THE GENERAL MENAION

OR

BOOK OF SERVICES

COMMON TO THE

FESTIVALS OF OUR LORD JESUS

OF THE HOLY VIRGIN

AND OF

DIFFERENT ORDERS OF SAINTS

TRANSLATED

FROM THE SLAVONIAN SIXTEENTH EDITION OF 1862

PRINTED IN MOSCOW AND PUBLISHED BY

THE MOST HOLY GOVERNING SYNOD OF RUSSIA

AMS PRESS

NEW YORK

The Library of Congress cataloged this title as follows:

Orthodox Eastern Church. Liturgy and ritual. Menaion. English.

The general Menaion; or, The book of services common to the festivals of our Lord Jesus of the Holy Virgin and of the different orders of saints. Translated from the Slavonian 16th ed. of 1862 [by N. Orloff] New York, AMS Press [1969]

Reprint of the 1899 ed.
1. Orloff, Nicolas, tr. 11. Title.
BX375.M37A38 1969

Reprinted from the edition of 1899, London.

First AMS edition published in 1969.

AMS PRESS, INC.
NEW YORK, N.Y.

TO

THEIR EMINENCES

THE RIGHT REVEREND NICHOLAS

NOW LORD BISHOP OF TAURIDA SYMPHEROPOL,

late of Aleut and Alaska, and

THE RIGHT REVEREND TIKHON,

PRESENT LORD BISHOP OF ALEUT AND ALASKA,

WHOSE FATHERLY SOLICITUDE, FOR THE SPIRITUAL WELFARE OF
THE FLOCK OF THIS UNIQUELY EXTENDED DIOCESE, MOVED
THE FIRST TO SUGGEST THE TRANSLATION. AND THE
SECOND TO CALL HIS BLESSING UPON THE WORK,
IS
THIS BOOK
IN A BOLD, BUT HEARTFELT AND PRAYERFUL TRUST OF FURTHERING
UNDER GOD, A GOOD CAUSE,

Most gratefully and humbly Dedicated

BY

PROFESSOR N. ORLOFF.

THE TRANSLATOR.

The Feast of SS. Peter and Paul.
29th June/11th July 1899.
King's College
LONDON, W.C.