Bulgaria Celebrates Origin of Cyrillic Alphabet

For 156 years, Bulgaria has celebrated May 24 as a tribute to the Greek brothers, Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius, the creators of the Cyrillic alphabet.
Bulgaria Celebrates Origin of Cyrillic Alphabet
Kremena Krumova
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<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/72854791.jpg" alt="A photo taken on December 2006 shows a sculpture of the two saints Cyril and Methodius, the inventors of the Cyrillic alphabet in the 9th century. Bulgaria is the second country after Greece to have brought a new alphabet into the Latin-dominated European (Dimitar Dilkoff/Getty Images)" title="A photo taken on December 2006 shows a sculpture of the two saints Cyril and Methodius, the inventors of the Cyrillic alphabet in the 9th century. Bulgaria is the second country after Greece to have brought a new alphabet into the Latin-dominated European (Dimitar Dilkoff/Getty Images)" width="575" class="size-medium wp-image-1803670"/></a>
A photo taken on December 2006 shows a sculpture of the two saints Cyril and Methodius, the inventors of the Cyrillic alphabet in the 9th century. Bulgaria is the second country after Greece to have brought a new alphabet into the Latin-dominated European (Dimitar Dilkoff/Getty Images)
Kremena Krumova
Kremena Krumova
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Kremena Krumova is a Sweden-based Foreign Correspondent of Epoch Times. She writes about African, Asian and European politics, as well as humanitarian, anti-terrorism and human rights issues.
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