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[[File:Aprakos Gospel from Lisitskiy monastery, Novgorod (1496, Novgorod museum).jpg|thumb|A 1496 Aprakos Gospel from Lisitskiy monastery, Novgorod.]]
'''Aprakos''' is a kind of [[Gospel]] or [[Acts of the Apostles]] book, otherwise known as '''weekly''' or '''service''' Gospel (Acts). In aprakoses, the text is organized not in the natural order of books, but along with the weekly church readings starting from the Holy ([[Easter]]) Week as used in the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]. In particular, the text of Aprakos-Gospels begins with the first chapter of [[Gospel according to John]] (''In the beginning was the Word...''), whereas regular Gospels (''Tetra-Gospels'') begin with the [[Gospel according to Matthew]] (''The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David...''). Many of the [[Church Slavonic|oldest Slavic manuscripts]] are aprakoses, like [[Codex Assemanius]], [[Ostromir Gospels]] or [[Vukan's Gospel]].
Similar books used in the Western Christianity ([[Catholic Church]] and others) are known as [[Lectionary|Lectionaries]] (the term of much broader meaning), or (Gospels only) as [[Evangeliarium]] or Evangelistarium.
== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205930/http://www.spinnoff.com/zbb/viewtopic.php?p=7881&sid=dbdfb0e63608a8da4aad1ede56682239 A discussion on the word "aprakos"]
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