Да! СтароБългарски!! Great lecture!! Most importantly… Old Bulgarian, aka Church Slavonic must be pronounced in Bulgarian, not Russian Hard soft vowel system… it’s completely phonetic. I married a Bulgarian and we visit her family in Bulgaria 🇧🇬 and so I study modern Bulgarian and was amazed at how easy it is to slide back into old-Bulgarian for church. Some American converts like I was thought that we had to learn Russian then Slavonic… that’s moving in the wrong direction for church language. Ironically, is we study Bulgarian, it’s one step back in time for Slavonic and one step over to learn Russian.

John , I am interested in learning Church Slavonic Language and I am very much enjoying the lesson. I have a prayer book in English and Slavonic, a Slavonic only copy of the Gospels, Holy Trinity’s Grammar of Church Slavonic, and the small English/Slavonic dictionary they produced. Do you have any other suggestions?

Hello Liz, I following comes to mind. I would highly recommend that you practice the "6 Psalms" (Sheshti Psalmi) found in the Book of Hours in Matins. These prayer Psalms are read on Saturday nights with all the lights off. This is the traditional starting place for learning Slavonic. Furthermore, learning the opening to the Hours are also good but I would have lessons with your Regent/Regentsha as you can fall into bad habits early if you don't have guidance on pronunciation (this is a distinct language). Slavonic is easier in some respects to Russian and other slavic languages as unstressed 'O' do not become 'a'. It is also better to read slowly than fast with mistakes and it is always better to re-pronounce a word correctly.It is a great sin to knowingly not do so, as you may have changed the meaning of the word by misplacing the stress. Liz, you have put in my mind to record our Regent (Graduate of Moscow Seminary) say the 6 Psalms to learn from. I'll try and do this in the next couple of weeks. In Christ, John S.

Looking forward to it!

It's 19 June 2019. WHERE ARE THE "More lectures" VIDEOS and we need visual aids to be included--not just an audio lecture.