Synaxarion or Synexarion is the name given in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches to a compilation of hagiographies corresponding roughly to the martyrology of the Roman Church.

Who wrote the Synaxarium?

The Synaxarion owes its origin to the deacon Euaristus who, dur- ing the personal reign of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (944-59), wrote the first book of this kind, which he dedicated to the emperor, and this is when the Synaxarion took the form in which we now find it: mostly a collection of notices.

What is the ethiopian synaxarium?

Created: Ethiopia, probably Gondar, 1700-1980s. synaxarium (book of saints); written in Ethiopia, probably Gondar, (falsely dated 1646 in the colophon), in the 18th century, miniatures executed in the 20th century. ...