External Resources

This section highlights a select number of external websites with content related to Old Church Slavic and the recensions of Church Slavic, including bibliographic descriptions, digitized content and online searchable dictionaries. The websites are mostly in Russian or other Slavic languages such as Bulgarian.

Bibliography

Pamiatniki drevneslavianskoi pis'mennosti External
Translation: 'Monuments to Old Slavic Literature.' Includes detailed descriptions of major works in Old Church Slavic and Church Slavic. Features works from present-day Russia, Croatia, Bulgaria and Serbia. Includes links to additional online resources. In Russian.

Dictionaries

Digital Old Church Slavonic Dictionary External
Digitized version of the four-volume Old Church Slavonic Dictionary printed in Prague from 1966 to 1997. It remains the most extensive dictionary of Old Church Slavic available.
Tserkovnoslavianskoi iazyk segodnia External
Translation: 'The Church Slavic language today.' Includes an online searchable dictionary of Church Slavic and recorded videos of lectures. Supported by the Church Slavic Center of the Institute of the Russian Language in Moscow.

Digitized collections

Biblioteka sviatootecheskoi literatury ('Library of Patristic Literature')
Digitized collection of Orthodox liturgical texts curated by Priest Vladimir Sheen and Dr. Marina Yurevna Sheen from Novosibirsk, Russia.
Digital'na BMS External
Digital library of the Biblioteka Matice srpske in Serbia. Features a digital collection of Serbian manuscripts written in Old Church Slavic and the Serbian recension of Church Slavic. In Serbian.
Glagoljica External
Features digitized copies of major works written in Glagolitic, the oldest know Slavic alphabet. In Croatian.
List of websites with digitized manuscripts External
Features a list of websites which have digitized manuscripts and other materials in Old Church Slavic and the recensions of Church Slavic. Organized by country. In Russian. Supported by GORAZD: The Old Church Slavonic Digital Hub.
Manuscript External
Collection of digitized manuscripts and early printed books in Church Slavic and in Glagolitic. In Russian and English.

Learning resource

Old Church Slavonic Online External
Free online course on Old Church Slavic. Includes historical and linguistic overview and ten lessons with close readings of select passages in Old Church Slavic.

Library collection

Hilander Research Library at the Ohio State University External
From the website: "Hilandar Research Library (HRL) promotes the education and research of medieval Slavic cultural heritage with its collection of medieval Slavic manuscripts on microform and other related materials."