ЛІТУРГІЙНА ЦЕРКОВНОСЛОВ'ЯНСЬКА МОВА В МОВНО-КУЛЬТУРНІЙ СИТУАЦІЇ ГАЛИЧИНИ ХІХ – ПЕРШОЇ ПОЛОВИНИ ХХ СТ.

Old Church Slavic Language in Galicia of XIX – early XX was one of the central objects of Ukrainian intellectuals’ attention, appearing in the context of various cultural ideologies, political lines and linguistic concepts. Ukrainian linguistics contains a lot of profound studies dedicated to discussions on Old Church Slavic language as a basis of literary  language in Galicia. Although, the mentioned polemics highlighted not only cultural, linguistic and literary, social and political aspect, but also church and liturgical aspect, which still does not get proper attention, while Old Church Slavic language in its original and main function is a liturgical  language. The article is aimed to present the position of Church (meaning, first of all, defensive position related to Old Church Slavic language) in the defined situation, as well as its context and preconditions. Herewith, it is investigated that, despite the loss of the status of the predominant literary language and narrowing of the sphere of its functioning to the use in prays and church, liturgical Old Church Slavic language in the defined period played a significant role in linguistics and culture of Galicia. This, in particular, facilitated evolutional switch from Old Church Slavic language to Ukrainian language in churching, not revolutionary, as it was in Greater Ukraine, but from the other hand, it has slowed down the process for many years and caused “soft” (concerning Old Church Slavic antetype) character of Ukrainian translations of liturgical texts.