The Capitulum Laicorum Sancti Michaelis Archangeli has informed Rorate that it will be celebrating the Night Office (Matins and Lauds) of Christmas according to the ancient Use of Esztergom (Ritus Strigoniensis), in the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Budapest (see picture) at 7:00 P.M. on December 29, 2009. The celebration of Matins and Lauds is projected to last 4 hours.The text of Matins and Lauds can be found in the following link (pp. 24-92): IN NATIVITATE DOMINI: Ordo horarum canonicorum secundum ritum et consuetudinem almae Strigoniensis ecclesiae.
