Identifying characters

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I took this picture at the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. I'm a graphic designer and I'm curious about this typography, I think it's cyrillic writing or maybe an old alphabet, I could be wrong. I already tried to match each shape with the cyrillic alphabet but I was unable to get them all.

It's cyrillic? What characters are? Any idea about the meaning?

I already draw some of them:

Another pic:

Been there. Whose grave is this? Most Russians are on St.Genevieve de Bois.. — tum_, May 03 '19 at 06:23
This I figured from the question :) I was wondering (if this text is on a grave) - who is buried under this text? — tum_, May 03 '19 at 08:37
It's a small mausoleum in a corner, at the Gambetta street side. I added another picture I had at the question. — Danielillo, May 03 '19 at 09:57

Баян Купи-ка · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-03T08:12:15.023

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Looks like

А́щє лю́битє мiа́, за́повѣди моiа́ соблюди́тє (Ин. 14:15)

If you love me, keep my commands (John 14:15)

edited May 03 '19 at 08:12

answered May 02 '19 at 21:44

Баян Купи-ка

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Which language is that? Old Church Slavonic or something else not Russian? – Omar and Lorraine May 10 '19 at 08:02
@Wilson yes, Church Slavonic, the liturgical language of the Russian Orthodox Church – Баян Купи-ка May 10 '19 at 10:45

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 03 '19 at 06:18

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Have a look here, it's an older version of cyrillic.

answered May 03 '19 at 06:18

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