Talk:Easter Vigil

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[edit] Orthodox section

The Eastern Orthodox section is a correct description of the wrong service. The Byzantine equivalent of the Easter Vigil is the Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil, held on the morning of Holy Saturday. At this service, the prophecies are read and catechumens are baptized. The midnight Liturgy is equivalent to the Mass of Easter Day in the Latin Rite. (In the Byzantine Rite, all the services of Holy Week take place half a day early.) - BALawrence 05:25, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

The Divine Liturgy does not start at midnight, but some time later after Matins. There is really no service called "Easter Vigil" in Orthodoxy, although this (or "Paschal Vigil") is often used casually. A "Vigil" in Orthodox terms is a specific service, and neither the Vesperal Liturgy on Saturday (which occurs in the morning in parishes, but not in monasteries) nor the aggregation described here as that best corresponding to what is done in the West is really that. In, again, casual speech either service might be called by this name, and if you Google for it you'll find both at various Orthodox websites. TCC (talk) (contribs) 05:58, 12 April 2007 (UTC)