05 — The Canonical and Anthological Works

Beyond the Philokalia, Nicodemus produced a library: the Rudder (Pedalion), the great collection of the sacred canons with his own interpretations, compiled with Agapios the Monk; the Evergetinos, the anthology of the desert and Byzantine ascetic Fathers; the Synaxaristes, his vast recension of the Lives of the Saints; and critical editions of St. Symeon the New Theologian and St. Gregory Palamas. This section treats the canonist and anthologist.

Files

File	Description
the-rudder.md	The Pedalion / Rudder: the compilation of the holy canons with Agapios, completed 1800, carrying Nicodemus’s interpretations and notes; its place in Orthodox canon law; the printing troubles; the Cummings English translation.
the-evergetinos-and-the-synaxaristes.md	The Evergetinos (1783), the great ascetic anthology; the Synaxaristes, the Lives of the Saints; the editions of Symeon the New Theologian and Gregory Palamas, and the Exomologetarion.

See Also

• The Formation of an Editor — the editorial vocation these works embody.
• The Treatise on Communion — the canons of which the Rudder is the great collection.
• Master README — collection overview.