The Offices of the Third, Sixth and Ninth Hours

The night order of prayers and Psalms as it is kept throughout Egypt has now, I think, with God’s help, been explained, as far as our slender ability allowed. Now we must speak of the services of the third, sixth and ninth hours according to the rule of the monasteries of Palestine and Mesopotamia, as we said in the preface. By the customs of these monasteries we must temper the perfection of the Egyptians’ discipline and its rigor, which no one can imitate. [a]