The Church of Georgia's own web site is in Russian and except for some parrish sites I have not found much as what I would consider primary references. According to tradition the Georgian Orthodox Church is one of the oldest in Chrisendom. They trace their origins to the missionary efforts of the Apostle Andrew in the first century. The adoption of Christianity by the kingdom of Georgia (Iberia) is also traced to the missionary efforts of St. Nino of Cappadocia beginning in early fourth century. Initially, the Georgian church was part of the territory of the Patriarchate of Antioch. The church was granted autocephaly by the Patriarch of Antioch in 466. While seriously disrupted by the invasions of the various Tartar tribes in the 13th and 15th centuries, the autocephalous church survived until it was placed under the administration of the synodal Church of Russia in 1811. After the abdication of Czar Nicholas II following the February Revolution of 1917, the Georgian hierarchs restored the church's autocephaly, which was eventually recognized by the Church of Constantinople and the Church of Russia.
As an Orthodox Church, the Old testament Canon is a bit uncertain. The Canon table below is based on Wikipedia.
| Books | Protestant | Greek Orthodox | Georgian Orthodox |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pentateuch | |||
| Genesis | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Exodus | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Leviticus | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Numbers | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Deuteronomy | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| History | |||
| Joshua | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Judges | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ruth | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 1 and 2 Samuel | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 1 and 2 Kings | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 1 and 2 Chronicles | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Prayer of Manasseh | Apocrypha | Yes (?) |
Yes (?) (part of Odes) |
| Ezra |
Yes | Yes | Yes 1 Ezra |
| Nehemiah (2 Ezra) |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 1 Esdras (3 Ezra) |
1 Esdras (Apocrypha) |
Yes |
Yes 2 Ezra |
| 2 Esdras 3–14 (4 Ezra) |
No 2 Esdras (Apocrypha) |
No (Greek ms. lost) [O 8] |
Yes (?) 3 Ezra |
| Esther | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Additions to Esther | Apocrypha | Yes | Yes |
| Tobit | Apocrypha | Yes | Yes |
| Judith | Apocrypha | Yes | Yes |
| 1 Maccabees | Apocrypha | Yes | Yes |
| 2 Maccabees | Apocrypha | Yes | Yes |
| 3 Maccabees | Apocrypha of some early protestant Bibles |
Yes | Yes |
| 4 Maccabees | No | No | Yes |
| Wisdom | |||
| Book of Job | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Psalms 1–150 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Psalm 151 | No | Yes | Yes |
| Odes | Yes | ||
| Proverbs | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ecclesiastes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Song of Songs | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Book of Wisdom | Apocrypha | Yes | Yes |
| Sirach | Apocrypha | Yes | Yes |
| Major prophets | |||
| Isaiah | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Jeremiah | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lamentations (1–5) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Baruch | Apocrypha | Yes | Yes |
| Letter of Jeremiah | Apocrypha | Yes | Yes |
| Ezekiel | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Daniel | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Additions to Daniel | Apocrypha | Yes | Yes |
| Minor prophets | |||
| Hosea | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Joel | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Amos | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Obadiah | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Jonah | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Micah | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nahum | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Habakkuk | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Zephaniah | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Haggai | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Zechariah | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Malachi | Yes | Yes | Yes |
According to Wikipedia, The Book of Odes includes The Prayer of Manasseh and other passages found elsewhere in the Bible and follows the Psalms in the Orthodox Bible. It is not a part of my Orthodox Study Bible.
http://orthodoxwiki.org/Church_of_Georgia 2/8/14
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_canon 2/8/14
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