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Church Slavonic

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noun

  1. Old Church Slavonic, esp as preserved in the liturgical use of the Orthodox church

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Others said they wanted to worship in their own language, not Church Slavonic used by the UOC - an archaic religious language with similarities to Russian.

From Reuters • May 12, 2023

The UOC says it has no objection to holding services in Ukrainian, but in Karyshkiv services were still held in Church Slavonic when Reuters visited.

From Reuters • May 12, 2023

All were also members of the superb chorus, which had obviously been finely drilled by Mr. Fox and well schooled in the pronunciation of Church Slavonic, presumably by a diction coach not identified.

From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2016

Intellectuals are converting, and long dormant theological debates are reviving on such matters as whether to replace Old Church Slavonic with modern Russian in the liturgy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Old Church Slavonic remained the liturgical language until the late sixteenth century, when it began to be replaced by Romanian.

From Area Handbook for Romania by Bernier, Donald W.