Orthodox Study Bible

VDUB Software, LLC

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About this app

The Orthodox Study Bible presents the Bible of the early church and the church of the early Bible. This one-of-a-kind study Bible is presented with commentary from the ancient Christian perspective that speaks to those Christians who seek a deeper experience of the roots of their faith.

- Old Testament translated from the Greek text of the Septuagint, including the Deuterocanon ("St. Athanasius Academy Septuagint")
- New Testament from the New King James Version
- Commentary drawn from the early Church Christians
- Book Introductions and Outlines
- Topical articles
- Glossary

This is a mobile app version of the Bible published by Thomas Nelson.

SPECIAL TO THE OSB APP:
- Daily readings per Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church in Baltimore (Old Calendar), the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (New Calendar) and the Orthodox Church in America (New Calendar)
- Full year's Lectionary, Kathisma, 1- and 2-year reading plans, and more
- Bookmarking and highlighting
- Text search

One can access all of the Orthodox Study Bible content with a single in-app purchase. No subscription is necessary.

The "Today" screen is available for free:
- Daily readings with accompanying footnotes and occasional topical articles
- Morning & Evening prayers with appropriate day's Psalm inserted

Ratings and reviews

What an app! It's great to be able to search a name or partial passage one can't quite remember. The highlight function is awesome. Adjustable font independent of system settings! It's great to be able to read God's word whenever the opportunity presents itself, instead of just when one is home near one's physical Bible. UPDATE- Thank you for adding the highlighter colors! It's already become my favorite feature.

I already love the Orthodox Study Bible, but it's not something you can really carry around, so a lot of its great footnotes and commentary aren't usually something you can engage with on the go. At least until I found this app! You can access the daily readings for free, but to explore the whole Bible at will it's a $10 fee, which I'm glad to pay. Very easy to use and so useful.

Purchased android version for my tablet, but on my android cell phone there's no record of my purchase and it asks for payment to use it! This is the only app that does this to me. Edited: Five stars up from 3. Thank you for your swift response, Sir 😊

What’s new

Little fixes!

- Updated Matt 24:15 footnote to correctly reference Dan 9:27
- Fixed issue with occasional two blank lines between verses
- Corrected Jer. reference in Holy Saturday vespers
- Fixed Jn 1:19-12 footnote to 1:19-2:12
- Fixed Jn 2:1-11 link to not become Jn 2:1
- Hours times in Acts 3:1 footnote do not become links
- Fixed "SS" (Song of Solomon) references to become links
- Correctly note last read after chapter tap from Book
- Removed redundant double-quotes at beginning of verses