The Holy Bible, Vamvas' Translation in Greek Icon Figure_Saint Athanasios Athonite They come to Optina from

They come to Optina from a world that no longer moans

December 4

the well-known scholar

was a priest and martyr of Magnesia in Asia Minor who suffered for Christ during the persecutions under Emperor Septimius Severus in the 2nd century

The Holy Bible, Vamvas' Translation in Greek Icon Figure_Saint Athanasios Athonite They come to Optina fromA . [TABS] About the Book (1850) , . , (39 ) "". . The first complete translation of the Bible in Greek (1850) by the University Professor, Archimandrite Neophytos Vamvas. In a language of the era of Koraes and a very faithfull translation of the original texts. On the Old Testament it follows the canon of the Hebrew Bible (39 books). This translation, being a classic, has served many generations of modern Greeks who could not access the original