The Library of Congress has an impressive number of materials written in the multiple recensions of Church Slavic. These materials include translations of the Bible and other liturgical, ecclesiastical and theological works, such as church calendars, missals, exegeses and handbooks for church clergy. The Library of Congress also has a small number of secular works printed in Church Slavic, such as a first edition of Arifmetika from 1703, which is considered the first mathematics textbook printed in Russia. One unique aspect of the Church Slavic collection at the Library of Congress is the significant number of books published by the Old Believer (raskol'niki or staroobriadtsy) community in Russia. The Old Believers are a group of Eastern Orthodox Christians who rejected the 17th-century reforms of Patriarch Nikon which attempted to align church practices closer to that of the Greek Orthodox church.
The collection of Church Slavic materials at the Library of Congress primarily consists of printed books rather than manuscripts. The table below highlights Church Slavic materials at the Library of Congress. The materials were published in a variety of regions, including present-day Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia and Russia. There are also a few Church Slavic items in the collection printed in Western Europe, namely Italy, representing the diversity of publishing in Church Slavic. Notable items from the collection include the following:
In addition to the materials described in the table below, the Library of Congress holds several print facsimiles of Church Slavic manuscripts. These can be found in the Library of Congress Online Catalog using the following subject heading:
More Orthodox liturgical texts can be found using the following subject heading:
To find contemporary items printed in Church Slavic, select the "Advanced Search" option in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Then select the filter "Notes (KNOT)" and search the phrase "Church Slavic." You can also select the "Add limit" option and narrow your search by date.
The following titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are included when available.
Biblīa, siri︠e︡chʹ, Knigy Vetkhago i Novago Zavi︠e︡ta po i︠a︡zȳkū slovenskū : ō︠t︡ʺ evreĭska vʺ ellinnʹskiĭ i︠a︡zȳkʺ sedmi desętʺ i dvi︠e︡ma bogomūdrymi prevodniki, prezhe voploshcheniaę G-a B-a i S-psa nashego I-s KH-a, 350 li︠e︡ta, na zhelaemBibliia siriech knigi vetkhogo i novogo zavetaBīblīa, siri︠e︡chʹ, Kn-gi S-shchennagō Pisanīę, Vetkhagō Zavi︠e︡ta grecheskomū b-gomūdrykhʺ sedmidesęti dvoikhʺ tolkovnikōvʺ prevodū, Novagō zhe samonachalnomū s-tykhʺ Ap-lʺ pismeni / tshchatelni︠e︡e i vi︠e︡rni︠e︡e ō︠t︡ʺ prezhdepechatannoĭBīblīa, siri︠e︡chʹ, Kn-gi S-shchennagō Pisanīę, Vetkhagō Zavi︠e︡ta grecheskomū b-gomūdrykhʺ sedmidesęti dvoikhʺ tolkovnikōvʺ prevodū, Novagō zhe samonachalnomū s-tykhʺ Ap-lʺ pismeni / tshchatelni︠e︡e i vi︠e︡rni︠e︡e ō︠t︡ʺ prezhdepechatannoĭBīblīa, siri︠e︡chʹ, Kn-gi S-shchennagō Pisanīę, Vetkhagō Zavi︠e︡ta grecheskomū b-gomūdrykhʺ sedmidesęti dvoikhʺ tolkovnikōvʺ prevodū, Novagō zhe samonachalnomū s-tykhʺ Ap-lʺ pismeni / tshchatelni︠e︡e i vi︠e︡rni︠e︡e ō︠t︡ʺ prezhdepechatannoĭBīblīa, siri︠e︡chʹ, Kn-gi S-shchennagō Pisanīę, Vetkhagō Zavi︠e︡ta grecheskomū b-gomūdrykhʺ sedmidesęti dvoikhʺ tolkovnikōvʺ prevodū, Novagō zhe samonachalnomū s-tykhʺ Ap-lʺ pismeni / tshchatelni︠e︡e i vi︠e︡rni︠e︡e ō︠t︡ʺ prezhdepechatannoĭBīblīa, siri︠e︡chʹ, Kn-gi S-shchennagō Pisanīę, Vetkhagō Zavi︠e︡ta grecheskomū b-gomūdrykh sedmidesęti dvoikh tolkovnikōv prevodū, Novagō zhe samonachalnomū s-tykh Ap-l pismeni / tshchatelni︠e︡e i vi︠e︡rni︠e︡e ō︠t︡ prezhdepechatannoĭ 1633 gBiblīi︠a︡, ili, Knigi Svi︠a︡shchennago Pisanīi︠a︡ Vetkhago i Novago Zavi︠e︡ta / vʺ russkomʺ perevodi︠e︡, sʺ parallelʹnymi mi︠e︡stami i ukazatelemʺ t︠s︡erkovnykhʺ chtenīĭ.Chast ́pi︠e︡rvai︠a︡ [- ] Tolkovanīi︠a︡ na P︠S︡altirʹ by PsaltirʹDi︠e︡i︠a︡nīi︠a︡ apostolʹskiia︡ i poslaniia︡ sobornyi︠a︡ ('Book of Acts and the Epistles')Ēv̇angelīa chtōmaę vo Svi︠a︡tȳĭ i Vēlikīĭ Chētvērtokʺ na lītūrgīi na umovēnīi i po umovēnīi nogʺ, i vo Svi︠a︡tȳĭ Vēlikīĭ Pętokʺ na utrēni 12 svi︠a︡tȳkhʺ strastēĭ Gospoda Boga i Spasa nashēgō Īisusa Khrista, i na vēchērni vĖvangeĭia chtōmai︠a︡ vo evintyĭ i volikiĭ chetvertokKniga glagolemaja ApokalepsisNovyĭ Zavi︠e︡tʺ Gospoda nashegō Īisūsa Khrīsta.Novȳĭ zavi︠e︡t Gospoda nashegō Īisoūsa KhrīstaEv̇khologiōn alʹbo Molitvoslov, ili, Trebnyk ... Petra Mohyly ...Glagolita Clozianus : id est, codicis Glagolitici inter suos facile antiquissimi ... leipsanon ... servatum in bibliotheca Illmi. Comitis Paridis Cloz ...Izvi︠e︡stīe ūchitelnoe, kakō dolzhenstvūet īerei︠u︡ i dīakonū slūzhenīe v t︠s︡erkvi svi︠a︡ti︠e︡ĭ sovershati ...Klimentʺ, episkopʺ slovi︠e︡nskīĭ. by Līmonarʺ, sirěchʺ, T︠S︡větnikʺ : izhe vo svi︠a︡tȳkhʺ ott︠s︡a nashegō Sofronīa, Patrīarkhi Īēruslimskagō by Minej prazdničny : sʹbornik.Misal po zakonu rimskoga dvora 1483Pouchitelnyi︠a︡ slova by Pravilo ...Slūzhba prepodobnomū ot︠s︡ū nashemū Sergīi︠u︡ Igūmenū, Radonezhskomū chūdotvort︠s︡ūSlūzhba S[vę]titēli︠u︡ Innokēntïi︠u︡, Ēpiskopū Irkūtskomū Chūdotvort︠s︡ū by Slūzhba s[vę]tym slavnym i vsekhvalnym i pervoverkhōvnym ap[osto]lōm, Petrū i Pavlū : v denʹ tezoimenitstva Egō Īmperatorskagō Vysochestva, Bl[a]gověrnagō G[osu]d[a]rę T︠S︡esarevicha, i Velikagō Kn[ę]zę Pavla PetrovichaSvętt︠s︡y : v polʹzu dushęmʺ khr[is]tïanskago naroda mnogochislenago Velikie Rusii ...Trēbnik
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