What is Old Church Slavonic?
{{Infobox language | name = Old Church Slavonic | image = Old east slavic in manuscript.jpg | altname = Old Church Slavic | nativename = {{lang|cu-Glag|ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ ⰧⰈⰟⰊⰍⰟ}}<br />{{lang|cu|словѣ́ньскъ ѩꙁꙑ́къ}}<br />''slověnĭskŭ językŭ'' | states = formerly in Slavic areas, under the influence of Byzantium (both Catholic and Orthodox) | region = {{plainlist| *[[Central Europe]] *[[Eastern Europe]] *[[Southeastern Europe]]}} | era = 9th–11th centuries; then evolved into several variants of [[Church Slavonic language|Church Slavonic]] | familycolor = Indo-European | fam2 = [[Balto-Slavic languages|Balto-Slavic]] | fam3 = [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] | fam4 = [[South Slavic languages|South]] | fam5 =[[South Slavic languages#Eastern group of South Slavic languages|Eastern]] | script = [[Glagolitic alphabet|Glagolitic]], [[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]] | iso1 = cu | iso2 = chu | iso3 = chu | iso3comment = {{ubl | ISO 639 codes for: | Church Slavonic | Church Slavic | Old Church Slavonic | Old Slavonic | Old Bulgarian }} | glotto = chur1257 | glottoname = Church Slavic | lingua = 53-AAA-a | notice = IPA }} '''Old Church Slavonic''' is the language of some [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox churches]]. It was the first [[Slavic languages|Slavic language]] for writing [[literature]]. It was made by the priestly brothers [[Saints Cyril and Methodius]] in the 9th century. ==Related pages== * [[Kievan Rus]] * [[Eastern Europe]] * [[Byzantine Empire]] * [[Tsardom of Russia]] * [[Oriental Orthodoxy]] * [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] <gallery> Andronikovo Gospel 158rev.jpg|Old Church Slavonic [[New Testament]] [[manuscript]] Church-slavonic and Ugric-russian authentic folklore reader 1251.jpg|Church Slavonic and [[Finno-Ugric languages|Urgic]]-Russian [[folklore]] reader with authentic tales. Uzhhorod, 189