the Day of Slavic writing and culture is celebrated on may 24 in Russia. This year marks the Slavic literature 1157 years.
This day is dedicated to the memory day of saints equal to the apostles brothers Cyril and Methodius, enlighteners of the Slavs, who created the first Slavic alphabet. Cyrillic alphabet became the basis for writing in Russian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Macedonian and Montenegrin languages.
the First Day of Slavic writing celebrated in the Russian Empire — in the Millennium year of the finding of the alphabet in 1863, and was revived in Russia in 1991.
According to the information of the Synodal Department for Church and society and the media on may 24 the Orthodox TV channel “Spas” will hold a special online-a telethon dedicated to this event. It will begin immediately after the live broadcast of the divine Liturgy in Moscow, reports TASS.
the Russian state children’s library will publish unique materials. Including, you will see a Fax copy of ABC by Ivan Fedorov, which he published in 1578.
