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A complete electronic  edition of the Original Patriarchal text of the Greek New Testament, for Windows, as it is used by the Greek Orhodox Church.

The Patriarchal text came from the need for a uniform text throughout the Greek Orthodox world. During the Turkish occupation of the Greek lands, there were various editions of the NT with the result that in different places, a different NT was read. To avoid this, the Ecumenical Patriarchate appointed a committee, in 1902 to decide on a text that would be adopted as the official text. This committee retired to Mount Athos and studied about 20 byzantine manuscripts from which they adopted one, taking into consideration some parts of the other manuscripts. This text was published for the first time in 1904 and it has been since then adopted by all Greek Orthodox Churches.