Villagers with candles return from Matins service
Russian Villagers return from Matins service, each holding a lighted candle. Matins is the monastic nighttime liturgy, ending at dawn, of the canonical hours. In Eastern Orthodoxy (depicted here) these Vigils correspond to the All-night Vigil comprising the Midnight Office and the daybreak service of Orthros
Picture No
10638437
Media ID
46555372
Size
3129px x 4926px
(2.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Painting by Ivan Kazakov (1873-1935) reproduced on a Russian Red Cross Postcard
Date
1901
