[Foundation-l] Ancient Greek Wikipedia, possible reconsideration

[Nikola Smolenski]

On Saturday 19 April 2008 14:32:38 geni wrote:
> On 19/04/2008, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Someone already mentioned that Koine Greek is the ecclesiastical
> >  language of the Greek Orthodox Church and they still use it actively.
> >  Maybe there aren't as many people in the GOC as in the Catholic church
> >  (by a long shot), but I think it still counts for something.
>
> Koine Greek is not Ancient Greek. Merely using it in the liturgy
> counts for nothing in any case the language remains fossilised. Simply
> Kyrie eleison on a slightly larger scale. The catholic church actually
> publishes a significant number of new documents in Latin.

It is not used solely in the liturgy, and new texts are being written in it 
today.