sentences:  The Menaion is the largest volume of the propers for the Byzantine Rite and is used at nearly all the daily services.The complete Menaion is published in twelve volumes, one for each month; the first volume is for September which commences the Byzantine liturgical year.The Festal Menaion is an abridged version containing texts for those great feasts falling on the fixed cycle, some editions also containing feasts of the major saints.