Great Menaion Reader

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The Great Menaion Reader (

, works of church fathers, and Russian ecclesiastical writers.

Each of the twelve volumes corresponds to a certain month (hence, the name chet’yi-minei or monthly readings, from the Greek word menaion) and subdivided into days. Also, the Great Menaion Reader includes the so-called kormchiye knigi (books of guidelines, a.k.a. books of the helmsman), monastic charters, acts, and missives. All of this material is sorted by months.

The Great Menaion Reader was compiled in the 1530s-1540s under the supervision of

literature was included.

Manuscripts

• The first manuscript, known as the "Sophia" version, was given to the
  Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod
  in 1541.
• While
  Cathedral of the Dormition
  in 1552.
• A third manuscript was prepared between 1550 and 1554 for presentation to Tsar Ivan the Terrible.

The Great Menaion Reader was revised and expanded by

.

References

This article includes content derived from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969–1978, which is partially in the public domain.