Vespers

Vespers is the evening service in the daily cycle of the Orthodox Church. It is contained in the Horologion.

Format

 * Blessing, Trisagion Prayers, and "O come, let us worship..."
 * Psalm 103 (and the Anoixantaria on feastdays)
 * Great Litany
 * Kathismata (if appointed)
 * Little Litany (if preceded by Kathismata)
 * "Lord, I have cried"
 * Stichologia
 * Stichoi and Kekregarion Stichera
 * Doxastikon (if appointed)
 * Theotokion
 * O Joyous Light
 * Evening Prokeimenon
 * Litany of Supplication, Evening Prayer, Litany of Fervent Supplication, Aposticha (order dependent on type of Vespers)
 * Hymn of St. Symeon
 * Trisagion Prayers
 * Apolytikia and Dismissal Theotokia
 * Dismissal