May 11 and May 24, now observed as the Day of Bulgarian Education and Culture and of the Slavic Alphabet, are often referred to as a “Spiritual Easter” — a time not only for remembrance but for cultural pride and renewal.Today is the Feast Day of Saints Cyril and Methodius, as celebrated in Bulgaria, Ukraine, Macedonia, and Russia.
As noted above and in the following, it is also celebrated on 11 May: Memory of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles (The Orthodox Times).
The Orthodox Church commemorates Hieromartyr Mocius, Saints Cyril and Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles, and Enlighteners of the Slavs. The Church also commemorates the founding of Constantinople.The two brothers lived in the ninth century and were the creators of the Cyrillic alphabet. Their work is of interest to PaleoJudaica because many Old Testament pseudepigrapha survive in Old Church Slavonic or Church Slavonic.[...]
Their feast day is also celebrated on 14 February and 5 July. For full details and links, see here.
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