Bulgarians from around the country and the world paid tribute on 24th May, to Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius, the creators of the Cyrillic alphabet.
In Sofia, President Georgi Parvanov, cabinet ministers, lawmakers, governors, academics and numerous guests, walked from the National Palace of Culture to the monument of the two brothers in the square in front of the National Library.
Although it is widely celebrated as 'Alphabet Day', Bulgaria officially marks 24th May as the day of Slavic script, Education and Culture, Science, Literature and Educational spirit. Together with Liberation Day on March 3rd, it is one of the two most revered Bulgarian holidays and is celebrated as the Day of St Cyril, St Methodius and their five disciples including St Kliment.
St Cyril and St Methodius were the Byzantine scholars who developed the first Slavic script known as the 'Glagolitic Alphabet' in 855 AD and translated into Old Bulgarian the Bible and the religious literature of Orthodox Christianity. Their most renowned disciple St Kliment, working in 9th century Bulgaria, developed an alternative version of the alphabet that he named Cyrillic after his teacher St Cyril.
The original letters of the Cyrillic alphabet were based on the three holy elements for Christianity - the cross, the triangle, and the circle. Several centuries later, Patriarch Evtimii launched a literary reform and updated the alphabet, assuming that words are expression of the divine essence of things.
Pope John Paul II proclaimed the two Saints Cyril and Methodius co-patrons of Europe together with St Benedict of Norcia in 1980.
The Cyrillic alphabet has been in existence for more than eleven centuries, but it was introduced into Europe for the first time after Bulgaria obtained full membership of the European Union in 2007. The Bulgarian language brought the total number of 'Lingua Europa' to twenty three.
In Sofia, President Georgi Parvanov, cabinet ministers, lawmakers, governors, academics and numerous guests, walked from the National Palace of Culture to the monument of the two brothers in the square in front of the National Library.
Although it is widely celebrated as 'Alphabet Day', Bulgaria officially marks 24th May as the day of Slavic script, Education and Culture, Science, Literature and Educational spirit. Together with Liberation Day on March 3rd, it is one of the two most revered Bulgarian holidays and is celebrated as the Day of St Cyril, St Methodius and their five disciples including St Kliment.
St Cyril and St Methodius were the Byzantine scholars who developed the first Slavic script known as the 'Glagolitic Alphabet' in 855 AD and translated into Old Bulgarian the Bible and the religious literature of Orthodox Christianity. Their most renowned disciple St Kliment, working in 9th century Bulgaria, developed an alternative version of the alphabet that he named Cyrillic after his teacher St Cyril.
The original letters of the Cyrillic alphabet were based on the three holy elements for Christianity - the cross, the triangle, and the circle. Several centuries later, Patriarch Evtimii launched a literary reform and updated the alphabet, assuming that words are expression of the divine essence of things.
Pope John Paul II proclaimed the two Saints Cyril and Methodius co-patrons of Europe together with St Benedict of Norcia in 1980.
The Cyrillic alphabet has been in existence for more than eleven centuries, but it was introduced into Europe for the first time after Bulgaria obtained full membership of the European Union in 2007. The Bulgarian language brought the total number of 'Lingua Europa' to twenty three.
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