vespers

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It was my vespers, my evening prayer, my way of honoring creation and the sacred.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2021

Because of coronavirus restrictions in Italy, both the vespers and Mass are being held from a secondary altar in St. Peter’s Basilica with only about 200 people instead of the 10,000 the basilica holds.

From Reuters • Dec. 31, 2020

Francis will also celebrate New Year’s Eve vespers and New Year’s Day Mass in the basilica.

From Washington Times • Dec. 10, 2020

These ascents are called vespers flights, or vesper flights, after the Latin vesper for evening.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2020

The kinglets, who were just back from the south, sang their vespers.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George