Annunciation, the Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom) When there is an all-night vigil On the eves before Great Feasts and, in some traditions, on all Sundays, this grouping is used. However, the all-night vigil is usually abridged so as to not last literally "all-night" and may be as short as two hours; on the other hand, on Athos and in the very traditional monastic institutions, that service followed by the hours and Liturgy may last as long as 18 hours. Afternoon — Ninth Hour, Little Vespers, Compline (where it is not read at the commencement of the Vigil) Early night — Compline (where it is not the custom for it to follow small vespers), Great Vespers, a reading, Matins, First Hour When the royal hours are read Evening — Ninth Hour, Vespers, Compline Morning Watches — Midnight Office, Matins Morning — First, Third, Sixth, and Ninth Hours and the Typica On the eves of Christmas, Theophany, and Annunciation When the feast is a weekday (or, in the Russian tradition, on any day for Christmas, Theophany), Vespers (with the Liturgy in most instances) is served earlier in the day and so Great Compline functions much as Great vespers does on the vigils of other feast days. Evening — Great Compline (in some traditions) and, if there be an All-Night Vigil, the reading, matins, first hour. Morning Watches — (unless there be an all-night vigil) midnight office, matins, first hour. The Divine Liturgy The Divine Liturgy is the Sunday sabbath worship service of the Eastern Orthodox Church. There are several forms of the liturgy: the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Liturgy of St. Basil, Liturgy of St. Mark, Liturgy of St. James, Liturgy of St. Gregory the Great, Liturgy of St. Tikhon of Moscow, and the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. The Divine Liturgy begins with the exclamation from the priest, "Blessed is the kingdom of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages." The assembled faithful respond, "Amen." The service begins with the Great Litany, so called because it is longer than most litanies and its petitions touch on the needs of the world: peace and salvation, the church, her bishops, her faithful, captives and their health and salvation, deliverance from anger and need. It is concluded, as with most litanies, by calling to the remembrance of the faithful