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The 14 pages that link to Church Slavonic, each with the reason it gives.

• Russian literatureRelated: Its vocabulary and literary prestige shaped early Russian written culture.

• Russian languageRelated: Its religious and literary vocabulary strongly influenced the development of written Russian.

• Old Church SlavonicBroader topic: It carried the language’s scriptural and liturgical tradition into later Slavic churches.

• Russian poetryRelated: Its religious vocabulary and textual culture shaped early Russian literary expression.

• Cyril and MethodiusRelated: The brothers’ linguistic work became the foundation for later Slavic worship languages.

• Byzantine RiteRelated: Its use carried Byzantine worship into Slavic-speaking communities.

• Old East SlavicCompared with: Its prestige and religious use overlapped with Old East Slavic without making them the same language.

• East Slavic languagesRelated: Its long use in the region shaped East Slavic religious writing and vocabulary.

• Russian literary languageRelated: Its religious and literary vocabulary became one source of Russian’s elevated written register.

• Bosnian languageRelated: Church Slavonic traditions contributed to the region’s older written culture.

• Ukrainian Greek Catholic ChurchRelated: It has been one of the church’s historic languages of worship.

• Old BelieversRelated: Old Believer worship preserves texts and pronunciations associated with older Church Slavonic usage.

• Gavrila DerzhavinRelated: Its elevated vocabulary formed part of the linguistic inheritance his poetry reworked.

• Patriarch Nikon of MoscowRelated: Nikon’s revisions altered the Church Slavonic service books used in Russia.