(Ambassador) Cyrillic Script

Day 3,519, 08:25 • Published in United Kingdom Iran • by Vladi U

Hello fellows 😉,

Because of your great interest showed under one of my recent articles:





I decided to write a short one in your press about the Cyrillic script. I hope it will be interesting and enjoyable way to learn something you have not heard before.


Firstly, was created the Glagolitic script by the Saints Cyril and Methodius. They were brothers who were sent by the Byzantine emperor in 863 to spread Christianity among the West Slavs (nowadays Poles, Slovaks and Czechs). Cyril and Methodius wanted to use this new script so that easily to explain the Christian religion to the pagans.

But the Pope forbade the worship in Slavic language and the Frankish ruler wanted to protect his lands from foreign influence so Cyril and Methodius were expelled. The only place where they could go was Bulgaria (then First Bulgarian Empire).

In Bulgaria, the Glagolitic script became widespread. It was used by the Bulgarian writers at that time and there were found many documents written in it, especially in our culture centers. So, we were the first nation to adopt this new script.



The Saints Cyril and Methodius



The monument of Cyril and Methodius, in fron the the National Library in Sofia



The Glagolitic alphabet



So, if there was Glagolitic script how appeared the Cyrillic one?

Here is the answer:

As you can see the letters in Glagolitic script are really complicated. Saint Clement of Ohrid, one of Cyril and Methodius’ disciples, understood that and wanted to write much simpler alphabet. He created the Cyrillic script in Preslav (previous Bulgarian capital and culture center) and named it after his teacher – Cyril.



Here you can compare both of them Glagolitic (above) and Cyrillic (bellow)



Clement Of Ohrid



This historic fact makes us very proud because nowadays the Cyrillic is used by over 300 million of people around the world. Just look at the scale – country as little as Bulgaria gave script to so many other nations.



Countries where the Cyrillic is official script



With the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union on 1 January 2007, Cyrillic became the third official script of the European Union, following the Latin script and Greek script.


Thank you for your attention! = Благодаря за вниманието! 😉