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2 unusual facts about Church Slavonic language


Deacon

As far as street clothing is concerned, immediately following his ordination the deacon receives a blessing to wear the Exorasson (Arabic: Jib'be, Slavonic: Riassa), an outer cassock with wide sleeves, in addition to the Anterion (Slavonic: Podraznik), the inner cassock worn by all orders of clergy.

Russian Old-Orthodox Church

Its distinctive feature is that liturgical services are held in both Slavonic and Old Georgian, using pre-18th century Old Georgian liturgical books.



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Stjepan Damjanović

In 1971 he served as an assistant to the professor Eduard Hercigonja at the Department for Old Church Slavonic (today called Department for Old Church Slavonic language and Croatian Glagolitic), since 1982 serving as a docent and since 1986 as a regular professor.