Sentence examples for liturgical service from inspiring English sources

But the real reward for her pet, Ms. Makover said, occurred during the liturgical service.

The intermediate stanzas are paraphrased in the texts of recitatives and arias for one or more vocal soloists, and the various movements were interwoven with the liturgical service.

On Good Friday, he presided over a three-hour liturgical service; the Easter service on Sunday lasted less than two hours.

Unsuccessful in this endeavour, he then instituted a liturgical service of thanksgiving to the Virgin Mary for the deliverance of Constantinople from the Persian siege of 626 and the Arab Muslim attack of 718.

The clergy's intention of making the key episodes of the liturgy as vivid and accessible as possible to illiterate congregations was so successfully realized that by the end of the 12th century the plays incorporated spoken dialogue, partly in the vernacular, and were moved outside in front of the church to be performed independently of the liturgical service.

These bishops (cardinal-bishops) performed the liturgical service in the Lateran Basilica.

Readings from the Torah (Pentateuch) form an important part of Jewish liturgical services.

His knowledge of music and Hebrew gradually transformed his role of assistant to the reader into that of director of the chanting during liturgical services.

Synagogue, also spelled synagog, in Judaism, a community house of worship that serves as a place not only for liturgical services but also for assembly and study.

Magnificat, in Christianity, the hymn of praise by Mary, the mother of Jesus, found in Luke 1 46 55 and incorporated into the liturgical services of the Western churches (at vespers) and of the Eastern Orthodox churches (at the morning services).

As Arnold Nesselrath, who edited the exhibition book with Mark Evans and Clare Browne, writes in his essay on the Sistine Chapel, the tapestries were displayed when major liturgical services were celebrated by the pope.