The Story of the Cyrillic Alphabet Alex Marinov Toastmasters Speech #7 10/12/09
What we’ll learn today 1.Why was Cyrillic alphabet invented? 2.Who invented it and when? 3.Who is using it today and where?
The division of the Roman Empire AD
Formation of Bulgaria – 681 AD
Bulgaria AD Paganism Multiple gods. Couldn’t understand Latin/ Greek Bible. L arge but culturally isolated from its Christian neighboring countries.
St. Cyrill and Methodius – 886 AD St Clement Cyrillic –to translate the Bible, convert Pagans to Christians
Indi-European Languages
3 Lessons 1.Cyrillic was invented To translate the Bible from Latin to Slavic language and help conversion to Christianity. 2.By St Clement, a disciple of St Cyril and Methodius in 893. First introduced in Bulgaria. 250 years later adopted in Ukraine and Russia. 3.Currently used in Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Belorussia and in other Slavic languages
Thank you!
Map of Slavic Peoples
Distribution of the Cyrillic Alphabet
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