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.

Byzantine chant → languageOfTexts → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Church Slavonic (in Slavic traditions)

Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' → languageOfTitle → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Horologion → languageOfTypicalEdition → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Patriarch Hermogenes → languageOfWorkOrName → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Saint Methodius → languageOfWorkOrName → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church Slavonic

Saint Sava → languageOfWorkOrName → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church Slavonic

St. Theophan the Recluse → languageOfWorkOrName → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church → languageUsed → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Rurik dynasty → languageUsed → Church Slavonic ⓘ

St. Panteleimon Monastery → languageUsedInLiturgy → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Kraljevo (Žiča) → languageUsedLiturgically → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Pentecostarion → liturgicalLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Romanian Orthodox Church → liturgicalLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Church Slavonic (historical)

Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia → liturgicalLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church → liturgicalLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Serbian Orthodox Church → liturgicalLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Slavic languages → liturgicalLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church Slavonic

First Bulgarian Empire → officialLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Bulgarian

First Bulgarian Empire → officialLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church Slavonic

Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' → officialLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Second Bulgarian Empire → officialLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Bulgarian

Mount Athos → otherUsedLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Glagolitic script → primaryLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church Slavonic

Great Compline → primaryLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Polish Orthodox Church → primaryLanguageOfLiturgy → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Russian Orthodox Church → primaryLanguageUsed → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church → primaryLiturgicalLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Paschal canon → translatedInto → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus' → usedLiturgicalLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church Slavonic

Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church → usesLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Christianization of the Balkans → usesLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Church Slavonic

Old Believers → usesLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Byzantine Catholic Church → usesLiturgicalLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Eastern Christianity → usesLiturgicalLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Hungarian Greek Catholic Church → usesLiturgicalLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Macedonian Greek Catholic Church → usesLiturgicalLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Russian Greek Catholic Church → usesLiturgicalLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ

Slovak Greek Catholic Church → usesLiturgicalLanguage → Church Slavonic ⓘ