Lity (other)
Lity may refer to: * Lity (Orthodox Vespers), a procession at Great Vespers in the Eastern Orthodox Church * Lity (Orthodox memorial service), a short service for the dead in the Eastern Orthodox Church See also * Liti (other) * Leti (other) * Lete (other) * Lite (other) Lite may refer to: Food and drugs *Diet food, food or beverage that is part of a weight loss program or diet *Diet soda, a version of soda pop *Low-alcohol beer, beer with little or no alcohol content **Miller Lite, a brand of light beer *Lights ...

Lity (Orthodox Vespers)
The Lity or Litiyá (Greek: (Liti), from ''litomai'', "a fervent prayer") is a festive religious procession, followed by intercessions, which augments great vespers (or, a few times a year, great compline) in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches on important feast days (and, at least according to the written rubrics, any time there is an all-night vigil). Following a lity is another liturgical action, an artoklasia, and either of these terms may be used to describe both liturgical actions collectively. Procession At vespers, after the ''Prayer at the Bowing of Heads'', the procession commences: the clergy, including a deacon with a censer and, when logistically possible, the chanters, process to the narthex of the church during which are sung stichera of the feast and/or of the patron of the church. Once the procession reaches the narthex and the stichera have been sung, the deacon begins a series of lengthy petitions (these are the "lity" proper), asking for t ...
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Lity (Orthodox Memorial Service)
A memorial service (Greek: μνημόσυνον, mnemósynon, "memorial"; Slavonic: панихида, panikhída, from Greek παννυχίς, ''pannychis'', "vigil"; Romanian: parastas and Serbian парастос, parastos, from Greek παράστασις, ''parástasis'') is a liturgical solemn service for the repose of the departed in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches. Service In the Eastern Church, the various prayers for the departed have as their purpose praying for the repose of the departed, comforting the living, and reminding the living of their own mortality and the brevity of this earthly life. For this reason, memorial services have an air of penitence about them. They tend to be served more frequently during the four fasting seasons.Great Lent, Nativity Fast, Apostles' Fast and Dormition Fast If the service is for an individual, it is often held at the deceased's graveside. If it is a general commemoration of all the departed, or if the indiv ...
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Liti (other)
Liti or LITI may refer to: * Lity (Orthodox Vespers), a procession at Great Vespers in the Eastern Orthodox Church * Lity (Orthodox memorial service), a short service for the dead in the Eastern Orthodox Church * David Liti (born 1996), New Zealand weightlifter * Livestock Training Institute (LITI), a college in Morogoro, Tanzania See also * Lete (other) * Leti (other) * Lity (other) Lity may refer to: * Lity (Orthodox Vespers), a procession at Great Vespers in the Eastern Orthodox Church * Lity (Orthodox memorial service), a short service for the dead in the Eastern Orthodox Church See also * Liti (other) * Leti ( ... * Lite (other) {{Disambiguation ...
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Leti (other)
Leti may refer to: * Leti, Chakwal, a village and Union Council in Pakistan * Leti Islands, Maluku, Indonesia ** Leti (island), one of the Leti islands in Maluku, Indonesia * Leti language, a language in Indonesia * Leti language (Cameroon), a language in Cameroon * Leti leti, an Indonesian boat * CEA-Leti: Laboratoire d'électronique des technologies de l'information, a French-based research institute * LETI, a nickname and an old title of Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University People with the surname * Emilio Leti (born 1963), Samoan boxer * Gregorio Leti (1630–1701), Italian historian * Nicolò Leti (1605–?), Bishop of Acquapendente See also * Lete (other) * Liti (other) * Lity (other) Lity may refer to: * Lity (Orthodox Vespers), a procession at Great Vespers in the Eastern Orthodox Church * Lity (Orthodox memorial service), a short service for the dead in the Eastern Orthodox Church See also * Liti (other) * Leti ( .. ...
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Lete (other)
Lete may refer to: * Lete (Mygdonia) an ancient city in Mygdonia, Macedon * Lete, Nepal, a village in Nepal * Xabier Lete (1944–2010), Basque writer, poet, singer and politician * Lete, the proper name of exoplanet HD 102195 b * A leat, a type of watercourse See also * Leti (other) * Leyte (other) * Lite (other) * Liti (other) * Lity (other) Lity may refer to: * Lity (Orthodox Vespers), a procession at Great Vespers in the Eastern Orthodox Church * Lity (Orthodox memorial service), a short service for the dead in the Eastern Orthodox Church See also * Liti (other) * Leti ( ...