Bratko Menaion is a 13th-century Serbian liturgical calendar book (menaion

Menaion

The Menaion refers to the annual fixed cycle of services in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic Churches. Commemorations in the Menaion are tied to the day of the calendar year.-Service books:...

), written Serbian Orthodox scribe Bratko. It is the oldest menaion

Menaion

The Menaion refers to the annual fixed cycle of services in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic Churches. Commemorations in the Menaion are tied to the day of the calendar year.-Service books:...

 in Serbian literature

Serbian literature

Serbian literature refers to literature written in Serbian and/or in Serbia.The history of Serbian literature begins with theological works from the 10th- and 11th centuries, developing in the 13th century by Saint Sava and his disciples...

, written in the Serbian recension of Old Church Slavonic

Old Church Slavonic

Old Church Slavonic or Old Church Slavic was the first literary Slavic language, first developed by the 9th century Byzantine Greek missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius who were credited with standardizing the language and using it for translating the Bible and other Ancient Greek...

 (Old Serbian).

The book is composed of four parts, grouped in "services" of September and November (last fourth of the 13th century), and "festivity" for the rest of the months (first half of the 14th century). The number of russisms and Russian ortography suggests it was made on Russian proposition.

Fragments of a poem of Saint Naum of Ohrid (ca 830-910) is in the book.

External links

Pictures

• Knowledge Bank, Bratko's Menaion (Bratkov Minej) - written on parchment
• Дигитална Народна библиотека Србије, Братков минеј