synaxarion

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

noun

, Greek Orthodox Church.

, plural sy·na·xa·ri·a [see-nah-, ksah, -, r, ee-ah, sin-ak-, sair, -ee-, uh].

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of synaxarion¹

1840–50; < Medieval Greek synaxárion, equivalent to sýnax ( is ) synaxis + -arion -ary

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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