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Church Slavonic language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (893 words) |
 | Historically, this language is derived from the Old Church Slavonic language by adapting pronunciation and orthography and replacing some old and obscure words and expressions by their vernacular counterparts (for example from the Old Russian language). |
| Although as late as the 1760's Lomonosov argued that Church Slavonic was the so-called "high style" of Russian, within Russia itself this point of view largely vanished in the course of the nineteenth century. |
| Church Slavonic (in various modifications) was also used as a liturgical and literary language in other Orthodox countries — Belarus, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria and (former Yugoslav) Republic of Macedonia — until it was replaced by national languages (but the liturgical use may continue). |
| CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Slavonic Language and Liturgy (1083 words) |
| Cyril died in Rome in 869 and is buried in the Church of San Clemente. |
| Later on he was again accused of using the heathen Slavonic language in the celebration of the Mass and in the sacraments. |
| From that time onward the Slavonic tongue was firmly fixed as a liturgical language of the Church, and was used wherever the Slavic tribes were converted to Christianity under the influence of monks and missionaries of the Greek Rite. |
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