A vigil, from the Latin vigilia meaning wakefulness (Greek: pannychis,παννυχίς or agrypniaἀγρυπνία), is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance. The Italian word vigilia has become generalized in this sense and means "eve" (as in on the eve of the war).
A vigil may be held on the eve of a major religious festival (feast days), observed by remaining awake—"watchful"—as a devotional exercise or ritual observance on the eve of a holy day. Such liturgical vigils usually consist of psalms, prayers and hymns, possibly a sermon or readings from the Holy Fathers, and sometimes periods of silent meditation.
The term "morning" means that the observance begins on the evening before. In traditional Christianity, the celebration of liturgical feasts begins on the evening before the holy day because the Early Church continued the Jewish practice of beginning the day at sunset rather than midnight.
Most likely the best known vigil is the Easter Vigil held at night between Holy Saturday and Resurrection Sunday.
Vigil is a 1984 New Zealand drama film directed by Vincent Ward. It was the first New Zealand film invited to play in the competitive section of the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.
The film was nominated for awarded three awards at New Zealand's GOFTA Awards in 1986: Best Cinematography (Alun Bollinger), Best Original Screenplay (Vincent Ward), and Best Production Design (Kai Hawkins).
11 year old Toss lives on a remote farm in a valley somewhere deep in rural New Zealand with her father, mother and grandfather Birdie. When she witnesses her father’s death while out herding sheep, she is shocked to see another man present, who then carries her father’s body out of the bush. When the new man, Ethan moves onto the farm and begins a relationship with her mother, Toss sees him as an invader into her isolated world.
Vincent Ward spent five years making Vigil, from pre-production to completion. Part of this was a lengthy pre-production process which involved him visiting hundreds of schools throughout New Zealand, looking for the right actor to play Toss. Similarly, Ward travelled all over New Zealand looking for a perfect setting before finding the isolated farm in Northern Taranaki where filming eventually took place.
Vigil may refer to:
Actors: Hiro Arai (actor), Michael Cronin (actor), Xavier Deluc (actor), David Fox (actor), Geoff Harding (actor), Sidney Livingstone (actor), Lucien Morgan (actor), Nick Reding (actor), Oliver Reed (actor), Mark Tandy (actor), David Timson (actor), Alan Turner (actor), Arturo Venegas (actor), Benny Young (actor), Irina Brook (actress),
Genres: Crime, Thriller,Actors: Alfonso Estela (actor), Matías Ferret (actor), Ramón Giner (actor), José Luis González (actor), Vicente Miranda (actor), Augusto Ordóñez (actor), Augusto Ordóñez (actor), Carlos Otero (actor), Luis Pérez de León (actor), Manuel Santullano (actor), Carlo Tamberlani (actor), Luis Villasiul (actor), Isabel de Castro (actress), Soledad Lence (actress), Silvia Morgan (actress),
Genres: Drama,Jenny ran along beside me
With a handful of roses
And a red petal caught in her hair
She said some never know
When their last friend is gone
You look out and there's nobody there
30 days I've been driving
Never once going home
Sleeping rough in the back of my car
And the nights when I was drinking
I would sit by the phone
And lose all my courage at the bar
CHORUS
On the darkest highway
On the hardest road
On the weary vigil
We keep alone
So if I turn the whole thing over
One more time in my head
Will that memory fade over time
Jenny lying awake in the arms of a man
And her eyes looking straight into my mine
A vigil, from the Latin vigilia meaning wakefulness (Greek: pannychis,παννυχίς or agrypniaἀγρυπνία), is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance. The Italian word vigilia has become generalized in this sense and means "eve" (as in on the eve of the war).
A vigil may be held on the eve of a major religious festival (feast days), observed by remaining awake—"watchful"—as a devotional exercise or ritual observance on the eve of a holy day. Such liturgical vigils usually consist of psalms, prayers and hymns, possibly a sermon or readings from the Holy Fathers, and sometimes periods of silent meditation.
The term "morning" means that the observance begins on the evening before. In traditional Christianity, the celebration of liturgical feasts begins on the evening before the holy day because the Early Church continued the Jewish practice of beginning the day at sunset rather than midnight.
Most likely the best known vigil is the Easter Vigil held at night between Holy Saturday and Resurrection Sunday.
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WorldNews.com | 22 May 2019