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Also known as synaxaria, simple synaxaria, historical synaxaria, synexarium, synexaria, synexarion, synaxarium

thumb|250px|A Haysmavurk (Synaxarion) in Armenian language|Armenian restored and kept in [[Matenadaran]]

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thumb|250px|A Haysmavurk (Synaxarion) in Armenian language|Armenian restored and kept in [[Matenadaran]]

Synaxarion, Synaxarium or Synaxary (plurals Synaxaria, Synaxaries; , from συνάγειν, synagein, "to bring together"; cf. etymology of synaxis and synagogue; Latin: Synaxarium, Synexarium; ; Ge'ez: ሲናክሳሪየም(ስንክሳር); ) is the name given in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches to a compilation of hagiographies corresponding roughly to the martyrology of the Roman Church.

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