Church Slavonic

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Slavic language historical language liturgical language

Church Slavonic is a historical Slavic liturgical language used primarily in Eastern Orthodox Christian worship and religious texts across Slavic-speaking regions.

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Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form	Occurrences
Old Church Slavonic	19
Old Bulgarian	3
Old Church Slavonic language	3
Bulgarian Church Slavonic	1
Church Slavonic (historical)	1
Church Slavonic (in Slavic traditions)	1
Church Slavonic (in some services)	1
Church Slavonic language	1
Croatian Church Slavonic	1
Czech Church Slavonic	1
Serbian Church Slavonic	1
Ukrainian Church Slavonic	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Slavic language ⓘ historical language ⓘ liturgical language ⓘ
developedFrom	Church Slavonic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Church Slavonic
hasAncestor	Church Slavonic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Church Slavonic
hasRole	cultural lingua franca in medieval Slavic lands ⓘ liturgical standard for Slavic Orthodoxy ⓘ sacral language ⓘ
hasVariant	Church Slavonic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bulgarian Church Slavonic Church Slavonic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Croatian Church Slavonic Church Slavonic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Czech Church Slavonic Macedonian Church Slavonic ⓘ Russian Church Slavonic ⓘ Church Slavonic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Serbian Church Slavonic Church Slavonic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ukrainian Church Slavonic
hasWritingSystem	Cyrillic script ⓘ Glagolitic script ⓘ
influenced	Belarusian language ⓘ Bulgarian language ⓘ Church terminology in Slavic languages ⓘ Russian language ⓘ Serbian language ⓘ Ukrainian language ⓘ
languageBranch	Slavic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
primaryScript	Cyrillic script ⓘ
status	not used as a vernacular language ⓘ still used liturgically ⓘ
subclassOf	South Slavic language ⓘ
timePeriod	Early modern period ⓘ Middle Ages ⓘ
usedBy	Belarusian Orthodox communities ⓘ Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ Macedonian Orthodox Church ⓘ Old Believers ⓘ Polish Orthodox Church ⓘ Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ Serbian Orthodox Church ⓘ Ukrainian Orthodox communities ⓘ some Eastern Catholic Churches of the Slavic tradition ⓘ
usedFor	Bible translation ⓘ canon law texts ⓘ hymnography ⓘ liturgy ⓘ theological literature ⓘ
usedIn	Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Slavic Byzantine Rite liturgy ⓘ
usedInContext	Byzantine Rite services ⓘ Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ⓘ surface form: Divine Liturgy Matins ⓘ Vespers ⓘ
usedInRegion	Balkans ⓘ Belarus ⓘ Bulgaria ⓘ Eastern Europe ⓘ Russia ⓘ Serbia ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ

Referenced by (88)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Common Slavic → ancestorOf → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church Slavonic

Bulgarian Orthodox Church → associatedLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church Slavonic

Old East Slavic → closelyRelatedTo → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church Slavonic

Cyrillic script → developedFor → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church Slavonic language

Church Slavonic → developedFrom → Church Slavonic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church Slavonic

Proto-Slavic language → followedBy → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church Slavonic language

Church Slavonic → hasAncestor → Church Slavonic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church Slavonic

Proto-Indo-European → hasDescendant → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church Slavonic

Proto-Slavic language → hasDescendant → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church Slavonic language

Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great → hasLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Orthodox Church of Cyprus → hasLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Church Slavonic (in some services)

Church of St. John the Baptist (8th–10th century) → hasLanguageOfLiturgy → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Standard Belarusian → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Holy Mountain → hasLiturgicalLanguages → Church Slavonic ⓘ

East Slavic languages → hasPart → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Church Slavonic language

Church Slavonic → hasVariant → Church Slavonic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Serbian Church Slavonic

Church Slavonic → hasVariant → Church Slavonic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bulgarian Church Slavonic

Church Slavonic → hasVariant → Church Slavonic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Croatian Church Slavonic

Church Slavonic → hasVariant → Church Slavonic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ukrainian Church Slavonic

Church Slavonic → hasVariant → Church Slavonic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Czech Church Slavonic

Cherubic Hymn → hasVersionIn → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Bulgarian language → historicalAncestor → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Bulgarian

Bulgarian language → historicalAncestor → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church Slavonic

Slavic languages → includeLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church Slavonic

Bulgarian language → influencedBy → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Medieval Greek → influencedBy → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Romanian language → influencedBy → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Russian language → influencedBy → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Dečani Monastery → inscriptionLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church Slavonic

Great Moravia → language → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church Slavonic

Local Council of 1917–1918 → language → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Rus' chronicles → language → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Saint Cyril → language → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church Slavonic

Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom → languageOfCelebration → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Great Entrance with presanctified Gifts → languageOfCelebration → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer → languageOfCult → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Žiča Monastery → languageOfInscriptions → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church Slavonic

Kazan Cathedral → languageOfLiturgicalUse → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Hilandar Monastery → languageOfLiturgy → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Holy Trinity Cathedral → languageOfLiturgy → Church Slavonic ⓘ

subject surface form: Holy Trinity Cathedral (Lutsk)

Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga (historically) → languageOfLiturgy → Church Slavonic ⓘ

subject surface form: Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga

Orthodox Church of Albania → languageOfLiturgy → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Putna Monastery → languageOfLiturgy → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Peter and Paul → languageOfLiturgy → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Serbian Patriarch → languageOfLiturgy → Church Slavonic ⓘ

St. Andrew Skete → languageOfLiturgy → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Zograf Monastery → languageOfLiturgy → Church Slavonic ⓘ

New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia → languageOfName → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Our Lady of Kazan → languageOfPrimaryCult → Church Slavonic ⓘ