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The 30 pages that link to Old Church Slavonic, each with the reason it gives.

• Cyrillic scriptRelated: Its manuscripts preserve early uses of Cyrillic.

• Slavic languagesBroader topic: Its records provide an early window onto Slavic structure and vocabulary.

• First Bulgarian EmpireRelated: Its use in Bulgarian worship and letters supported a distinct literary culture.

• Christianization of Kievan Rus'Related: Slavic-language worship made Christianity accessible beyond Greek-speaking clergy.

• Proto-SlavicRelated: Its early texts preserve forms useful for comparing Slavic languages and reconstructing their ancestor.

• Cyril and MethodiusRelated: The brothers’ translations helped establish this language as a medium for scripture and liturgy.

• South Slavic languagesRelated: Its early written tradition grew from South Slavic speech and influenced later literary languages.

• Romanian languageRelated: It served for centuries as a major written and liturgical language in Romanian lands.

• Great MoraviaRelated: It gave the Moravian mission a language for worship and religious writing.

• Church SlavonicNarrower topic: Church Slavonic developed from this language as worship and writing spread among Slavic communities.

• Croatian languageRelated: Its liturgical tradition influenced early Croatian writing and the use of Glagolitic script.

• Bulgarian languageRelated: Early Bulgarian states became central to its literary tradition and spread.

• Bulgarian Orthodox ChurchRelated: Its liturgical and literary use helped make Christianity accessible in Slavic.

• Glagolitic scriptRelated: Glagolitic was devised to write this language.

• Serbian languageNarrower topic: Its religious and literary tradition helped establish writing among South Slavic peoples.

• Old East SlavicCompared with: It influenced Old East Slavic writing but was a distinct language with a different regional basis.

• Preslav Literary SchoolRelated: It was the principal language of the school’s religious translations and literary production.

• Boris I of BulgariaRelated: Boris backed its use in religious life instead of relying solely on Greek.

• Byzantine GreekCompared with: Its translation tradition carried Byzantine Christian texts beyond Greek-speaking communities.

• Clement of OhridRelated: Clement helped teach and extend the use of Slavic in Christian learning.

• West Slavic languagesRelated: Its texts preserve early Slavic forms useful for comparing later West Slavic languages.

• Christianization of BulgariaRelated: A Slavic liturgy made Christian teaching accessible beyond Greek-speaking clergy.

• Cyrillic alphabetRelated: Its manuscripts preserve some of the earliest uses of Cyrillic.

• Simeon I of BulgariaRelated: Simeon’s court supported its production and wider use.

• Slavic first palatalizationRelated: Its written forms provide early evidence for outcomes of the palatalization.

• Slavic second palatalizationRelated: Its forms provide early evidence for outcomes of Proto-Slavic sound changes.

• Slavic third palatalizationRelated: Its forms provide early written evidence for outcomes of Proto-Slavic sound changes.

• Havlík's lawRelated: Its spellings preserve reduced vowels relevant to reconstructing yer alternations.

• Aleksey RemizovRelated: Archaic linguistic textures in Remizov's prose evoke older written traditions.

• Monophthongization of diphthongs in Proto-SlavicRelated: Its written vowel system preserves evidence for outcomes of earlier diphthongs.