Prayer book
Byzantine evening prayer
Oratio vespertina
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English source
Manual of Indulgences — English text · PDF page 74
Approved English edition translated from the fourth Latin edition. The complete formula is on the indicated page.
Open the English source choice in the interactive readerEstimated English reading time 35–60 seconds
How the estimate was made
Measured the complete English prayer body in the approved 2006 Manual; heading and adjacent grant text excluded. Editorial vocal pace 100–160 words/minute, outward rounding.
Estimate covers the complete formula at the linked source, not surrounding liturgical rites, chanting, pauses or other grant conditions. No required minimum duration is stated by this estimate.
Greek source
The Greek Ieratikon published in Rome in 1950 bears the approval and permission of the Holy See (PDF page 4); its public scan is linked by the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Patriarchal Liturgical Commission. This historical Greek liturgical form is fuller than the Manual’s English formula: it includes the petition that prayer rise like incense and a reference to thoughts of evil. It is an edition-specific source, not a literal Greek parallel to the English Manual or a requirement to recite the surrounding Vespers rite. The words evening, morning and noon are part of the prayer; they do not add a noon deadline.
Open the Greek source choice in the interactive readerGreek reading time has not been estimated for this form.
Estimate covers the complete formula at the linked source, not surrounding liturgical rites, chanting, pauses or other grant conditions. No required minimum duration is stated by this estimate.
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Status labels below reflect the catalog as of 27 October 2026.
Text sources
- Approved English Manual of Indulgences, PDF page 74
- Enchiridion (1999), current grant 23
- Roman Greek Ieratikon (1950), evening entrance prayer, PDF page 14
- UGCC Patriarchal Liturgical Commission — catalogue linking the Roman Greek Ieratikon (1950)
Historical prayer-book references are textual witnesses. Their old indulgence tariffs are not used as present grant authority. Consult the related grant record for the current work, occasion, and conditions.