Russian Pronunciation

[John_of_Patmos]

If you look at my avatar, you can see an old man in eastern bishops dress. He is Korniliy, the mtp. of the biggest group of Old believers. Would his name be pronounced: kor-neel-E?

 

[Philomeena]

The accent will be on the second syllable.

In the US, we mispronouce Russian names as a rule.

For instance, we say VLAD im eer, when the Russian pronounciation is Vlad EEM er

Ivan Ivanovich is ee VAHN eeVAHN o vich

Boris is actually Bor EES

Pe TROV ski

So, your saint is Kor NEE lee