Orthodox Study Bible6.6.1 - App Store

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 app licenses and uses the text and notes 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

Version History * Fixed issue with contributions

In 6.6:
* Updated footnotes to handle "ff" suffices in references
* Fixed Wisdom of Sirach 16:18
* Added buffer for store-purchase discrepancies
* Added "contribute" and "more apps" options to More screen
* Built with latest SDK to support future hardware 6.6.1 Oct 2 * Updated footnotes to handle "ff" suffices in references
* Fixed Wisdom of Sirach 16:18
* Added buffer for store-purchase discrepancies
* Added "contribute" and "more apps" options to More screen
* Built with latest SDK to support future hardware 6.6 Sep 26 - Fixed some text issues (Genesis 23:6, 11, 33:8; Daniel 1:10; Ecclesiastes 5:1; Psalm 138; Numbers 26:41)
- Fixed a footnote issue (Matthew 20:20)
- Increased speech pause after book, chapter
- Tap on highlight to remove, change color
- Moved More menu to app bar on Search, Results and Bookmarks screens
- Added Recent/All segmented control to Bookmarks screen
- Updated "v." and "vv." references & notes tappable in footnotes
- Fixed Tag screen to sort bookmarks by book 6.5.1 Aug 17 - You can now add your own prayers to the Today screen
- Fixed an issue with selecting words at the end of a verse
- Fixed some footnote scripture and "see note" references that weren't tappable 6.5 Jun 23 - Fixed where some Reading Plans' "continue reading" did not work
- Adjusted iPad to not have window controls overlay app top-left button when running multi-window 6.4.2 May 9 Lots of little fixes!

- Updated Matthew 24:15 footnote to correctly reference Daniel 9:27
- Fixed issue with occasional two blank lines between verses
- Corrected Jeremiah reference in Holy Saturday vespers
- Fixed John 1:19-12 footnote to 1:19-2:12
- Fixed John 2:1-11 link to not become John 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 on Book scree
- Removed redundant double-quotes at beginning of verses 6.4.1 Apr 29 - Enhanced the Glossary screen to allow one to tap references to other terms to see immediately see definition in a dialog
- Fixed an issue with scripture text being centered in wider dialogs 6.4 Apr 8 - Support multiple Daily Reminders
- Added "view options" to Today screen; choose what to display
- Added filter to Chapters, Reading Plan screens
- Fix Esther references in one- and two-year plans
- Fix Hebrews 9:5, Mark 10:32-34 footnotes 6.3 Apr 2 - Improved layout and display of "simple" reading plans like New Testament, Gospels and Epistles, which now display chapter previews and more prominently show book & chapter numbers instead of titles like "Reading 1", "Reading 2", etc.
- Allow reordering of "My books" and "My reading plans" on Today screen
- Added "Toolbar show/hide" option to menus
- Fixed the "Faithful to Israel" and "The Law" articles
- And other minor fixes and improvements 6.2 Mar 21 - Added "high contrast" option to Content Font for increased readability
- Added "Search" option to text selection menu
- Fixed OCA reading preference to remember choice
- Updated Topical Articles screen to list entries using article index provided in print OSB 6.1 Mar 12 - Improved start-up time when not connected to the internet

In 6.0:
- Adding icons (very few now; more will be added over time)
- Added Orthodox Church in America (OCA )to Today reading options
- Made more scripture references tappable in Articles, Introductions
- More app sharing options (including QR code)
- Increased speech rate options (slower and faster) 6.0.1 Mar 6 - Adding icons (very few now; more will be added over time)
- Added Orthodox Church in America (OCA )to Today reading options
- Made more scripture references tappable in Articles, Introductions
- More app sharing options (including QR code)
- Increased speech rate options (slower and faster) 6.0 Mar 4 - Can now highlight text with *5* different colors
- Bookmark screen now displays full list of current tags when "add tag" text entry is empty 5.2 Feb 19 - Can now display content in sans-serif font
- Updated Footnotes screen to not be cut off at bottom corners 5.1 Feb 17 - Added a "speak starting here" option to verse number menu
- Added footnote signifiers/buttons to reference dialogs
- Improved reading of Psalms
- Fixed some text, footnote and article issues
- Verse highlight now stays correct if speaking during speech rate change 5.0.3 Feb 7 Fixed:
- Footnotes dialog on iPad to not cut off text
- Issue with lock screen play/pause (and later resumption) of spoken text

Also:
- Slide right-to-left to delete bookmarks
- Search now ignores "invalid" words and completes with those remaining
- Added link to "source appreviations" in footnotes dialog

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IN 5.0

Improved text-to-speech:
- LISTEN TO BOOK OR READING PLAN TEXT INDEFINITELY UNTIL END OR ACCORDING TO TIMER
- Adjust speech rate
- Instructions for changing voice

Also:
- Can now copy/share text from Footnotes
- More screen now displays "data has changed since your last export" when appropriate
- Fixed so verse info isn't included in selectedText
- Fixed footnotes that apply to more to one verse to always appear at first verse (instead of sometimes at last) 5.0.2 Feb 3 Improved text-to-speech:

- LISTEN TO BOOK OR READING PLAN TEXT INDEFINITELY UNTIL END OR ACCORDING TO TIMER
- Adjust speech rate
- Instructions for changing voice

Also:

- Can now copy/share text from Footnotes
- More screen now displays "data has changed since your last export" when appropriate
- Fixed so verse info isn't included in selectedText
- Fixed footnotes that apply to more to one verse to always appear at first verse (instead of sometimes at last) 5.0 Jan 28 Added export (and import) of bookmarks & highlights. Useful for making extra back-ups and transferring your data to another device! 4.3 12/09/2025 - Fixed issue with screen menus quickly disappearing on iPadOS 26.1
- Improved layout of Home screen on iPad mini

In 4.2:
- Moved "Bookmarked" screen from Home to toolbar (for easier access)
- In a reading, tap a verse number and select "open in book" to read that verse in context
- Can now navigate between reading groups (e.g. "Bible in One Year (Mixed)" reading plan's days) using left/right swipe
- And other minor improvements 4.2.1 12/02/2025 - Moved "Bookmarked" screen from Home to toolbar (for easier access)
- In a reading, tap a verse number and select "open in book" to read that verse in context
- Can now navigate between reading groups (e.g. "Bible in One Year (Mixed)" reading plan's days) using left/right swipe
- And other minor improvements 4.2 11/28/2025 - Added view history (to easily return to a past chapter/reading)
- Added ability to clear entire search history or individual item
- Fixed search to handle mixed case better
- Fixed a footnote reference 4.1 11/19/2025 ADDED SEARCH

Also:
- Added section index (for quick navigation) to Glossary
- Fixed "Copy" text menu item to filter out footnote indicators, etc.
- Fixed "Share..." text menu item to work on iPads
- Fixed some layout, text, footnote, reading plan, and tip issues 4.0 11/11/2025 - Added verse text to Bookmark screen
- Restored "copy" option to text selection menu
- Offer "unhighlight" option in menu if highlighted text in verse is selected
- Updated where some files are located to optimize back-up size
- Updated to better work with family sharing 3.3 10/14/2025 - Added "look up" option to selected text
- Added prayers to traditional location on Additional screen
- Added "read" option to the "new news" notification
- Improved bold and italic readability
- App now honors accessibility "bold text" option
- Added two more bigger text sizes
- Added two reading plans: "Bible in One Year (Sequential)" and "New Testament" 3.2 10/11/2025 Added ability to migrate bookmarks & highlights from legacy OSB app 3.1.2 10/02/2025