"menaion" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: menaia [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin mēnaion, from Ancient Greek μηναῖος (mēnaîos, “lunar”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*meh₁-}}, {{bor|en|NL.|mēnaion}} New Latin mēnaion, {{der|en|grc|μηναῖος||lunar}} Ancient Greek μηναῖος (mēnaîos, “lunar”) Head templates: {{en-noun|menaia}} menaion (plural menaia)
  1. The annual fixed liturgical cycle of services used in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic Churches, containing a list of the services and large collection of liturgical texts for an entire month. Twelve volumes are usually offered for the year, as a set known as the menaia. Wikipedia link: menaion Categories (topical): Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism Synonyms: Menologium, menology Derived forms: General Menaion (english: a book which contains services for each type of celebration with blank spaces for the name of the saint being celebrated.) [usually], Festal Menaion (english: an anthology which contains the texts for those Great Feasts of the Lord), the Theotokos which fall on the fixed cycle, and optionally feasts of the major saints Translations (liturgical cycle): Μηναίον (Minaíon) (Greek), Минеѧ (Mineę) (Old Church Slavonic), Mineja (Polish), Минея (Mineja) (Russian)

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