Schedule of Services

Compline is the final office, celebrated before retiring to bed. It expresses satisfaction at the end of a day's work, but also fear at the dangers of the approaching night. It asks for peace and rest, for protection, and for light in the darkness. It culminates with the Song of Simeon (Nunc dimittis), and its request for the tranquillity of death.
Vespers is the penultimate office of the day, sung after the lamps have been lit and the final meal eaten. It includes the Canticle of Mary (Magnificat) and a Great Responsory.

St. Paul's Chapel

Seasonal Schedule:
Note that service times may vary.

October 23	9:30	Sundays after Trinity
October 30	9:30	All Saints
November 6		No service (Election Day holiday)
November 13	9:30	Blessed Virgin Mary
November 20	9:30	Sundays after Trinity
November 27	9:30	First Sunday in Advent
December 4	9:30	Second Sunday in Advent
December 11	9:30	Third Sunday in Advent
December 18		no service
December 25		no service
January 1		no service
January 8		no service
January 15		no service
January 22	9:30	Epiphany to Quinquagesima
January 29	9:30	Epiphany to Quinquagesima
February 5	9:30	Blessed Virgin Mary
February 12	9:30	Epiphany to Quinquagesima

Compline lasts about 25 mins; Vespers about 35 mins.;

Vespers and Compline together about 50 mins.

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