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the first printed book in old Belarusian

Who Is Proud of Francišak Skaryna?

September 14, 2017September 17, 2017 / borowska / Leave a comment
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Source: 500god.by

On 6 August Belarusian Protestants began officially celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Francišak Skaryna’s translation of the Bible into an archaic church-Slavonic language, which can be seen as a proto-Belarusian.

I happened to attend one Minsk-based congregation on that raining day. Despite the weather, people were in truly festive moods.

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