A bible from 1698

Portrait of Russian Tsar Peter I the Great by Godfrey Kneller(1698)

Church Slavonic from 1698

This painting of Tsar Peter I of Russia  was  completed in the very same year that this bible was published. I don't know how rare bibles are from this time but it was a huge privilege to have it as part of our liturgy.










Slavonic is the  language used by the Church. The Priest was able to read from it as easily as a Priest would have done from the 17th Century.  It is purely now a language used in the Liturgy.








This lovely bible visited our Church  prior to it being put up for auction.

  Detail

Front  cover

One of two gorgeous clasps

Back of the Bible