Menaion
Liturgical book used by the Eastern Orthodox Church / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Menaion (Greek: Μηναῖον; Slavonic: Минїѧ,[1] Miniya, "of the month") is the liturgical book used by the Eastern Orthodox Church[note 1] containing the propers for fixed dates of the calendar year, i.e. entities not dependent on the date of Easter.
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The Menaion is the largest volume of the propers for the Byzantine Rite and is used at nearly all the daily services.