Ep.47: Praying the Hours as a Layperson
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- čas přidán 10. 03. 2015
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On how laypeople can pray the Hours (Terce, Sext, and None), even with a busy schedule. A brief reflection, based on the Byzantine liturgical tradition, hosted by Dr. Sr. Vassa Larin, a liturgiologist and Russian Orthodox nun who teaches at the University of Vienna in Austria.
First let‘s talk about the very idea of certain hours of prayer. The way this works in traditional church-services both in East and West is that we attach to certain times of day certain memories from salvation history. For example, our evening-prayer, called Vespers, is associated with the creation of the world, because, according to the Book of Genesis, creation began in the evening. You can watch our episodes on Vespers if you‘d like to know more about that. Every morning service, called Matins, remembers the Lord‘s resurrection, because he rose from the dead in the early morning. Similarly, the Hours 3, 6, and 9 are associated with central moments in salvation history that happened at those times. Now, you might know that, before the invention of the mechanical clock, which comes from the Celtic words “clocca“ and “clogan,“ both meaning “bell,“ and was introduced in Europe by Latin monks in the 13th c., in order to signalize the times for prayer - before the mechanical clock, the times of day were divided only approximately, according to the position of the sun. Now let‘s look more closely at the ancient hours 3, 6, and 9, and what they mean to us.
The so-called Third Hour corresponds approximately to our 9 o‘clock in the morning, and it was at this hour that the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles, according to Acts 2:15. So in the Roman tradition it was called “hora aurea,“ the golden hour, or “hora sacra,“ the holy hour, and this hour was chosen for the celebration of the Eucharist on feast-days. In the Byzantine tradition, the main hymn or Troparion of the Third Hour, which is sung on the weekdays of Lent, is something we could say, while driving to work or perhaps already sitting at our desks at work, or wherever we may be, around 9 o‘clock in the morning. Here is the text of the Troparion: “O Lord, You sent down Your most Holy Spirit upon Your Apostles at the Third Hour. Take Him not from us, O Good One, but re-new us, who pray to You.“ Now, I didn‘t see you writing that down, but I won‘t repeat it. You can beg and you can cry - I won‘t do it. Moving on to the Sixth Hour, this is the hour of the crucifixion, as it says in the Gospel of Luke: “There they crucified him... It was about the sixth hour“ (Lk 23: 33, 44). For us this is around 12 o‘clock or midday. And it this time, perhaps during our lunch break, we could say by heart, or read, the brief Troparion of the Sixth Hour, if we have this text, perhaps written down on a piece of paper or typed into our phone. Here is the Troparion of the 6th Hour, and I will only read it once: “On the sixth day and hour, O Christ God, You nailed to the Cross Adam‘s audacious sin, committed in paradise. Tear asunder also the writing of our iniquities, and save us!“ And finally we co-me to the Ninth Hour, which roughly corresponds to our 3 o‘clock in the afternoon, and this is the hour of Christ‘s death on the Cross, and the events surrounding that, including the words of the repentant thief, the Lord‘s final cry from the Cross, the darkness that encompassed the earth and so on. As it says in the Gospel of Mark, “And at the ninth hour...Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last“ (Mk 15: 34, 37). And the Troparion of the Ninth Hour, sung on the weekdays of Byzantine Lent, goes as follows: “At the ninth hour You tasted death in the flesh for our sake. Mortify the mind of our flesh (this is the “carnal“ mind referred to in Ro-mans 8), O Christ God, and save us!“ So, if we give this a try, and remember, throughout our day, these central moments of salvation history, making them part of our day, we not only intensify our preparation for the upcoming celeb-ration of Christ‘s passion and resurrection, called Pascha. We also re-discover, quite intimately, our connection to these events - Christ‘s salvific works and the resulting descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.
I love praying the hours. As a charismatic protestant, praying the hours was life changing for me. Been doing it now for around 2 years and will never look back.
Sr.V. Keeping it real and easy to understand. Thank You, Thank God
You are a great teacher! Thank you! I did take notes (thank God I could watch again)
You didn't see me write the troparia down because I paused the video so that I could copy them. Thank you, sister
Divine explanation.Thank you sister Vassa.God bless you all
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This is amazing. Thank you for the "back story" this gives new meaning for a newbie really trying to figure this out. Thank YOU Sister!!! Taking Notes!!!!!!
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God bless you. Thank you very much.
Thank you, Sister, God bless you and your work!
I could now make sense of it all. Thanks Sr. VAssa
Just saw the video: Humorous, lively and knowledge with grace. Thank you. -an inquirer on the Way to God through Christ our God and His church.
A neat idea for Lent and a great use for the alarm on an iPhone, especially with the existence of "mommy brain fog." :) Also neat that in a sense, each day is a microcosm of salvation history.
Pauline Magnusson Great idea to set alarm on the cell phone!
@@patriciah3235 agree 👍
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Sister, I'm so glad that I found you!!!!!!😊🙏
First off Sr., let me thank you so much for this video. I spent a good part of yesterday searching for a good video (that I could understand) detailing the Hours. I am still listening to it, however, I had to stop here to let you know, that I just had a quick giggle and I wanted to share it with you. As you were speaking in this video from the beginning I grabbed paper and pen and I am fervently taking notes. While listening and writing I thought to myself, "I'm going to need to write to Sr. and ask her permission to post my notes to friends and family," Then around 7:20 (seven minutes, twenty seconds into the video) you stated 'Are you taking notes, because I am not going to repeat this'? I said a very strong YES! Sr. I am taking notes!" I just wanted to share this with you! Thank you again for this video.
I was taking notes too (giggle)!!! I love Sr. Vassa!
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I learned a lot. Thank you for sharing this information... and for the humour
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Glory to Jesus Christ! Thanks for this wonderful explanation sister! God bless you.
Fantastic. I’ve been trying to figure this out. I don’t have the horologion but my old rite prayer book with the basic hours in it. Glory to god
That is one beautiful mug, Sister! I'm trying to prepare for my first hours/Liturgy service this Sunday. I'm so nervous! I found Orthodoxy about a year ago and I'm just finding a church. There's so much to learn and know. I don't want to look silly.
You are right. I didn't write it down. I opened Word and typed it down. I put it in my purse and I practice the prayers as I sit at my desk (or wherever I am). You've made it so simple for me. This goes perfect with my Psalters readings that the Women's Prayer group does during times of Lent. Thank you.
I will give it a try. Thank you, sister Vassa.
Great video! Thanks Sister
Im trying to build up praying several times a day and (hopefully) properly fasting as a new Christian. Thank you for videos likes these they help alot in trying to follow gods word in the modern world
Love how they faded out the "d word" in the song lol. Thanks for another great video Sister Vassa!
Can you make a video on the orthodox view on mental health, and methods for good mental health? Would be much apreaceated since I’m making a diploma project on this very topic for school. ❤
Have you heard about the "dynamic horologian"? It's a website that helps a lot with this, and automatically includes the daily commemorations. It's perfect for people with tablets who want to add it to their daily prayer rule
Wonderful! ❤️❤️❤️
Wrote them all down Sister!!! Now to put them to work... A blessed Lent to you :)
Kerry Barber I wrote them down.😏
Thanks a lot, I just screenshooted the prayers
Thank you.
I am just so happy to find you...😁 thank you Sister..
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From a catholic perspective, lay folks will chose daily mass over gathering for vespers or matins. I purposely restrict my daily mass (i live across from a cathedral by design) to force myself to vary my prayer life. If i had a choice, which i dont, i would do in a community setting either matins or vespers 2 or 3 times per week, adoration couple times a month, of course mass. Because only mass is available i do extras in my apt on own .... but not faithless ... which is the advantage to a group gathering. (You can thank Bojan at bible illustrated for recommending your channel)
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Can we do this even when it's not Lent anymore? Thank you for the video Sister!
Yup we can!
(3 years late to respond but I thought I'd still answer)
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i tend to adapt the muslim idea of praying at 'hours' like 'when i get up' 'when i go to bed' because i work shifts etc so regular daily anything is impossible
Thank you Sister, I’ve been looking for a while as a practicing Orthodox to chant the hrs in my daily prayer life year round without buying another book.
Could you refer any Byzantium chants in English the hrs?
I giggled a bit as you said you noticed we weren’t writing this down. As I had just thought Nina write this down just before you said that. Made me chuckle and so happy for replay on CZcams.
I’ve subscribed and will follow for more. Blessed is God
Thank you Sr. Vassa.
Any chance for Serbian translation of the Hours? Online, I could only find hours in liturgical concept, which consists of groups of prayers, psalms, etc.
Thank you, Sister Vassa. I will begin praying the hours. I have heard of this before, but never knew exactly what it meant.
Also, can one of your sound people please tell me what the song is t the end of the video. Thank you again! :)
Jason Mraz, I'm Yours :) Not one of the sound people, just know the song. God bless!
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"If you are a member of my crew, you are probably asleep at this time..." I thought that was so funny, Dr. Sr. Larin. By your crew, do you mean graduate students working under you?
I mean my several assistants, not all students, working for me. You can see all of them in our Weekly Comic Strip, if you go to "Comic Strip" at our website: www.coffeewithsistervassa.com. Warm regards from Vienna to wherever you are, henjokongo, SV
Where can I find the prayer book
Eastern Christian Publications has a digital version of the hours. It's subscription based and can be emailed to you daily. Here is a link: ecpubs.com/byzantine-daily-office-bdo/
Though I know and did pray before sleeping, I only heard about Catholic "liturgy of the hours" before... maybe their Chinese translations are so hard to make a link.
P.s. 3:39 the first word in subtitle "of" should be "or"
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Good morning sr. Vassa! thank you for the very good exegesis about hours. except Lent , can i do the same during all year; i would like to ask you something more. could you, please, suggest me an orthodox bible commentary;
Thank you very much. One of trillions
Lefteris N There ae several commentaries on the Bible that I have examined. I particularly like Johanna Manley's books: The Bible and the Holy Fathers for Orthodox Christians; Isaiah Through the Ages; Orthodox Adult Bible Study: The Epistle to the Hebrews; Orthodox Adult Bible Study: The book of Job, the Church and the Holy Fathers; Grace for Grace: the Psalter and the Holy Fathers. I also recommend the Orthodox Study Bible. It is light on commentary, but is excellent. I pray you will find one or more of these to be helpful!
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Elizabeth Riggs Thank you very very much! You are very helpful. All these are very interesting. Happy Easter!
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These prayer hours, we inherited from ancient Judaism right😅