Old Church Slavonic facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Old Church Slavonic |
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| ⰔⰎⰀⰂⰑⰐⰊⰍ словѣ́ньскъ ѩзꙑ́къ slověnĭskŭ językŭ |
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| Native to | formerly in Slavic areas, under the influence of Byzantium (both Catholic and Orthodox) | |||
| Region | Eastern Europe | |||
| Era | 9th–11th centuries; then evolved into several variants of Church Slavonic | |||
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| Writing system | Glagolitic, Cyrillic | |||
| Linguasphere | 53-AAA-a | |||
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Old Church Slavonic is the language of some Eastern Orthodox churches. It was the first Slavic language for writing literature. It was made by the brothers Saints Cyril and Methodius in the 9th century.
Images for kids
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Example of the Cyrillic alphabet: excerpt from the manuscript "Bdinski Zbornik" written in Old Slavonic, 1360
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A page from the Gospel of Miroslav, Serbian medieval manuscript, a 12th-century Byzantine-Slavonic book, National Library of Serbia.
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The Introduction of the Slavonic Liturgy in Great Moravia (1912), by Alphonse Mucha, The Slav Epic
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"Simeon I of Bulgaria, the Morning Star of Slavonic Literature". (1923), by Alphonse Mucha, The Slav Epic
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See also
In Spanish: Antiguo eslavo eclesiástico para niños
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