Hundreds of people gathered to lay flowers at the base of the statue of St Cyril and Methodius, creators of the Glagolitic script, which later evolved into the Cyrillic alphabet in central Sofia ...

Orthodox nuns pray during the religious service to mark the Day of St. Cyril and Methodius, founders of the Cyrillic alphabet, in the Christ The Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, May ...

The name ‘Cyrillic’ is not derived from a country of origin (as the Greek alphabet does, for example), but instead named after Saint Cyril, who invented the script, with the help of Methodius.

It is thought that St Kliment named the new alphabet Cyrillic after his teacher St Cyril. What really matters is that the 900s saw a linguistic and cultural revolution that made Bulgaria a major ...

Moscow (AsiaNews) - Yesterday May 24, the Russian Church celebrated the memory of Saints Cyril and Methodius, the "Teachers of the Slavs". The feast is also recognized in Russia as a civil holiday ...

Photo by Culture Ministry A monument of brothers St St Cyril and Methodius will be erected in Mongolia since the Cyrillic alphabet they created is used in the Asian country.

In 1980, Pope John Paul II proclaimed them co-patrons of Europe, together with Saint Benedict; the remains of Cyril rest in the basilica of San Clemente in Rome, where he died, while Methodius is ...

Bulgarians turned out en masse on Saturday to honour the legacy of Saint Cyril and Methodius, the founders of the Cyrillic alphabet, during one of their most important cultural and national holidays ...