Our monastic offices follow the order established by Saint Benedict in his Rule, sung in traditional English from the Monastic Diurnal and the Monastic Diurnal Noted – both publications of the Lancelot Andrewes Press, publishers of traditional liturgical materials. Service times — The daily schedule differs according to the liturgical rank of the day. While the monks observe the full round of Hours and Liturgy each day, only certain services are open to the public.
Services Open to the Public:
Weekdays
- 6:15 AM Lauds
- 7:00 AM Mass
- 6:30 PM Vespers
|
Sundays
- 9:00 AM Lauds
- 10:00 AM Sung Mass
- 6:30 PM Vespers
|
Feast Days
- 8:00 AM Lauds
- 9:00 AM Sung Mass
- 6:30 PM Vespers
|
Monastic Horarium:
Ordinary Days
|
Time
|
| Matins Psalms & Lectio Divina (in cell) |
5:00 AM |
| Lauds / Angelus |
6:15 AM |
| Mass / Breakfast / Lectio |
7:00 AM |
| Prime / Chapter |
8:45 AM |
| Tierce (Great Silence ends) |
9:15 AM |
| Morning Work |
9:30 AM |
| Angelus / Sext / Lunch / Meridian & Lectio / Work |
11:45 AM |
| None / Angelus |
4:45 PM |
| Supper / Lectio |
5:00 PM |
| Vespers / Community Time (Lectio on Fast Days) |
6:30 PM |
| Stations of the Cross [during Lent only] |
7:00 PM |
| Compline (Great Silence) |
7:45 PM |
Sundays
|
Time
|
| Matins / Angelus / Lectio Divina |
7:00 AM |
| Lauds (Great Silence ends) |
9:00 AM |
| Conventual Mass / Collation |
10:00 AM |
| Sext / Angelus |
12:30 PM |
| None / Angelus |
4:45 PM |
| Supper |
5:00 PM |
Vespers
|
6:30 PM |
| Compline (Great Silence) |
8:00 PM |
Feast Days
|
Time
|
| Matins / Angelus / Lectio Divina |
6:00 AM |
| Lauds |
8:00 AM |
| Conventual Sung Mass / Collation |
9:00 AM |
Sext / Angelus
|
11:45 AM |
| None / Angelus |
4:45 PM |
| Supper / Lectio |
5:00 PM |
| Vespers / Community Time (Lectio on Fast Days) |
6:30 PM |
| Compline (Great Silence) |
7:45 PM |
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Services at Christminster are celebrated in English, with occasional Latin, according to the traditional Western Rite as approved by the Russian Orthodox Church.