Grammar of the Church Slavonic Language: Russian-language edition

An invaluable tool for anyone seeking to learn the traditional liturgical language of the Slavic Orthodox churches. A historical introduction to the development of Church Slavonic is followed by detailed sections covering etymology, parts of speech, and syntax. This comprehensive work concludes with an article on the structure of liturgical chants. AUTHOR: Archbishop Alypy (1926-2019) was an iconographer and linguist. Tonsured a monk at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY, he was consecrated a bishop in 1974 and subsequently served as Archbishop of Chicago and Mid-America until his retirement in 2016.