[annalex]

Thank you, by the way, for this entire discussion and the Church Slavonic Bible link. I learned things I did not understand before.

[kosta50]

You are most welcome, Alex. I think it is important for all Slav speakers to know their language history a little better. It is a sadly neglected aspect of our mutual cultures.

Just out of curiosity, how many words in the Church Slavonic dictionary (say, from 10 randomly picked pages) would you say are exactly the same as modern Russian?