Do hermits practice the prayers of the canonical hours?

History tells us that even hermits (or anchorites) — the highest level of monastics — when they meet together, have nothing to talk about other than singing and praising God with the psalms and praises of the Church.

160 St. John Cassian, Institutes , 2.10 (NPNF II/11:209).

161 St. John Cassian, Institutes , 2.10 (NPNF II/11:209).

162 St. Augustine of Hippo, Hippo Letters, Volume II (83–130) 130 (FOTC 18:391).