Elizabeth Bible
The Elizabeth Bible is the authorized version of the Bible used by the Russian [Orthodox Church]. The Elizabeth Bible was the third complete printed edition of the Bible in Church Slavonic, published in Russia in 1751 under and with the assistance of Empress Elizabeth of Russia, the previous ones being the Ostrog Bible of 1581 and the of 1663.
History
In 1712, Peter I of Russia issued an ukaz ordering the printed Church Slavonic text to be carefully compared with the Greek of the Septuagint and to be made in every respect conformable to it. The revision was completed in 1724 and was ordered to be printed, but the death of Peter in 1725 prevented the execution of the order. The manuscript of the Old Testament of this revision is in the synodal library at Moscow.Under Elizabeth of Russia, the work of revision was resumed by an ukaz issued in 1744, and in 1751, the revised Elizabeth Bible, as it is called, was published. Three other editions were published in 1756, 1757, and 1759, the second being somewhat of a revision.