#vespers

[petaltexturedskies]

Louise Glück, from “Vespers” in Poems 1962-2012

#louise glück #louise gluck #autumn #typography #vespers #poems #poetry #the first rains of autumn shaking the white lilies

[iuciferic]

The Vespers

#armored core #armored core 6 #V.I freud #V.II Snail #V.III O'Keeffe #V.IV Rusty #V.V Hawkins #V.VI Maeterlinck #V.VII Swinburne #V.VIII Pater #Vespers #armored core vi

[apoemaday]

Vespers

by Louise Glück

In your extended absence, you permit me use of earth, anticipating some return on investment. I must report failure in my assignment, principally regarding the tomato plants. I think I should not be encouraged to grow tomatoes. Or, if I am, you should withhold the heavy rains, the cold nights that come so often here, while other regions get twelve weeks of summer. All this belongs to you: on the other hand, I planted the seeds, I watched the first shoots like wings tearing the soil, and it was my heart broken by the blight, the black spot so quickly multiplying in the rows. I doubt you have a heart, in our understanding of that term. You who do not discriminate between the dead and the living, who are, in consequence, immune to foreshadowing, you may not know how much terror we bear, the spotted leaf, the red leaves of the maple falling even in August, in early darkness: I am responsible for these vines.

#poetry #louise glück #vespers

[yugureki]

I made some Iron Front emblems for Armored Core.

I attached the codes above for them.

#armored core #ac #mecha #fromsoftware #fromsoft #dark souls #elden ring #raven #621 #v.iv rusty #vespers #redguns #ac6 #armored core 6 #fires of rubicon #for #iron front #antifascist

[littleouroboros]

V.I Freud and V.II Snail

#armored core #armored core 6 #ac6 #V.I Freud #V.II Snail #fromsoft #vespers #the vespers #knart #your honor.... #I'm normal about them

[marunako]

"I invited my friend to scream in happiness and experience the game together. I never thought I could laugh and play Cirrus route, then drew an aftercare scene to thank Vesper for a good time they brought us!❤️

This comes from machine translation.

#obscura game #obscura vn #cirrus #vespers #fanart #my art

[adam-sadmon]

You ever get emotional about the weirdest shit? V.IV Rusty is a great character but really isn't the most complex ever written, but the way the singer in 'Rusted Pride' sings the line 'I can fly' with such pain and desperation gets me.

#v. iv rusty #Armored Core 6 #AC6 #Armored Core #Mech #Mecha #Videogame music #Videogames #From Software #From Soft #Vespers

[smorgasbort]

Armored Core 6 characters as Greentexts

#armored core 6 #redguns #vespers #chartreuse #nosaac #g1 michigan #g3 wu huahai #g6 red #g5 iguazu #v.i freud #v.iii o'keeffe #v.iv rusty #v.vii swinburne #invincible rummy #little ziyi #father dolmayan #allmind #greentext #my memes

[skullssy]

“…Raven. We are running out of dinosaur chicken nuggets. If you’re able, please raid the Vespers and Redguns freezers for more. I checked the databases and they’re always stocked high on them.”

#armored core #ayre #text #obsessed with the way Ayre talks tbh #redguns #vespers #AC6

[nightmaresyrup]

V. II Snail....

Just listen to this snobby JERK! He sounds like he marvels at his own perfection! Still cant unsee the dumb grin on his AC.

Imma himbofy this DUDE, because I shall sacrifice him to the BARA fans, bwahaha!

#V. II snail #armored core 6 #vespers #arquebus

[puppydragonbite]

AC6 spoilers ahead :3

V.IV Rusty's normal emblem is a wolf with a muzzle, up until he gets his new AC, Steel Haze Ortus, where his emblem is changed to a wolf baring its teeth, which is a really fucking cool detail and shows his character going from a slave to Arquebus to an RLF warrior fighting for what he believes

#ac6 spoilers #ac6 #armoured core #armored core #armoured core 6 #armored core 6 #v.iv rusty #vespers #from software #fromsoftware

[39addict101]

I watched a reel on Instagram today that said Nikola Tesla is rumored to have built a machine that could generate earthquakes so powerful that it could split the earth in two.

Anyway this is not an informative post this is a post confirming that Nikola Tesla is definitely a Vesper.

That’s all; thank you.

#39 clues #the 39 clues #ian kabra #amy cahill #Dan Cahill #cahills vs vespers #vespers #amian #fanfiction.net #fanfic #fanfiction #I knew that the 39 clues knew what they were talking about and I literally use them as an adult to remember certain things about history

[discoveringorthodoxy]

Hymns of the Orthodox Church

If you've ever read an Orthodox service, you may have noticed the different types of hymns that are often used. There's antiphons, troparions, kontakions, etc. But what do these all mean?

An antiphon is a collection of Scripture verses (usually from the Psalms) that alternate. You can see these, for example, in the Three Antiphons during Divine Liturgy. They are called Antiphons because traditionally, they are sung by two choirs, with each responding antiphonally (alternating) to the other. Below is an example from the Divine Liturgy:

Antiphon 1. Mode 2.

"Verse 1: O Lord, the light of Your face was stamped upon us.

Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, Savior, save us."

A troparion is a brief hymn expressing the main focus of that day's celebration. These are usually one or multiple stanzas. There are several different types of troparions that you might recognize. These include apolytikions, evlogitarias, and theotokions.

An apolytikion ("dismissal hymn") is a troparion that typically honors a saint, Christ, or the Virgin Mary. It is also usually sung at the end of the Vespers Service. Below is an example of an apolytikion from the Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross:

Apolytikion of the Feast. Mode 1.

"Save, O Lord, Your people and bless Your inheritance, granting victory to the faithful over the enemy, and by Your Cross protecting Your commonwealth."

An evlogetaria is just a troparia that is sung after the reading from the Psalter. The evlogetaria consists of the refrain "Blessed art Thou, O Lord, teach me Thy statues. (Psalm 118:12)" The two forms of the Evlogetaria is the Evlogetaria of the Ressurrection (which is sung at Sunday Matins after the Kathismata) and the Funeral Evlogetaria (which is sung at Matins for the Dead after Psalm 118 and at funerals). Below is an excerpt from the Evlogetaria of the Ressurrection:

Ressurrectional Evlogetaria. Mode pl.1.

"Blessed are You, O Lord, teach me Your statutes.

When the hosts of the Angels saw how You were accounted among the dead, they all marveled. You, O Savior, are the One who destroyed the might of death; and when You arose You raised Adam with yourself and from Hades liberated everyone."

A theotokion is a hymn that refers to or praises the Theotokos and it usually concludes a cycle of stichera or troparia. There are several categories of the Theotokia, including the resurrectional theotokia (which is sung after we sing Glory...), the theotokia dogmatica (sung after Both now...), and dismissal theotokia (sung after the dismissal troparia). Below is an example of a theotokia dogmatica:

Both now. Theotokion.

"O Virgin Theotokos, beseech Your Son, Christ our God, who voluntarily was nailed to the Cross and resurrected from the dead, entreating Him to save our souls."

A kontakion is similar to a troparion, however, it mostly expresses the history of the celebration. It used to be so long (18-24 stanzas) that it would have to be rolled up on a pole. However, only short preliminary stanzas remain today. Below is an example of a kontakion from the Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee:

Mode 3. On this day.

"Sinners, let us fall before* the Lord and Master in prayer,* and as once the Publican* let us present Him our sighing.* He desires that all humanity gain salvation.* And to all who are repentant He grants forgiveness.* He became a man for our sake,* though with the Father without beginning as God."

Following the kontakion is the oikos. This is a stanza that develops the ideas that are in the kontakion and usually conclude with the same words as the kontakion. Below is the oikos that follows the kontakion from above:

"Bretheren, let us all garb ourselves in lowliness, and with laments and sighs strike at our conscience, that at the judgment then, which is in perpetuity, we shall be viewed guiltless, attaining our impunity. For there we have true mitigation; to see it, let us make supplication. For there is pain and sorrow's unseating, gone the deep sighs, there in wondrous Eden, of which Christ was fashioner, He being with the Father without beginning as God."

The Biblical Ode's (also known as odes) are hymns that are taken directly from Scripture. These odes are chanted during the Matins service. There are nine odes, however, today only the Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55) is read. During Great Lent, however, the original Biblical Canticles are read. Below is an excerpt from the Magnificat:

Ode ix. The Magnificat. Mode 3.

Verse: My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.

"Greater in honor than the Cherubim, and in glory greater beyond compare than the Seraphim; you without corruption gave birth to God the Word, and are truly Theotokos. You do we magnify."

Finally, a prokimenon is a passage of Scripture that introduces the theme of the Epistle reading to follow. It is usually a verse and a refrain that is read and sung before the Epistle reading. Below is an example of a prokimenon from the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross:

Prokeimenon. Mode pl.2. Psalm 27.

"O Lord, save Your people, and bless Your inheritance."

Verse: To You, O Lord, I cry; O my God, may You not pass over me in silence."

This prokeimenon preludes Hebrews 4:14-16; 5-:1-6, which talks about how Jesus is our high priest in Heaven who sacrificed himself for us.

The Orthodox has several types of hymns within its services. Hopefully this has cleared it up some more for you all! It definitely has for me.

#Eastern Orthodox #Greek Orthodox #Hymns #Orthodox Hymns #Bible #Scripture #Theotokos #God #Jesus #Orthodox Christianity #liturgy #Divine Liturgy #matins #orthros #vespers #article

[dannyfen]

Prove me wrong

#armored core #vespers #redguns #v.iv rusty

[smorgasbort]

Okay, the Arquebus one probably isn't accurate, but I think it summarises their relative dynamic pretty well.

#armored core 6 #armored core vi #Arquebus #Balam #Redguns #Vespers #my memes