church russian
це́рковь
church
слу́жба
service, work, employment, duty
service, agency, department
church service, mass
храм
church
temple, shrine
кла́дбище
cemetery, burial-ground, graveyard, church yard
церко́вный
church
лик
face, countenance, visage
image, depicted face
appearance, aspect
choir, church choir
host, company, band
rejoicing, jubilation
ук
U (of the Old Russian / Church Slavonic alphabet)
панихи́да
church service for the dead
венча́ние
wedding ceremony, church wedding
coronation, crowning
живе́ц
live bait, live baitfish
member of the Living Church, supporter of the Living Church
отлучи́ть
to excommunicate, to expel (from a church)
to separate, to remove, to wean (from the breast)
венча́ть
to marry (in church), to wed
to crown, to crown with a wreath
костёл
Polish Roman-Catholic church
тре́ба
occasional religious rite, rite performed on request, church service on request
need, necessity, requirement, demand
urge, craving, strong desire
церко́вник
church-goer, churchman, clergyman
ме́трика
birth certificate
metrics
parish register, church register
ре́гентство
regency
post of choirmaster, directing a church choir
церкву́шка
small church, chapel, churchlet
па́перть
church-porch, parvis
бу́рса
seminary, church boarding school
bursa, synovial sac
отлуча́ть
to excommunicate, to expel (from the church)
to separate (from), to keep away (from), to wean (from the breast)
ве́нчанный
church-wedded, married in church, consecrated in marriage
crowned
клир
clergy, priesthood, clergymen
church servants, parish staff
church choir
повенча́ться
to get married (in church), to be wedded (in church)
ма́ковка
cupola, onion dome, church dome
poppy head, poppy capsule, poppy seed pod
crown of the head, top, summit, treetop
poppy seed candy, poppy seed sweet
обве́нчанный
wedded, married (in church)
конда́к
kontakion (Christian hymn), church hymn
kondak (pastoral letter)
хра́мовый
temple, church
бла́говест
church bells
хору́гвь
gonfalon, church banner, processional banner
banner, standard, war banner
церко́вка
small church, chapel
паникади́ло
church-chandelier
конфирмова́ть
to confirm, to ratify, to approve officially
to confirm (in church), to administer confirmation to
венча́ющийся
marrying (in a church ceremony), being married (in a church ceremony)
crowning, culminating
церковнославя́нский
Church Slavonic
бла́говестить
to ring the bell for church, to toll for a service
to spread (news), to tell everyone, to publish, to noise abroad
моле́бствие
public prayer, church service
начётчик
person well-read in the Scriptures, self-taught Scripture scholar, well-read man (in church books)
dogmatist, literalist, pedant
униа́т
member of Uniat Church
венча́вшийся
crowned, married (in church)
обвенча́вшийся
married (in church), having been married (in church)
дьячу́к
church reader, sexton, deacon's son
славяни́зм
Slavism, Slavonicism, word derived from Church Slavonic
униа́тка
member of Uniat Church
ки́рка
Lutheran church
обвенча́вший
who has married (in church), who has performed a wedding ceremony
отлуча́ющий
excommunicating, cutting off (from the church)
separating, estranging
weaning
прихожа́нин
parishioner, churchgoer, member of a parish
прихожа́нка
parishioner, churchgoer (female), member of the congregation
богомо́лец
pilgrim
worshipper, devout person, churchgoer
богомо́лка
devout woman, pious woman, churchgoer (female)
female pilgrim, pilgrim woman
praying mantis (female)
прихожа́не
parishioners, churchgoers, congregation
Examples
Средневеко́вая це́рковь презира́ла теле́сное и возвыша́ла духо́вное.
The medieval church despised the body and exalted the spirit.
В це́рковь хо́дят лю́ди с любы́м обще́ственным положе́нием.
People in every walk of life go to church.
Гла́вная обя́занность свяще́нника — чита́ть про́поведи в це́ркви.
The main duty of a priest is to preach in church.
Располо́женная на холме́, це́рковь открыва́ет взо́ру прекра́сный вид.
Standing as it does on a hill, the church commands a fine view.
Где нахо́дится ближа́йшая це́рковь?
Where is the nearest church?
Це́рковь построена в готи́ческом сти́ле.
The church is built in Gothic style.
Я уви́дел в це́ркви же́нщину, чья красота́ произвела́ на меня неизглади́мое впечатле́ние.
I saw a woman at the church, whose beauty made a lasting impression on me.
Церко́вный шпиль ви́ден издалека.
A church spire could be seen in the distance.
Вы не подска́жете, где нахо́дится ближа́йшая це́рковь?
Could you please tell me where the nearest church is?
Католи́ческая це́рковь выступа́ет против разво́дов.
The Catholic Church is opposed to divorce.
I met Tom at church.
Mary sings in the church choir.
Це́рковь у́чит воздержа́нию до бра́ка.
The church teaches abstinence before marriage.
Tom sings in the church choir.
Бри́гам Янг продолжа́л руководи́ть Мормонской Це́рковью.
Brigham Young continued to lead the Mormon church.
У большинства́ бездо́мных те ску́дные по́рции жи́денького су́па и вчера́шний хлеб, что могла́ предложи́ть це́рковь, не вы́звали бу́рной ра́дости.
A majority of the homeless were underwhelmed by the meager portions of thin soup and day-old bread that the church had to offer.
Це́рковь нахо́дится в це́нтре дере́вни.
The church is in the middle of the village.
Це́рковь нахо́дится посреди дере́вни.
The church is in the middle of the village.
Византи́йским гре́ческим мона́хам Кириллу и Мефодию приписывается появле́ние алфави́та в России и основа́ние Ру́сской Правосла́вной Це́ркви.
The Byzantine Greek monks Cyril and Methodius are credited with bringing the alphabet to Russia and laying the foundations of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Це́рковь в Лос-Анджелесе реши́ла вы́двинуть обвине́ния против бездо́много, укравшего не́сколько пече́ний из церко́вной ба́нки.
A church in Los Angeles has decided to press charges against a homeless man who stole a few cookies from the church's cookie jar.



















