• Source: Vespers (disambiguation)

Vespers are the evening prayers part of the Catholic, Orthodox, or Lutheran prayer service.
Vespers may also refer to:




Literature


"Vespers", a poem in W. H. Auden's "Horæ Canonicæ" sequence, published in The Shield of Achilles (1955)
"Vespers", a 1990 novel by Ed McBain
"Vespers", a poem in A. A. Milne's 1924 collection When We Were Very Young




Music


The Vespers, a musical group from Nashville
Vespers (album), by saxophonist Steve Lacy
Vespers, an alternative title of the 1915 composition All-Night Vigil by Rachmaninoff
Vespers, a 1968 composition by Alvin Lucier




History


As a euphemistic term for massacres of specific population groups:

Asiatic Vespers, the killing of Romans in Asia Minor in 88 BC by Mithridates VI of Pontus
Niçard Vespers, the three days of popular uprising of the inhabitants of Nice in 1871 in favour of the union of the County of Nice with the Kingdom of Italy
Sicilian Vespers, the killing of the French in Sicily in 1282 by the Ghibellines
Sardinian Vespers, anti-Piedmont insurrection in Sardinia in 1794
Adana massacre, the killing of (mainly Armenian) Christians by Muslims in 1909, sometimes called the Cilician Vespers
Jérémie Vespers, the killing of the relatives of Haitian insurgents by government forces in 1964




Other uses


Vespers (video game), a 2005 interactive fiction game by Jason Devlin
Vespers, a society in The 39 Clues book series that causes evil




See also


Sicilian Vespers (disambiguation)
Vesper (disambiguation)

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