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Before the modern era, Christian countries also demarcated their hours according to sunrise and sunset; even today, Catholic and Orthodox monasteries and semina
by achierius 2y ago
Before the modern era, Christian countries also demarcated their hours according to sunrise and sunset; even today, Catholic and Orthodox monasteries and seminaries use these for the Liturgy of the Hours.
https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgy-of-the-hours https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgy-of-the-hour...
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- AStonesThrow 2y agoI suppose they do/did, but quite an unfamiliar practice out here in Phoenix. Rome today: https://wdtprs.com/2024/04/rome-24-3-day-13-14-easter-tuesday-and-wednesday-quaeritur-the-ave-maria-bell-explained-even-too-much/ https://wdtprs.com/2024/04/rome-24-3-day-13-14-easter-tuesda... Any public liturgy around here is fixed to civil time so that normal laypeople can join.