Old Church Slavonic
Medieval Slavic language
Old Church Slavonic is the oldest recorded Slavic language, used in religious texts from the 9th century onward.
It served as the liturgical language of Eastern Orthodox churches across Slavic lands and remains in use in some Orthodox services today.
Scholars study it as the ancestor of modern Slavic languages like Russian, Bulgarian, and Serbian.
Southeastern European nation
- MoraviaCentral European historical region
- BalkansSoutheastern European peninsula
- BohemiaCentral European historical region
- SlovenesSouth Slavic ethnic group
Pan-Slavism · Great Moravia · Serbia · Croatia · Macedonia · Russian · Bulgarian · Serbian
Eastern branch of Christianity
- ByzantineOf Constantinople's civilization
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- chantRepetitive rhythmic phrase
- vespersEvening devotional service
matins · psalms · hymnody · incense · vestments · sacrament · epistle · Gospel
Years 801-900 AD
- Byzantine EmpireMedieval eastern Roman state
- ThessalonikiMajor northern Greek city
- ChristianizationConverting societies to Christianity
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
Slavic alphabet system
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
lexicon · etymology · Indo-European · language family · imperfect · vocative · declension · conjugation
Treated hide for manuscripts
- codexAncient bound manuscript
- palimpsestReused writing surface, traces remain
- folioSingle-fold page format
- scriptoriumMonastery manuscript workshop
vellum · calligraphy · uncial · scribe · transcription · paleography · colophon · illumination
Bulgaria
Southeastern European nation
- MoraviaCentral European historical region
- BalkansSoutheastern European peninsula
- BohemiaCentral European historical region
Slovenes · Pan-Slavism · Great Moravia · Serbia · Croatia · Macedonia · Russian · Bulgarian · Serbian
Eastern Orthodoxy
Eastern branch of Christianity
- ByzantineOf Constantinople's civilization
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- chantRepetitive rhythmic phrase
vespers · matins · psalms · hymnody · incense · vestments · sacrament · epistle · Gospel · lectionary
ninth century
Years 801-900 AD
- Byzantine EmpireMedieval eastern Roman state
- ThessalonikiMajor northern Greek city
- ChristianizationConverting societies to Christianity
medieval · mission · vernacular · evangelization · translation
Cyrillic
Slavic alphabet system
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- syntaxRules for arranging words
grammar · lexicon · etymology · Indo-European · language family · imperfect · vocative · declension · conjugation · yer
parchment
Treated hide for manuscripts
- codexAncient bound manuscript
- palimpsestReused writing surface, traces remain
- folioSingle-fold page format
scriptorium · vellum · calligraphy · uncial · scribe · transcription · paleography · colophon · illumination · marginalia
- Slavic cultureRussian, Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, Serbian
- sacred languagesSanskrit, Hebrew, Latin, Arabic, Pali
- Slavic languagesRussian, Polish, Czech, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
- Eastern OrthodoxyEastern Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodoxy, Greek Orthodox, patriarchate
- Balkan linguisticsSerbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, Slovene
- Bulgarian ChristianityChristianization, Cyrillic alphabet
Old Church Slavoniccolloquial speech
Informal everyday language
everyday language · street language · vernacular · common speech · demotic