concept
Paschal Matins
Paschal matins
also: заутреня, zautrenya
The jubilant Orthodox Easter service that opens at midnight with repeated proclamations of the Resurrection and the singing of the Paschal canon; it is the service Ieronim longs to attend but cannot, kept at his post on the ferry.
Reading notes
- On Holy Night §38 matins
Zautrenya (matins) here specifically means Paschal Matins, the jubilant midnight-into-morning service that opens Orthodox Easter celebration with repeated singing of "Christ is risen from the dead" and the reading of the Paschal canon; it is the service Ieronim longs to attend and cannot, because he must keep ferrying.