Moscow Akathistos - Facsimile Editions and Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts

You can lay your hands on one of these amazing replicas, just contact us at info@ or For more info on the Moscow Akathistos, visit: The Akathistos to the Theotokos is a hymn of thanksgiving of particular historical importance. It was written by the Hieromonk Joasaph, the leading patriarch of the Hodegon Scriptorium in Constantinople. The τῶν Ὁδηγῶν was the premier monastery for anyone who wanted a luxury illuminated liturgical manuscript penned in calligraphic archaizing script Hodegonstil during the last century of the empire.