Acoemetae
Order of Eastern Christian monks / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acoemetae[1][lower-alpha 1] (also spelled Acoemeti or Akoimetoi[1] Greek: ἀκοίμητοι, lit. 'sleepless ones'[1][3]) was an order of Eastern Christian (Greek or Basilian[2]) monks who celebrated the divine service without intermission day or night. This was done by dividing the communities into choirs, which relieved each other by turn in the church.[3] The alternating choirs came in three groups by liturgical language: Greek, Latin, and probably Syriac.[1]