Old Church Slavonic

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Old Church Slavonic (also called Old Church Slavic or Old Bulgarian, incorrectly Old Slavic) is the first literary Slavic language, developed from the Slavic dialect of Solun (Thessaloniki) by 9th century Byzantine missionaries, Saints Cyril and Methodius. It was used by them for translation of the Bible and other texts from Greek and for some of their own writings. It played a great role in the history of Slavic languages and evolved into Church Slavonic, which is still used as a liturgical language by some Orthodox and Greek Catholic Churches of the Slavic peoples.

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Slavic - Thessaloniki - 9th century - Byzantine - Missionaries - Saints Cyril and Methodius - Bible - Greek - Church Slavonic - Liturgical language - Orthodox - Greek Catholic

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