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- noun Plural form of
menaion . Often refers to a set of twelve volumes of meniaon.
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Examples
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It seems that the Synaxarion (now an extract from the menaia) was composed first.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The churches of the Byzantine rite that do not use Greek liturgically have translations of the menaia with additional offices for their special feasts and any other modifications they may have introduced.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The first printed edition of the menaia was made by Andrew and James Spinelli at Venice
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Russian menaia in English are published by Orloff, The General
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The origin and first compilation of the menaia is obscure.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The menaia do not affect the holy liturgy (which is hardly influenced by the calendar), being used only in the Divine
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The rules for coincidence of feasts and the manner of saying the office on any day must be sought in the typikon; but extracts from the typikon are printed in the menaia.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The offices for these feasts are contained in the menaia, which therefore correspond to the proprium sanctorum in the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Parts of the menaia were translated into Syriac by the Melchites during the time that they used that language (a list in Charon: "Le Rite byzantin dans les
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The menaia include the Synaxarion and supply also all the other texts and poems (the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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