{"id":3135,"date":"2022-03-02T11:35:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T11:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.basilicasanmarco.it\/liturgical-services\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T09:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:50:17","slug":"liturgical-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.basilicasanmarco.it\/en\/liturgical-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass and Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Entrance<\/strong><\/p>

For prayers, Mass and Services, freely enter by the ‘Porta dei Fiori’ (North-side, Piazzetta ‘dei leoncini’).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Opening Times<\/strong><\/p>

The Basilica opens for prayers at 7.30 am each day, and closes at 7.30 pm.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Regular Mass and Services Times<\/strong><\/p>

Mass and Services are ordinarily celebrated by a canon of the Chapter of St Mark’s, while the Patriarch of Venice celebrates the main solemnities of the liturgical year.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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From Monday to Saturday (at the Altar of the Nicopeia)<\/strong><\/p>
07:40 <\/td>Morning Prayer (Lauds)<\/td><\/tr>
08:00<\/td>Holy Mass<\/td><\/tr>
10:00<\/td>Holy Mass<\/td><\/tr>
17:00 (Tuesday)<\/td>Eucharistic Adoration<\/td><\/tr>
17:45<\/td>Evening Prayer (Vespers) and Office of Readings<\/td><\/tr>
18:15<\/td>Rosary<\/td><\/tr>
18:45<\/td>Holy Mass (on Saturday in the nave)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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Sunday and Holy Days of obligation (in the nave)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>
08:00<\/td>Holy Mass<\/td><\/tr>
10:00<\/td>Solemn Mass (sung by the Cappella Marciana)<\/td><\/tr>
12:00<\/td>Holy Mass (“Organ Mass”)<\/td><\/tr>
17:45<\/td>Evening Prayer (Vespers), Eucaristic Blessing, and Litany of the Blessed Virgin
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Sacrament of Reconciliation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

On weekdays (Monday to Saturday), 10am to 12 am and 5 pm to 7 pm (except during Vespers and Office of Readings).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Concelebrants<\/strong><\/p>

Priests desiring to concelebrate at any public Mass at Basilica di San Marco, must come into the Sacristy 20 minutes before the Mass is due to begin. They have to present their ‘celebret’ (letter of recommendation) to the Sacristan to be admitted.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Pilgrimages, Mass, and Prayers<\/strong><\/p>

Write to sacrestia@procuratoriasanmarco.it<\/a><\/em> for information about pilgrimages, Mass, and prayer.<\/p>

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Concerts<\/strong><\/p>

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Entrance For prayers, Mass and Services, freely enter by the ‘Porta dei Fiori’ (North-side, Piazzetta ‘dei leoncini’). Opening Times The Basilica opens for prayers at 7.30 [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3134,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3135","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basilicasanmarco.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basilicasanmarco.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basilicasanmarco.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilicasanmarco.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilicasanmarco.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3135"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilicasanmarco.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3383,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilicasanmarco.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3135\/revisions\/3383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilicasanmarco.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basilicasanmarco.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}