A Roman Liturgy of the Hours in Greek?

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Hello, is there anyone who knows of the existence of the Roman Liturgy of the Hours (Novus Ordo) published in Greek?
 
I’m sure it exists, given that there is a small Roman Catholic population in Greece. There would be liturgical books in Greek, but it would likely be modern Greek, and not the Koine of the New Testament. Whether you could find the books would be another story. With so few Catholics in Greece, demand is very low for such things, and so the supply would be low as well, to say nothing of the probable expense of it.

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Hello, is there anyone who knows of the existence of the Roman Liturgy of the Hours (Novus Ordo) published in Greek?
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A Roman Breviary in Greek would be really rare.

Are you a Greek speaker? What’s the reason for wanting one?
 
Thanks for your replies. Sorry it took so long to respond.

I am not a Greek speaker, but simply a Grecophile. I would like to do the Greek Divine Office, but as I am preparing for priesthood, it will not fulfill my obligation.

I would like something in Koine.
 
You might be better off praying the Roman office in English (or Latin?) and saying some part of a Byzantine office in Greek in addition as a personal devotion.
 
I seriously have my doubts there will be anything in koinae, unless you can find an OT and NT written in it. In 1964 I had at lest part of John’s Gospel, but it was selective to that Gospel and I have no clue from what source it was obtained.

I studied the Odyssey in Homeric Greek in my junior and senior year of high school, and the last semester we did some of John’s Gospel.
 
At a minimum you might read the Psalms from the Septuagint. ( I should say, “pray the Psalms”; I always pray them when I read them.)
There are online versions of the Septuagint that you might try to see how it fits.
 
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Well, this would solve the scandal of the scandalous transition the that vulgar vernacular, latin . . .

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Sounds like a good idea. Does anyone now where I can get a hold of a Greek breviary?
 
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