 Great Menaion Reader

The Great Menaion Reader () is the official Russian Orthodox menologium, i.e., a collection of biblical books with interpretations of exordiums, patericons, translated or original hagiographies of Russian saints, works of church fathers, and Russian ecclesiastical writers.Each of the twelve volumes corresponds to a certain month (hence, the name "chet’yi-minei" or "monthly readings", from the Greek word "menaion") and subdivided into days.