Synodikon of Orthodoxy

Συνοδικὸν τῆς Ὀρθοδοξίας · Anonymous (synodal document of 843, with later additions) · 843, with additions of the 11th-14th centuries · canon law

Greek · domain: canon-law · researched 2026-11-13

Why this is in the register

HOLLIS Primo 'Synodikon' returns 25 records and none of them is an English translation of the document: they include Beveridge's 1672 Synodicon (a Greek/Latin canon collection, a different work), modern Greek studies of patriarchal synodika, R. G. Paun's French-language history Du combat pour la 'juste foi' au peche politique: pour une histoire du Synodikon de l'Orthodoxie (Vienna 2022) (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Synodikon&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 and a Georgian study. Queries for 'Synodikon of Orthodoxy', 'Synodikon Orthodoxy translation' and 'Triumph of Orthodoxy service synodikon' return no English version (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Synodikon%20of%20Orthodoxy&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Synodikon%20Orthodoxy%20translation&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 The standard edition is J. Gouillard's French one (Travaux et Memoires 9, 1967), which the HOLLIS results do not supersede with an English equivalent.

The Synodikon is the liturgical-canonical proclamation of 843 read on the first Sunday of Lent; its text grew with the condemnations of the 11th-14th centuries (Italos, Barlaam, Akindynos, Palamas' opponents), which makes it a primary source for Byzantine ecclesiology and for the reception of councils. No open Greek e-text or public-domain edition was located; the reference text remains Gouillard's edition. Any future record should distinguish the 843 core from the later strata.

Existing translations recorded

None recorded in English. Non-English versions, where they exist, are named in the evidence above.

Electronic text

No open electronic text was verified for this work. The Greek/Coptic/Geʿez may exist only in a print or subscription edition (Migne, CSCO, TLG, CMCL).

Scanned witnesses

Scan search: open scan — 2 candidate(s). The open Greek witness is the liturgical Triodion, not a critical edition: the 1876 Venice Triodion prints the 843 core and the later strata with usable OCR, so the text is recoverable from it. Gouillard's edition survives on IA only as a restricted lending scan (bwb_S0-EDZ-097), identified bibliographically as TM 2 (1967). Beveridge's 1672 'Synodicon sive Pandectae canonum' (bub_gb_kLxRj7K_B7QC and 3 other copies, HTTP 200) is a canon-law collection, a different work, and is not a witness for this text. DigiVatLib exposes only fonds listings (mss/ajax/category/Vat.gr HTTP 200 JSON) and its search endpoint returns 403, so no Synodikon manuscript could be identified there; BnF Archives et manuscrits returns 403 and Gallica 403 (Cloudflare).

Harvard Hollis

Hollis query: "Synodikon of Orthodoxy" — 3 record(s); match basis author_title.

Sources checked

• HOLLIS search — Synodikon Orthodoxy translation
• HOLLIS search — Synodikon of Orthodoxy
• HOLLIS search — Synodikon
• HOLLIS search — Triumph of Orthodoxy service synodikon

Cite: Tergwame, “Synodikon of Orthodoxy” (greek gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-synodikon-orthodoxy