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26 March 2021
The MThA Department of Philology held a seminar "The modern linguistic situation in the Russian Orthodox Church: issues of the Church Slavonic language"
On March 25, Philology department of the Moscow Theological Academy held a seminar on the modern situation of the Church Slavonic language, its perception by contemporary believers and the relationship with the Russian literary language.
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Hegumen Melety (Sokolov), PhD in Theology, Associate Professor of the Department, gave a presentation on “The modern linguistic situation in the Russian Orthodox Church and the problem of pronunciation in liturgical reading and singing”.
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The seminar gathered over 60 participants including Hegumen Evfimiy (Moiseev), Rector of the Tula Theological Seminary.
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