Menaion
E31283
The Menaion is a principal liturgical book of the Byzantine Rite containing the fixed texts and services for each day of the liturgical year, arranged by month.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Festal Menaion | 1 |
| General Menaion | 1 |
| The Festal Menaion (translation) | 1 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine Rite liturgical book
ⓘ
liturgical book ⓘ |
| complements |
Octoechos
ⓘ
Pentecostarion ⓘ Triodion ⓘ |
| contains |
canons
ⓘ
hymns ⓘ kontakia ⓘ stichera ⓘ synaxaria ⓘ troparia ⓘ |
| covers | fixed liturgical cycle ⓘ |
| excludes | movable feasts ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Divine Liturgy propers for fixed feasts
ⓘ
Matins texts ⓘ Vespers texts ⓘ daily offices ⓘ services for fixed feasts ⓘ twelve monthly volumes ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Menaion
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Festal Menaion
Menaion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
General Menaion
|
| languageOfEarlyManuscripts | Greek ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
calendar date
ⓘ
month ⓘ |
| titleEtymology | derived from Greek word for month (mēn) ⓘ |
| usedBy |
chanters
ⓘ
clergy ⓘ |
| usedDuring | daily cycle of services ⓘ |
| usedFor |
celebration of feasts of the Theotokos
ⓘ
celebration of fixed feasts of the Lord ⓘ celebration of saints’ days ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Byzantine Rite
ⓘ
Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine tradition
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
|
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
General Menaion
this entity surface form:
Festal Menaion
this entity surface form:
The Festal Menaion (translation)