How to terminate a Windows service process stuck in stopping status? I think most Windows administrators have encountered situations where, when trying to stop (restart) a service from the graphical interface of the service management console (Services.msc), the service freezes and hangs in status Stopping. After this, you cannot stop the service in the console, because Service action buttons become unavailable. The easiest way is to reboot the server, but this is not always possible. Let's consider alternative way allowing forcefully terminate a frozen service or process without the need for a reboot.
If within 30 seconds after trying to stop the service, it does not stop, Windows displays the following message:
The xxxxxxx Windows service on the local computer could not be stopped.
Error 1053: The service did not respond to the request in a timely manner.
Windows Could not stop the xxxxxx service on Local Computer
Error 1053: The service did not respond in a timely fashion.
When you try to stop such a service with the command: net stop wuauserv, a message appears:
The service is starting or stopping. Please try again letter.
The easiest way to terminate a frozen service is to use the utility taskkill. First of all, you need to determine PID(process ID) of our service. As an example, let's take the Windows Update service, its system name is wuauserv(the name can be viewed in the service properties in the services.msc console).
Quite often this problem happens, especially after installing updates on Windows Server 2012 R2 / 2008 R2.
Important. Be careful. Forcing a critical Windows service process to retire may result in a BSOD or system reboot.
On the command line with administrator rights (this is important, otherwise there will be an access denied error):
sc queryex wuauserv
In this case, the process PID is 816.
To force terminate a hung process with PID 816:
taskkill /PID 816 /F
SUCCESS: The process with PID 816 has been terminated.
This command will forcefully terminate the service process. Later, you can return to the service management console and manually start the service (or completely, if it is not needed).
Headshotting a frozen service can be done more elegantly without manually determining the process PID. The taskkill utility has a /FI parameter that allows you to use a filter to select the necessary services or processes. You can stop a specific service with the command:
TASKKILL /F /FI “SERVICES eq wuauserv”
Or you can not specify the name of the service at all, ending all services in a frozen state using the command:
taskkill /F /FI “status eq not responding”
After this, the service stuck in the Stopping status should stop.
You can also use PowerShell to force stop the service. You can use the following command to get a list of services that are in the Stopping state:
Get-WmiObject -Class win32_service | Where-Object ($_.state -eq "stop pending")
The cmdlet will help end the process for all found services Stop-Process. By combining both operations into a loop, we get a script that automatically terminates all processes of suspended services in the system:
$Services = Get-WmiObject -Class win32_service -Filter "state = "stop pending""
if ($Services) (
foreach ($service in $Services) (
try (
Stop-Process -Id $service.processid -Force -PassThru -ErrorAction Stop
}
catch (
Write-Warning -Message "Error. Error details: $_.Exception.Message"
}
}
}
else(
Write-Output "No services with "Stopping".status"
}
You can determine the process that is causing the service to hang using the resmon resource monitor.
Some processes launched under SYSTEM cannot be terminated even by the local server administrator. The fact is that he simply may not have rights to some processes or services. To terminate such a process(es), you need to grant the local Administrators group rights to the service(s) and then terminate them. To do this, we need two utilities: psexec.exe and ProcessExplorer (available on the Microsoft website).
Time flies quickly. It would seem that only yesterday the recruits put on the army uniform, and today a good half of the established period of military service is left behind. Soon, every conscript serving will be faced with the question “What next, what should I devote myself to after the expiration of the established period of military service?”
The procedure for the discharge of military personnel into the reserve, their employment and their education
The procedure for the dismissal of military personnel from military service is determined by the Federal Law “On military duty And military service"and the Regulations on the procedure for military service, approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1237 of September 16, 1999, as well as orders issued in pursuance of these acts by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Soldiers, sailors, sergeants and foremen discharged from military service who have served in conscription are sent to military commissariats at their place of residence. Their referral to other points is permitted only if there is a change in the place of residence of their families, confirmed by documents.
The law establishes that a serviceman dismissed from military service must be excluded from the lists of personnel of a military unit on the day of expiration of his military service. Military personnel discharged from military service must be fully provided for on the day of exclusion from the lists of personnel of a military unit established species allowances. Before all necessary calculations they are not excluded from the lists of military unit personnel without their consent.
Upon dismissal from military service, military personnel who served under conscription are paid a one-time allowance equal to 100 rubles, and persons from among orphans and children left without parental care - 500 rubles.
Travel from the place of military service to the place of residence is free. To do this, the discharged serviceman is issued military transportation documents, in exchange for which he purchases a ticket at the ticket office for travel by rail, air, water or road transport.
Citizens discharged from military service due to conscription are provided with the following guarantees for employment and social security:
Provision by public employment service bodies of the population of priority work, taking into account their specialty in government organizations;
Retention for three months after dismissal from military service for citizens who worked before conscription for military service in government organizations, the right to work in the same organizations, as well as the right to a position not lower than the one occupied before conscription for military service;
Counting military service time into continuous work experience (at the rate of one day of military service for two days), taken into account when paying social insurance benefits, one-time remuneration for length of service, a percentage increase in wages, providing benefits related to work experience, if there is a break the period between dismissal from military service and the day of hiring (enrollment in an educational institution) does not exceed one year, and for combat veterans - regardless of the duration of the break; - preferential right to remain at the job they entered for the first time, in case of staff reduction ;
Providing citizens who were dismissed after completing military service and accepted to their previous place of work with financial assistance for the initial establishment of a household in the amount of 500 rubles;
Crediting time of military service to the length of civil service of a civil servant in case of employment in the authorities state power, taken into account when paying a one-time remuneration for length of service, a percentage increase in wages, and providing other benefits related to the length of service in public service, regardless of the period of dismissal from military service and the day of admission to public service.
Citizens discharged from military service due to conscription are provided with the following benefits and guarantees for obtaining an education:
Reservation for citizens called up for military service during the period of study in government educational institutions professional education, upon dismissal from military service, the right to continue education in the educational institution in which they studied before conscription;
Preferential right to admission to state educational institutions of higher and secondary vocational education and to preparatory departments of educational institutions of higher vocational education;
The right to non-competitive enrollment in state educational institutions of higher and secondary vocational education, provided that they receive positive grades in the entrance exams of citizens discharged from military service and entering these educational institutions on the recommendations of commanders.
The procedure for issuing recommendations to military personnel discharged from military service and citizens discharged from military service for non-competitive enrollment in state educational institutions of higher and secondary vocational education is regulated by the Instruction approved by Order No. 20 of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation dated January 21, 1999.
Military personnel wishing to receive a recommendation must submit a report to their immediate superior no later than a month before leaving military service. The decision to issue a recommendation is made by direct superiors from the company commander) and above. If the decision is positive, commanders (chiefs) petition the commander of the military unit to issue a recommendation to the serviceman.
It is signed by the commander of the military unit and certified with the seal of the military unit. In the military ID recommended in the “Special Notes” section, the following entry is made: “A recommendation has been issued for non-competitive enrollment in a state educational institution of higher or secondary vocational education,” which is certified by the signature of the chief of staff of the military unit and the seal of the military unit.
The right to receive a recommendation is reserved for citizens discharged from military service. Citizens discharged from military service who wish to receive it submit a written application to the commander of the military unit in which they served in military service before dismissal. If the decision is positive, the recommendation is given to the dismissed person in person or sent to him by mail. Its extradition is announced in the order of the commander of the military unit. An extract from this order is sent to the military commissariat at the place of registration of the dismissed person. On its basis, the military commissariat makes a corresponding entry in the discharged person’s military ID (identity card), which is certified by the signature of the military commissar and the seal of the military commissariat.
Procedure for admission to universities of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and military service under contract
For military personnel who want to become officers of the Armed Forces Russian Federation, there is a large selection of universities of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Officers are trained there in almost 300 specialties - command, command-engineering, engineering, humanitarian, legal, medical and a number of others.
The duration of study in most military universities for higher education is 5 years: In the Far Eastern and Moscow (specializing in personnel management) military institutes, as well as in the Chelyabinsk Tank Institute, the duration of study is 4 years. At the Air Force Engineering Academy named after Professor N.E. Zhukovsky, Krasnodar military aviation institute named after Hero Soviet Union A.K. Serov, at the Syzran Military Aviation Institute, at the Irkutsk Military Aviation Engineering Institute and the Military University of Communications named after S.M. Budyonny's training in the secondary specialized training program is 3 years.
Military personnel serving under a contract (except for officers) can enter military universities after half the period of military service specified in the first contract, until they reach the age of 24 years. Age is determined at the time of admission to a military educational institution.
Military personnel wishing to enroll in a military educational institution, before April 1 of the year of admission, submit upon command to the commander of the military unit a report indicating: military rank, last name, first name, patronymic, position held, year and month of birth, education, name of military educational institution and the specialty in which they wish to study.
Attached to the report: a copy of the document on secondary education (certificate, certificate, certificate, diploma), three certified photographs (without headdress, size 4.5x6 cm), autobiography, characteristics, service card, professional psychological selection card. A genuine educational document must be presented upon arrival at the military educational institution.
The above and medical documents for candidates from among the military personnel, and for military personnel undergoing military service under a contract, in addition, personal files, commanders military units sent to the headquarters of the formations until April 15 of the year of admission, to the university.
The preliminary selection of candidates from among the military personnel ends with the formation commander making a decision to send the serviceman to a military educational institution to pass entrance examinations (refusal to send with an indication of the reasons).
Lists of pre-selected candidates from among the military personnel, approved by the first deputy commanders of the formations, and the above documents are sent to military educational institutions by May 15 of the year of admission.
The decision to admit candidates to professional selection is made by the admissions committees of military educational institutions and is communicated to applicants through the headquarters of military units before June 20 of the year of admission to study, indicating the time and place of entrance examinations; "or the reasons for refusal. Professional selection is carried out by the admissions committees of military educational institutions institutions. It includes determining the suitability of candidates for admission to a university for health reasons, determining the category of professional suitability of candidates based on their socio-psychological study, psychological and psychophysiological examination, as well as assessing the level of general educational and physical preparedness of candidates who have successfully passed the professional selection. Based on the results of the course, students are enrolled in military educational institutions.
Candidates from among military personnel who have undergone conscription military service and at the same time performed tasks in the conditions of a non-international armed conflict in the Chechen Republic and in the immediately adjacent territories of the North Caucasus, classified as a zone of armed conflict, are exempt from testing knowledge in general education subjects! as well as military personnel who graduated with medals (gold or silver) “For special achievements in learning” from educational institutions of secondary (full) general or primary vocational education and persons who graduated with honors from educational institutions of secondary vocational education, with positive interview results.
Entrance exams in the vast majority of military educational institutions are conducted in the following subjects
Russian language (written), mathematics (written), physics (oral).
However, there are educational institutions where the entrance exams are different:
Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School (military institute)
Foreign language (complex), Russian language and literature (written and oral).
Military Academy RKhBZ (Moscow) and Kostroma Higher Military Command and Engineering School RKhBZ (military institute)
Chemistry (orally), mathematics and Russian language (written).
Naval Engineering Institute (St. Petersburg, Pushkin)
Specialty: environmental engineering
Instead of physics, applicants are examined in chemistry (orally).
Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School (Military Institute) named after Army General V.F. Margelov
Specialty: translation and translation studies
Foreign language (complex), Russian language (written and oral).
Moscow Military Conservatory (military institute)
Harmony and solfeggio (written and oral), military orchestra instruments and conducting (practical), Russian language.
Military Academy of Logistics and Transport
Instead of physics, applicants are examined in chemistry (orally)
Military Medical Academy named after SM. Kirov (St. Petersburg)
Biology (oral), chemistry (oral), Russian language (written).
Yaroslavl Military Financial and Economic Institute named after Army General A.V. Khruleva
Mathematics (written and oral), Russian language (written).
Military University (Moscow) Specialties:
Social work, sociology, jurisprudence
Social studies (orally), Russian history (orally), Russian language and literature (written).
Psychology
Biology (orally), history of Russia (orally), Russian language and literature (written).
Social and cultural activities, journalism
Russian language and literature (written and oral), history of Russia (oral).
Translation and translation studies
Foreign language (complex), Russian language and literature (oral and written).
Military Institute physical culture(Saint Petersburg)
Physical culture and sports (for the chosen sport), biology (orally), Russian language (written).
Applicants to study in secondary specialized training programs (training period 3 years) take entrance exams in mathematics (orally) and the Russian language (written).
Those entering the Saratov Military Medical Institute for the paramedic department take entrance exams in biology (orally) and the Russian language (written).
Candidates, decisions made admissions committees for study, are enrolled in universities as cadets by orders of the heads of military educational institutions from August 1st of the year of admission to study. Candidates who are not enrolled as cadets are subject to secondment to their military units.
Legislation provides conscripted military personnel with the opportunity to continue military service in a new capacity - under a contract.
In accordance with the Regulations on the procedure for performing military service, the right to conclude a contract for military service arises upon reaching 12 months of conscription military service.
The first contract with citizens entering military service for a military position for which the state provides for the military rank of soldier, sailor, sergeant or sergeant major is concluded for a period of three years. In this case, a serviceman undergoing military service under conscription may enter into a first contract for a shorter period, provided that the total duration of his military service under conscription and under the first contract is three years or five years.
The selection of candidates for military service under a contract from among military personnel undergoing military service on conscription is carried out by unit commanders through collective and individual conversations, informing personnel about the conditions of military service under a contract, clarification of the provisions of legislative and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation on military service issues by contract.
In the course of this work, individuals are identified who meet the requirements and who have expressed a desire to perform military service under a contract.
A serviceman undergoing conscription military service and expressing a desire to enter military service under a contract submits a report on command, which is registered and accepted by the commander of the military unit for consideration. The commander of the military unit reviews the report and makes a decision on it within the time frame determined by the Disciplinary Charter of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for considering proposals from military personnel.
The grounds for refusing a candidate to enter into a first contract are:
The absence of vacant military positions in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation according to the candidate’s training profile or the military specialty he received;
The decision of the certification commission of the military unit, approved by the commander (chief) of the military unit, to conclude a contract with another candidate based on the results of a competitive selection;
Convicting him and imposing punishment, conducting an inquiry, preliminary investigation or transferring a criminal case to court;
The presence of an unexpunged or outstanding conviction for committing a crime;
Serving a sentence of imprisonment;
Based on the results of a medical examination, he is recognized as partially fit for military service, temporarily unfit for military service or unfit for military service;
Classifying him, based on the results of professional psychological selection, into the fourth category of professional suitability;
Recognizing him as not meeting the requirements for those entering military service under a contract based on the level of education, professional or physical training.
Soldiers (sailors) and sergeants (sergeant majors) performing military service under a contract are provided with the following benefits, guarantees and compensation in accordance with the law:
The time citizens spend in military service under a contract is counted towards their total seniority, is included in the length of service of a civil servant and in the length of work in his specialty at the rate of one day of military service for one day of work (Clause 3 of Article 10 of the Federal Law “On the Status of Military Personnel”);
Military personnel performing military service under a contract are annually granted basic leave of the following duration:
Military personnel, total duration whose military service in preferential terms is less than 10 years - 30 days;
For military personnel whose total duration of military service in preferential terms is 10 years or more - 35 days;
For military personnel whose total duration of military service in preferential terms is 15 years or more - 40 days;
For military personnel whose total duration of military service in preferential terms is 20 years or more - 45 days (Clause 5 of Article 11 of the Federal Law “On the Status of Military Personnel”);”
Payment of monetary compensation in exchange for the required food ration (food) in the amount of 600 rubles. per month (Clause 1, Article 14 of the Federal Law “On the Status of Military Personnel”);
Military personnel have the right to receive, instead of the items of clothing required by the supply standards, monetary compensation in the amount of the cost of the specified items, but not more than 3 thousand rubles. per year (clause 2 of article 14 of the Federal Law “On the Status of Military Personnel”);
Military personnel undergoing military service under a contract retain for the first five years of military service the rights to residential premises occupied by them before entering (conscription) for military service. They cannot be excluded from the lists of those in need of improved housing conditions at their place of residence before conscription (entry) into military service (clause 2 of Article 15 of the Federal Law “On the Status of Military Personnel”);
Contract workers are entitled to free medical care, including the manufacture and repair of dentures (except for dentures made of precious metals and other expensive materials), free provision of medicines and other medical equipment according to doctors’ prescriptions in military medical units, units and institutions (Clause 2 of Article 16 of the Federal Law “On the Status of Military Personnel”);
Military personnel have the right, after three years of continuous military service under a contract, to enter educational institutions of higher and secondary vocational education through part-time (evening) education. At the same time, they enjoy the right of non-competitive admission to these educational institutions, subject to receiving positive marks in the entrance exams (Clause 2 of Article 19 of the Federal Law “On the Status of Military Personnel”);
Military personnel undergoing military service under a contract, whose total duration of military service is five years or more, have the right to be discharged from military service in the year upon reaching the age limit for military service, the expiration of military service or health conditions. professional retraining one of civil specialties without charging them for training and while maintaining provision of all types of allowance for up to three months, and upon dismissal from military service in connection with organizational and staffing measures - up to six months. If they are dismissed from military service during the period of study, they have the right to complete their studies free of charge (Clause 4 of Article 19 of the Federal Law “On the Status of Military Personnel”).
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Candidate of Legal Sciences,
Head of the Legal Service of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the RF Armed Forces, Colonel of Justice
Victor Koryakin
THE SERVICE WILL END.
The day will come when everyone who has served the term established by law or the terms of the contract will face the questions: “How did I fulfill my military duty?”, “What did military service give me?” and finally, “What’s next?”
The answer, and quite a definite one, to the first question will be given by the commanders and colleagues in the unit, unit (ship), as well as their own conscience and honor. The main criteria for this will be the specific results of combat training and personal discipline, attitude towards fellow service members, military deeds and actions. Crossing the threshold of a checkpoint for the last time with a clear conscience, with a sense of fulfilled duty, is what a real soldier has always strived for and strives for.
The second question, about what military service gives to those who devote their strength, knowledge, and energy to it, is more complicated. The nature of the answers to it depends on many circumstances. But in any of them there is something common, proven centuries-old history, the experience of entire generations, life itself.
There are no words, military service, like any other big business, requires complete dedication and certain self-restraints. But, limiting in one thing, it allows one to assert oneself in another equally important area, to acquire something that is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to obtain outside the army.
The first thing a soldier acquires is a feeling of fulfilled Duty. This feeling elevates a person, primarily in his own eyes. In the army, we often realize for the first time that we are citizens of our country, and we begin to understand the high meaning of Duty to past, present and future generations of compatriots.
Military service provides an opportunity to objectively evaluate oneself, one’s ability and willingness to be useful not only to one’s loved ones and friends, but also to the Motherland, the Fatherland, and the people. It’s not for nothing that they say: “Try to do your duty and you will find out who you really are and what you are capable of.”
Every citizen who honestly fulfills his military duty acquires the irreplaceable moral right to look directly and openly into the eyes of his compatriots, not to shyly turn away his gaze from either a gray-haired veteran, or from his peer, or from his younger brother. After serving in the army, you will do what you must and must do according to your Conscience and according to the Law.
There is no doubt about the comparison of military service with school, in the broadest sense of the word - a school of spiritual, moral, not to mention physical, maturation. But the army is not only the highest school for performing military duty. This is also a school of true friendship and camaraderie. There is no brighter and stronger bond than selfless military brotherhood. There is no lesson in life that would help you get to know not only yourself, but also other people in the way that military service allows you to do - this is one of the most difficult and potentially dangerous types of human activity.
The weak in spirit in difficult conditions gets lost and loses, the strong, on the contrary, hardens and gains. For the first, the army is a continuous chain of losses and unrealized opportunities. However, in reality, most of them, as a rule, turn out to be imaginary, apparent. The weak are generally prone to exaggeration and gloomy projection. He always looks for the culprits of his worthlessness not in himself, but around him, in external circumstances. Weaknesses are always hindered by something, while the main obstacle to the realization of one’s general rule inflated claims is herself. For the weak in spirit, everything is wrong, everything is wrong, except the emptiness of one’s own “I”.
The strong can extract something significant even from small things. In military service he finds for himself something that is difficult, if not impossible, to find in the vast majority of other fields of activity. AND we're talking about not only about spiritual and physical maturity. The army promotes maturation and self-realization hidden possibilities and personal talents. It is no coincidence that not only generals and naval commanders emerged from the army environment, but also outstanding statesmen, writers and artists, musicians and sculptors, scientists and designers. Pioneers of the unknown geographical latitudes in the overwhelming majority - Russian officers, soldiers and sailors. They were the first to explore both the air ocean and the underwater depths, and conquered outer space.
Among the army acquisitions that are vital for any active person, one of the first places is the habit of diligence, accuracy, order - in a word, discipline. Those who think that discipline is needed only in military service are greatly mistaken. As the famous Russian military leader of the 19th century wrote. General Dragomirov, “the difference between military and civil discipline is in the strength of tension, but not in the spirit or basis of it” and “it’s a pity for those people who are not imbued with it.” Not a single area of activity, not a single profession, job, specialty and even relationships in the family can be productive and beneficial for a person who is devoid of a sense of responsibility, diligence, tact, that is, everything that is covered by the capacious concept of “discipline” .
The habit of being disciplined, cultivated by military service, is the most important acquisition of a person. It prepares for civil and social life and work, opens up prospects for professional growth and a career in any chosen field of future activity. It is for this reason that heads of enterprises, organizations, institutions, and personnel authorities, when hiring, give preference to those who have gone through the school of army life and have actually mastered the requirements of military discipline. It is also important that every former sergeant, sergeant major, soldier, sailor, leaving the army ranks, takes with him solid organizational and labor activity, and often - a specialty, and even a profession, which is very scarce in civilian conditions.
The army stays with the soldier for the rest of his life. Thanks to the special attitude of the state towards those who have fulfilled their military duty, they feel the sovereign’s care even when they become a reserve soldier. The period of military service is counted towards his total length of service. He enjoys advantages when entering state educational institutions, and has the right to be reinstated in his previous position at the place of work before the army. Military personnel serving under contract, after reaching a specified age or length of service, are assigned an increased pension and are provided with other benefits and advantages.
In other words, those who have completed military service and have withstood its difficult trials with dignity gain immeasurably more than they lose.
The army also offers an answer to the question “What’s next?”, what should one devote oneself to after the expiration of the established period of service?
First of all, you can conclude a contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in the person of the commander of a military unit and continue serving on a voluntary basis in a mastered or newly chosen military specialty. Soldiers, sailors, sergeants and foremen serving under contract enjoy the basic rights and benefits of personnel. They are paid accordingly salary and the provided allowances for it, as well as one-time benefits; guaranteed free food and provision of clothing, travel to public transport, to the place of the next vacation and back, housing is allocated (from a separate room in the barracks, dormitory to official living space and a permanent apartment, paid at a reduced rate). These military personnel are exempt from paying income, land and property taxes, and are subject to compulsory state insurance. The choice of contract service is also promising from the point of view of the possibility of parallel training in civilian educational institutions or in their preparatory departments.
Military personnel with higher or secondary education, who have demonstrated themselves positively in military service and who meet the requirements of the Armed Forces, can become warrant officers (midshipmen). Those who do not have the required level of education are sent to special schools for warrant officers, where, undergoing free training, they are in the position of cadets of military schools.
Finally, for soldiers, sailors, sergeants and foremen who have finally decided to devote themselves to military service and become officers, the doors to military educational institutions of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation are open - to military schools or institutes, the Military University or academies. Graduates of military educational institutions, the duration of free education in which ranges from 3 to 6 years, receive secondary or higher military education and one of the prestigious civilian specialties corresponding to the state ones. educational standards. Upon graduation from the university, they are given a diploma of education of an all-Russian standard and are awarded officer rank"lieutenant".
But most importantly, a graduate of a military educational institution receives one of the most noble and historically revered professions among the people - the profession of defending the Motherland.
To serve honestly and to complete your service with dignity means to become a Person inspired by a sense of fulfilled duty and looking to the future. A person capable of achieving the highest goals in life.
Church services or, in popular words, church services are the main events for which churches are intended. According to Orthodox tradition, daytime, morning and evening rituals are performed daily there. And each of these services consists of 3 types of services, which are collectively combined into a daily circle:
Thus, the daily circle includes nine services.
In Orthodox services, much is borrowed from Old Testament times. For example, the beginning of a new day is considered to be not midnight, but 6 pm, which is the reason for holding vespers - the first service of the daily cycle. It recalls the main events of Sacred History Old Testament; we are talking about the creation of the world, the fall of our first parents, the ministry of the prophets and the Mosaic legislation, and Christians give thanks to the Lord for a new day lived.
After this, according to the Church Charter, it is necessary to serve Compline - public prayers for the coming sleep, which speak of the descent of Christ into hell and the liberation of the righteous from it.
At midnight, the 3rd service is supposed to be performed - the midnight service. This service is held to remind Last Judgment and the Second Coming of the Savior.
The morning service in the Orthodox Church (Matins) is one of the longest services. It is dedicated to the events and circumstances of the Savior’s earthly life and consists of many prayers of repentance and gratitude.
The first hour is performed around 7 o'clock in the morning. This is a short service about Jesus' presence at the trial of the high priest Caiaphas.
The third hour takes place at 9 am. At this time, the events that took place in the Upper Room of Zion are remembered, when the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles, and in Pilate’s praetorium the Savior received a death sentence.
The sixth hour is held at noon. This service is about the time of the Lord's crucifixion. The ninth hour should not be confused with it - the service about His death on the cross, which takes place at three o'clock in the afternoon.
The main divine service and the peculiar center of this daily circle is considered to be the Divine Liturgy or mass, the distinctive feature of which from other services is the opportunity, in addition to memories of God and the earthly life of our Savior, to unite with Him in reality, participating in the sacrament of Communion. The time of this liturgy is from 6 to 9 o’clock until noon before lunch, which is why it was given its second name.
Modern practice of worship has brought some changes to the instructions of the Charter. And today Compline is held only during Lent, and Midnight - once a year, on the eve of Easter. Even less frequently, the ninth hour passes, and the remaining 6 services of the daily circle are combined into 2 groups of 3 services.
The evening service in the church takes place in a special sequence: Christians serve Vespers, Matins and the first hour. Before holidays and Sundays, these services are combined into one, which is called the all-night vigil, that is, it involves long night prayers until dawn, carried out in ancient times. This service lasts 2−4 hours in parishes and from 3 to 6 hours in monasteries.
Morning worship in the church differs from past times with the successive services of the third, sixth hours and mass.
It is also important to note the holding of early and late liturgies in churches where there is a larger congregation of Christians. Such services are usually performed in holidays and on Sunday. Both liturgies are preceded by the reading of the hours.
There are days when there is no morning church service or liturgy. For example, on Friday of Holy Week. In the morning of this day, a short sequence of visual arts is performed. This service consists of several chants and seems to depict the liturgy; However, this service has not received the status of independent service.
Divine services also include various sacraments, rituals, reading akathists in churches, community readings of evening and morning prayers and rules for Holy Communion.
In addition, services are held in churches according to the needs of parishioners - demands. For example: Wedding, Baptism, funeral services, prayer services and others.
In each church, cathedral or temple, service hours are set differently, therefore, to obtain information about the conduct of any service, clergymen recommend finding out the schedule compiled by a specific religious institution.
And to those who doesn't know him, you can adhere to the following time periods:
All services are usually performed in a church and only by clergy, and believing parishioners participate in them by singing and praying.
Christian holidays are divided into two types: transferable and non-transitionable; They are also called the twelve holidays. To avoid missing services regarding them, it is important to know the dates.
Duration church services on holidays is different from each other. This mainly depends on the holiday itself, the performance of the service, the duration of the sermon and the number of communicants and confessors.
If for some reason you are late or do not come to the service, no one will judge you, because it is not so important what time it will start and how long it will last, it is much more important that your arrival and participation are sincere.
If you decide to come to church on Sunday, you should prepare for this. The morning service on Sunday is the strongest, it is held for the purpose of communion. It happens like this: the priest gives you the body of Christ and his blood in a piece of bread and a sip of wine. Prepare for this The event needs at least 2 days in advance.
In order not to miss the start of the church service on Sunday, you need to come to the church early, around 7.30. Until this time, you should not eat or smoke. There is a specific procedure for visiting.
After communion, under no circumstances rush to get what you want. e, that is, get high and so on, don’t desecrate the sacrament. It is recommended to know moderation in everything and read grace-filled prayers for several days so as not to desecrate this service.
Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, who came to earth for our sake, founded the Church, where today everything we need is present and invisible, which is given to us for eternal life. Where “the invisible Heavenly Powers serve for us,” they say in Orthodox chants, “Where two or three are gathered in My name, there I am among them,” is written in the Gospel (chapter 18, verse 20, Gospel of Matthew), - this is what the Lord said to the apostles and everyone who believes in Him, therefore invisible presence of Christ During services in the temple, people lose if they do not come there.
More greater sin committed by parents who do not care about serving the Lord of their children. Let us remember the words of our Savior from Scripture: “Let your children go and do not hinder them from coming to Me, for for them is the Kingdom of Heaven.” The Lord also tells us: “Man shall not live by bread, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God” (chapter 4, verse 4 and chapter 19, verse 14, the same Gospel of Matthew).
Spiritual food is also necessary for the human soul, just like bodily food to maintain strength. And where will a person hear God’s word, if not in the temple? After all, there, among those who believe in him, the Lord himself dwells. After all, it is there that the teachings of the apostles and prophets are preached, who spoke and predicted by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, there is the teaching of Christ Himself, who is the true Life, Wisdom, Way and Light, which enlightens every parishioner coming into the world. The temple is heaven on our earth.
The services that take place there, according to the Lord, are the works of angels. By undergoing teaching in a church, temple or cathedral, Christians receive God's blessing, which contributes to success in good deeds and endeavors.
“You will hear the church bell ringing, calling for prayer, and your conscience will tell you that you need to go to the house of the Lord. Go and, if you can, put all your affairs aside and hurry to God’s Church,” advises Theophan the Recluse, a saint of Orthodoxy, “Know that your Guardian Angel is calling you under the roof of the House of the Lord; it is he, your celestial being, who reminds you of earthly Heaven so that you can sanctify your soul there by your grace of Christ and delight your heart with heavenly consolation; and - who knows what will happen? “Perhaps he is also calling you there in order to ward off temptation from you, which cannot be avoided in any way, because if you stay at home, there will be no shelter for you under the canopy of the Lord’s house from the great danger...”
A Christian in church learns the Heavenly wisdom that the Son of God brings to earth. He learns the details of the life of his Savior, and becomes acquainted with the teachings and lives of the saints of God, and takes part in church prayer. And congregational prayer is great power! And there are examples of this in history. When the apostles were awaiting the coming of the Holy Spirit, they were in unanimous prayer. Therefore, in the church, in the depths of our souls, we expect that the Holy Spirit will come to us. This happens, but only if we do not create obstacles for this. For example, insufficient openness of heart can prevent parishioners from uniting believers when reading prayers.
In our time, unfortunately, this happens quite often, since believers behave incorrectly, including in church, and the reason for this is ignorance of the truth of the Lord. The Lord knows our thoughts and feelings. He will not leave those who sincerely believe in him, as well as a person in need of communion and repentance, so the doors of God’s house are always open to parishioners.
Liturgy is the main Church service. What time does the liturgy begin and how long does it last? Why and when does the liturgy take place in the evening or at night?
Below is the main thing you need to know about the time and duration of the Liturgy in Orthodox churches.
The Divine Liturgy is the central service, since during it the Sacrament of the Eucharist and the Sacrament occur (or rather, the Liturgy itself accompanies these Sacraments). All other services in one way or another precede the Liturgy - although they can take place the night before or even earlier.
The regularity of services depends on the temple: the location where the temple is located and the number of parishioners. In other words, the Liturgy takes place in the church as often as is actually needed.
Icon Mother of God“It is worthy to eat” at the Moscow Compound of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra
The duration of the liturgy may vary depending on the day or temple. But this does not mean that the composition of the service changes radically. For example, on especially solemn days, part of the prayers, which are sometimes read by the reader, are this time sung in chorus.
In addition, how long the liturgy lasts can be influenced by such seemingly insignificant factors as the speed with which the priest and deacon serve: one leads the services faster, the other slower, one reads the Gospel at the same pace, the other more measuredly . And so on.
But speaking in general terms, on days the Liturgy lasts longer than on ordinary days - sometimes up to two hours.
IN Easter night or the Christmas Liturgy lasts no longer than usual, but the night service itself turns out to be many hours long - since the Liturgy is preceded by a long All-Night Vigil.
Night service in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, photo: patriarchia.ru
On the one hand, the answer to this question is most often the same as to the question: “What time does the Liturgy begin,” since in almost all non-monastic churches the only morning service is the Liturgy.
Another thing is that in some churches (where there is only one priest) sometimes it takes place not during the service, but before it, and therefore those who want to confess or receive communion come earlier.
But in monasteries, morning services begin much earlier, since a full daily cycle of services is held there.
For example, before the liturgy in monasteries, the Hours are necessarily read (this is a small service that includes the reading of certain prayers and individual psalms), and on most days a midnight office is also served, which can begin at 6 a.m. or earlier.
In addition, the charter of some monasteries also stipulates, for example, the daily morning reading of akathists, and a prayer rule, which will also take place in the temple. Therefore, in some monasteries, morning services, in fact, stretch for several hours, and the Liturgy, as expected, crowns this cycle.
This does not mean that the laity receiving communion need to be present at all monastic services - they are intended primarily for the inhabitants of the monastery (monks, novices and laborers). The main thing is to come to the beginning of the Liturgy.
As in the case of morning services, the specific start time of the evening service is determined by the charter of the temple or monastery (they can always be found either on the website or on the doors of the temple). As a rule, evening worship begins between 16:00 and 18:00.
The service itself, depending on the day or the foundations of a particular temple, lasts from one and a half hours to three. In monasteries, on special days, evening services can last much longer.
Evening worship is obligatory for those who are going to receive communion the next morning. This is due to the fact that the Church has adopted a daily cycle of services, which begins in the evening, and the morning Liturgy crowns it.
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