In the article, some examples of forming and functioning of supplementary metaphorical meanings of the Church Slavonic words are considered with reference to their Greek parallels. The subject of the analysis is a number of examples demonstrating different correlations between the Church Slavonic and Greek parallels from the Old Testament books and the corresponding Russian equiv¬alents, as well as the linguistic features of Psalm 22 rooted in the Greek and Church Slavonic translations and their presence in the Hymns for the Ascension.
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