Nocturns
Sign in to savethumb|Opening verse of matins Nocturns (Latin: nocturni or nocturna) is a Christian canonical hour said in the nighttime.
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- History
- Practice by Christian denomination
- Roman Catholic practice
- Abolition of nocturns
- Oriental Orthodox Christianity
- Syriac Orthodox Church, Indian Orthodox Church and Mar Thoma Syrian Church
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
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- Notes
thumb|Opening verse of matins Nocturns (Latin: nocturni or nocturna) is a Christian canonical hour said in the nighttime.
In the liturgy of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, nocturns refer to the sections into which the canonical hour of Matins was divided from the fourth or fifth century until after the Second Vatican Council.
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