SYNAXARION Definition & Meaning

synaxarion

[ see-nah-ksah-ree-awn; English sin-ak-sair-ee-on ]

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noun

Greek Orthodox Church.

plural synaxaria

a summary of the life of a saint or of the particulars of a feast, read at the orthros.
a book containing such summaries.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of synaxarion¹

1840–50; < Medieval Greek ��Բ��á��ǲ�, equivalent to ��ý�Բ�� ( is ) synaxis + -arion -ary

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The Lectionary closely resembles that of the Greek Church, the slight differences in the beginnings and endings of the Lessons scarcely exceeding those subsisting between different Greek copies, as noticed in our Synaxarion.

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Synaxarion, 77 and n 1; list of Lessons throughout the year, 80-7.

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A synaxarion, or calendar, of daily lessons—also called eclogadion.

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Its synaxarion and menology have been published by Scholz in the same place as those of Cod.

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