Monks had eight services a day, known as the Liturgy of the Hours or Divine Office, to structure their time around prayer and worship, reflecting their commitment to a life of devotion. These services allowed them to sanctify each part of the day, fostering a continuous connection with God and providing a rhythm to their daily lives. This practice also emphasized community, as monks gathered together to pray, chant, and read scripture, reinforcing their spiritual fellowship. Ultimately, the eight services were a way to cultivate a disciplined spiritual life and to fulfill the monastic ideal of constant prayer.
This is just one Abby, an excerpt and the site:= The Monks Day = Morning Main services Mid day first meal Afternoon work Early Evening rest then second meal Evening early to bed Night church services The Abbey was home for about 100 monks who spent their time worshipping God. The first monks came to the Abbey from Clung in France, so the monks were called Cluniacs which had risen from another type of monk, the Benedictine order. Each day they attended eight services in the Abbey ChurchThe Monks day started at 3.00 am when they went to the first of eight services in the Abbey Church. The services could last up to two hours. Although everyone stood all through the services, the monks had misericords which meant they could rest their rear on a small shelf. The site and the rest of the story. * http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/radstock/rht/themes/religion/monksday.html
Monks pray 7 times a day=================================================Answer: The Rule of St Benedict governed the daily routine of all monks in Europe throughout the medieval period. Chapter 16 states:". . .Ergo his temporibus referamus laudes Creatori nostro super iudicia iustitiæ suæ, id est Matutinis, Prima, Tertia, Sexta, Nona, Vespera, Conpletorios, et nocte surgamus ad confitendum ei"You can clearly see that the seven daytime Offices (services) are listed, then "and at night let us arise to glorify Him". This gives a total of 8 services, although the night Office and the morning Office (Matins and Lauds) were often held one after the other without a break.So the correct answer is 8, not 7.
The monks at the Abbey of Solesmes typically sing Gregorian chants during daily prayer services, known as the Liturgy of the Hours. These services are held at various times throughout the day, including early morning (Matins), mid-morning (Lauds), midday (Sext), late afternoon (Vespers), and evening (Compline).
You are clearly very confused.Most monks could not "take services"; only priests could take services, hear confessions, conduct weddings, burials and baptisms, perform the last rights and so on. Most monks were not ordained priests and could do none of these things.Some monks in each monastery did become priests, in order to lead the services and hear confessions, but they were generally few in number. They were not intended to provide services for ordinary people - that was the role of the parish priest.
Monks were teachers, grew herbs for medical needs, and spiritual leaders. Often travelers could find a safe place with them for a night.
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Monks and nuns often served the community by becoming educators and teaching school. They also worked in hospitals as nurses or aids, led prayer services at churches or homes, and even made some products to sell.
The monks prayed for long periods of time and visited the church for almost the whole day.
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Catholic monks: The main work of Catholic monks is to pray. The monks gather in the monastery chapel at set times throughout the day for Mass and for prayer services. They retire to bed at 10:00 PM or so, then get up again at 1:00 AM, gather in the chapel, and have another prayer service. After the middle-of-the-night prayer service is finished, the monks retire to their rooms for a few more hours sleep, before arising again to pray at 5:00 or 5:30 AM. You can see a Carthusian Catholic monk talking about his life in the monastery in a clip from the documentary film Into Great Silence.
Monks and nuns are cloistered religious, and, as such, do not normally leave their monastery. The biggest thing that monks and nuns have provided in the way of "social services" would be education, they were really the first public education provided to the laity. They, also, in their Scriptoriums kept literature alive by their saving copies of many works of antiquity which otherwise would have been completely lost to us.
One of the times of day when monks make thanks to God.