• The Menaion (Greek: Μηναῖον; Slavonic: Минїѧ, Miniya, "of the month") is the liturgical book used by the Eastern Orthodox Church containing the propers...
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    instance, the Festal Menaion contains only those portions of the Menaion that have to do with the Great Feasts; and the General Menaion contains propers for...
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    The Great Menaion Reader (Russian: Великие Четьи-Минеи, romanized: Velikiye Chet’yi-Minei) is the official Russian Orthodox menologium, i.e., a collection...
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  • Bratko Menaion (Братков минеј) is a 13th-century Serbian liturgical calendar book (menaion), written Serbian Orthodox monk-scribe by the name of Bratko...
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    catalogs of lives of the saints: annual calendar catalogue, or menaion (in Greek, μηναῖον, menaion means "monthly" (adj, neut), lit. "lunar"), biographies of...
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    his mother's monastic names) are known because he dedicates the Great Menaion Reader to them. His secular name is thought to have been Mikhail. In the...
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    the Medieval Sourcebook Bishop Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia, in: Festal Menaion [London: Faber and Faber, 1969], p. 64. Beane, Larry (15 August 2019)....
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    of Argos for 54 years, from 1637 to 1583 BCE. According to the Orthodox Menaion, September 4 was the day that Moses saw the Land of Promise. Filler, Elad...
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    Miravalle, pp. 328–350 Bishop Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia, in: Festal Menaion [London: Faber and Faber, 1969], p. 64. The Catholicism Answer Book: The...
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    instance, the Festal Menaion contains only those portions of the Menaion that have to do with the Great Feasts; and the General Menaion, et cetera. Including...
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