menaion

English

Etymology

From New Latin mēnaion, from Ancient Greek μηναῖος (mēnaîos, “lunar”).

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• Menologium, menology

Derived terms

• General Menaion - a book which contains services for each type of celebration (apostles, martyrs, etc.) with blank spaces for the name of the saint being celebrated.
• Festal Menaion - an anthology which contains the texts for those Great Feasts of the Lord or the Theotokos which fall on the fixed cycle, and optionally feasts of the major saints.

Translations

liturgical cycle

• Greek: Μηναίον (Minaíon)
• Old Church Slavonic: Минеѧ (Mineę)
• Polish: Mineja
• Russian: Минея (Mineja)

References

• Menaion, Translations by Archimandrite Ephrem
• General Menaion, English translation by St. Sergius of Radonezh Parish
• Festal Menaion, Theology Today
• Menaion, Catholic Encyclopedia article,

Anagrams

• Meonian, enamino