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.
The day is also the official day of the Bulgarian Education and Culture and Slavic Script.
The Holy Brothers Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius, born in the ninth century, were Byzantine scholars, theologians, and linguists who wrote the first Cyrillic alphabet in A.D. 855.
The Bulgarian holiday, which is not celebrated anywhere else in the world, is a celebration of spiritual enlightenment and self-cultivation through science and culture.
In the early ninth century in Europe, Christian texts were written in only two official alphabets: Greek and Latin.
The two brothers filled in the gap by creating new letters, based on the Greek alphabet, which were later used to translate the Bible and other Christian religious books, into the Slav language.
The Cyrillic alphabet is currently used in Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, other former Soviet republics, as well as Mongolia.
The day is also the official day of the Bulgarian Education and Culture and Slavic Script.
The Holy Brothers Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius, born in the ninth century, were Byzantine scholars, theologians, and linguists who wrote the first Cyrillic alphabet in A.D. 855.
The Bulgarian holiday, which is not celebrated anywhere else in the world, is a celebration of spiritual enlightenment and self-cultivation through science and culture.
In the early ninth century in Europe, Christian texts were written in only two official alphabets: Greek and Latin.
The two brothers filled in the gap by creating new letters, based on the Greek alphabet, which were later used to translate the Bible and other Christian religious books, into the Slav language.
The Cyrillic alphabet is currently used in Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, other former Soviet republics, as well as Mongolia.
