Evening Prayer is a liturgy in use in the Anglican tradition celebrated in the late afternoon or evening. It is also commonly known as Evensong, especially when the office is rendered chorally, that is, when most of the service is sung.
It is roughly the equivalent of Vespers in the Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran churches, although it was originally formed by combining the monastic offices of Vespers and Compline. Although many churches now take their services from Common Worship or other modern prayer books, if a church has a choir, Choral Evensong from the Book of Common Prayer often remains in use because of the greater musical provision.
Evening Prayer, like Morning Prayer (Matins) and in contrast to the Eucharist, may be led by a layperson, and is recited by some devout Anglicans daily in private (clergy in many Anglican jurisdictions are required to do so).
= = =Note: In the photos below, you'll see that the evening was closing down tranquilly, and that when the natural light [in the sky, etc.] was gradually fading, the artificial lights [on the roadsides, in the buildings, etc.] will light up one after one! ... Such a nice mixture of natural light from overhead and a whole system of artificial lighting has made the real scene of which I took pictures:
What would you say about these following photos?
What would you say about the real scene?
What are you going to say (or sing)
in the Evening Prayer today?
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