
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E.
Fiat Lux
Fiat Lux is a Latin phrase meaning "Let there be light," used as the inspirational motto of the University of California, Berkeley.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vespers Target entity description: Vespers is an evening prayer service in the Byzantine Rite, marking the liturgical beginning of the day with psalms, hymns, and incense.
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A.
Pastor aeternus
Pastor aeternus is the 1870 dogmatic constitution of the First Vatican Council that definitively articulated the doctrine of papal primacy and infallibility in the Roman Catholic Church.
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B.
Eastertide
Eastertide is the liturgical season in the Christian calendar celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, spanning the weeks from Easter Sunday until Pentecost.
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C.
Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday is the Christian observance between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, commemorating Jesus Christ’s body resting in the tomb and marking the final day of Holy Week.
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D.
Agnus Dei
Agnus Dei is a traditional Christian liturgical chant and devotional motif that invokes Jesus Christ as the sacrificial Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.
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E.
Fiat Lux
Fiat Lux is a Latin phrase meaning "Let there be light," used as the inspirational motto of the University of California, Berkeley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine Rite office
ⓘ
evening prayer ⓘ liturgical service ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Menaion
ⓘ
Octoechos ⓘ Pentecostarion ⓘ Psalter ⓘ Triodion ⓘ liturgical day-beginning at sunset ⓘ |
| celebratedOn |
Sundays
ⓘ
feast days ⓘ weekdays ⓘ |
| correspondsTo |
Evening Prayer in the Liturgy of the Hours
ⓘ
linked to:
Liturgy of the Hours
|
| etymology | derived from Latin "vesper" meaning "evening" ⓘ |
| hasElement |
entrance with the censer or Gospel book
ⓘ
incensation of the church ⓘ lighting of lamps ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Daily Vespers
ⓘ
linked to:
Vespers
Great Vespers ⓘ Lenten Vespers ⓘ
linked to:
Vespers
Paschal Vespers ⓘ
linked to:
Paschal Stichera
|
| includes |
New Testament readings
ⓘ
Old Testament readings ⓘ evening prayer "O Gladsome Light" (Phos Hilaron) ⓘ
linked to:
O Gladsome Light (Phos Hilaron)
hymns ⓘ incense ⓘ lamp-lighting psalms ⓘ litanies ⓘ prokeimenon ⓘ psalms ⓘ stichera ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm | Latin ⓘ |
| liturgicalFunction |
preparation for the following liturgical day
ⓘ
sanctification of evening time ⓘ |
| location |
church
ⓘ
monastery ⓘ |
| marks | liturgical beginning of the day ⓘ |
| partOf |
Byzantine Daily Office
ⓘ
linked to:
Horologion
daily cycle of services ⓘ |
| performedBy |
cantor
ⓘ
choir ⓘ deacon ⓘ priest ⓘ |
| timeOfDay | evening ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Byzantine Rite
ⓘ
Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to:
Oriental Orthodoxy
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Vespers Description of subject: Vespers is an evening prayer service in the Byzantine Rite, marking the liturgical beginning of the day with psalms, hymns, and incense.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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