Grammatical Analyses
This page contains grammatical analyses of commonly-used Church Slavonic prayers and other texts. The format of the analyses are as follows: each word of the text is shown in transliterated form, a complete grammatical description of the word is given, an English translation of the word. Finally, on a fourth line, a hyper-literal English translation of the entire text is given.
Abbreviations used in the analyses
The Usual Beginning
- Through the Prayers of our Holy Fathers
- Glory to thee, O our God
- O Heavenly King <Carju Nebesnyj>
- Holy God (Trisagion Hymn)
- Glory...Both Now
- Most Holy Trinity
- Lord, have mercy
- Our Father <Otche Nash">
- Exclamation after the Lord's Prayer
- O Come Let us Worship
Festal Troparia
- Troparion of the Nativity of the Theotokos
- Troparion of the Cross
- Troparion of the Entrance of the Theotokos
- Troparion of St. Nicholas
- Troparion of the Nativity
- Troparion of Theophany
- Troparion of the Meeting of the Lord
- Troparion of the Annunciation
- Troparion of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem
- Troparion of the Transfiguration <Tropar' Prewbrazhenija>
- Troparion of the Dormition
Selections from the All-Night Vigil
- Lord, I Have Cried <Gospodi, Vozzvax">
- St. Symeon's Prayer <Nynje Wtpushchaeshi>
- O Virgin Theotokos, Rejoice <Bogorodice Djevo, Radujsja>
- Psalm 50
Selections from the Divine Liturgy
Miscellaneous Texts