Apostolar

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Apostolar of Enina, 11th century
Moscow Apostolar, 1564

An apostolar (Byzantine: ἀπόστολος, "Apostolos") is a liturgical book in the Orthodox and other Eastern churches . It contains the sections ( pericopes ) from the Acts of the Apostles , the Catholic and Pauline letters of the New Testament for the biblical readings of the divine services, especially in the Divine Liturgy . Some copies also contain psalms and other biblical texts.

Apostolars

literature

  • Georgios Andreou: Il Praxapostolos bizantino dell'XI secolo Vladimir 21 / Savva 4 del Museo Storico di Mosca: edizione e commento. Diss. Roma: Pontificium Institutum Orientale, 2008 (liturgical studies).

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