Апракос (Церковные чтения)4.26.13 - Google Play

The appendix contains:
1. The Apostolic and Gospel readings read at all church services in 2026, according to the charter of the Orthodox Church.
2. Liturgical instructions
3. The Calendar of Saints - a list of all saints with their feast days.

The dates correspond to the Gregorian Calendar (New Style).

Five versions of the readings are offered for each day:
1. In Church Slavonic with traditional orthography;
2. In Church Slavonic in the civil script;
3. In Russian;
4. In Ukrainian;
5. In Kazakh;
6. In Greek.

An Aprakos (from the ancient Greek ἄπρακτος meaning "weekly, festive") is a type of Gospel or Epistle, also known as a "Weekly Gospel" or "Liturgical Gospel," in which the text is organized according to the calendar, corresponding to the weekly church readings. Many ancient Slavic Gospel manuscripts are Aprakos: the Book of Savvin, the Ostromir Gospel, the Archangel Gospel, and others.
Every day, small passages from Holy Scripture are read during Orthodox Church services.
As a rule, these are from the New Testament. Each passage is numbered and called a "zachalo" in Slavic.
At festive services and, especially, during Lent, additional texts from the Old Testament are read.
The readings are designed so that the entire New Testament can be read during church services throughout the year.
The readings are counted from Easter, so the readings will vary each year on the same day.

This is because some of the memorable dates in the church calendar are tied to the Julian calendar, while others are tied to the Paschalia.

The "Aprakos" app contains the ordinary, festive, and Lenten readings for all services.

When might the app be useful?
1. If the acoustics in your church aren't good enough, you can follow the readings on your phone. The Church Slavonic text is presented in both traditional orthography and civil script with accents.
2. If you read the Gospel daily by reading the readings. For your convenience, there are versions in several languages.
3. If you don't understand the translation completely, or are simply curious, you can refer to the original source. There is also a version in Ancient Greek for this purpose.