Re: Holy Name and feasts per se: yeah; I have to say, that's one of the things I love best about the Anglican church. There's this rhythmic, repetitive round of seasons and times and remembrances that runs through the year.
As to Vespers, it is even odder sometimes, in that it's both the first service of the new day and the last service of the old. On very high feast days, there are services called I Vespers and II Vespers (read "first Vespers" and "second Vespers"). Ron tells me it used to be even more complicated, before they "reformed" the breviary...
Re: Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return
As to Vespers, it is even odder sometimes, in that it's both the first service of the new day and the last service of the old. On very high feast days, there are services called I Vespers and II Vespers (read "first Vespers" and "second Vespers"). Ron tells me it used to be even more complicated, before they "reformed" the breviary...