ΒΙΒΛΟΣ ΕΝΙΑΥΣΙΟΣ ΤΗΝ ΑΠΑΣΑΝ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΗΝ ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΙΑΝ ΠΕΡΙΕΧΟΥΣΑ ΤΥΠΩΘΕΙΣΑ ΜΕΤΑ ΠΟΛΛΗΣ ΕΠΙΜΕΛΕΙΑΣ ΕΚ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΛΑΙΑΣ ΒΙΒΛΟΥ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΛΑΙΑΣ ΗΜΩΝ ΜΟΝΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΡΥΠΤΟΦΕΡΡΗΣ. [ ΜΟΝΗ ΚΡΥΠΤΟΦΕΡΡΗΣ ]1738 ΜΗΝΑΣ ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΣ First edition of a monumental liturgical work titled "Βίβλος Ενιαύσιος", The Annual Book, published in 1738. Large in 4to, contemporary full leather with fine gilded rich decoration,edges in gold, few wear, all text printed in red and black, ONLY GREEK TEXT, text clean and bright, covering the six months September to February, overall in very good condition. This is a specific and prestigious product of the Abbey of Grottaferrata, moni Kryptopherris, near Rome. It is not just a prayer book; it is a scholarly and spiritual statement of the Italo-Greek (Basilian) tradition. The Abbey of Grottaferrata was founded in 1004 by St. Nilus of Rossano, a Byzantine Greek monk from Calabria (Rossano). It is unique because it is a Greek-rite monastery in Italy that has remained in continuous communion with Rome for over 1,000 years. By 1738, the monks felt the need to correct and edit with diligence, (διορθωθείσα μετά επιμελείας) their liturgical texts based on their ancient manuscripts (εκ της παλαιάς βίβλου). This book was meant to preserve the pure Byzantine liturgy of the Italo-Greeks, preventing it from being Latinized by the surrounding Roman culture. A unique Greek printing testimony. The Biblos contains the entire ecclesiastical sequence, meaning the prayers, hymns, and rubrics for the liturgical year. The 1738 edition is famous among liturgists for its Textual Accuracy. The monks of Grottaferrata were world-renowned paleographers. They used their own library, one of the most important collections of Greek manuscripts in the Wes t, to strip away errors that had crept into printed Greek service books from Venice. Because it was printed at the monastery's own press it carries the highest authority for the Greek-Catholic (Uniate) communities of that era. Books from the Grottaferrata press are of the utmost rarity. They were printed in small runs for specific monastic and diocesan use. A leaving monument of the Greek Byzantine presence in Italy