Psalterion

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The Psalterion (Ψαλτήριον) is a liturgical book of various Eastern Churches for the Liturgy of the Hours . Its core is the biblical book of Psalms in the translation of the Septuagint .

Two main types are distinguished in the Greek area:

  • The Jerusalem Psalterion, divided into 4782 or 4784 verses, used in the Old Jerusalem liturgy .
  • The Constantinople Psalter, divided into 2542 verses, used in the Byzantine Rite .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Prokurat, Alexander Golitzin, Michael D. Peterson: The A to Z of the Orthodox Church . Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham 2010, ISBN 978-0-8108-7602-6 , pp. 198 f .