Comments on: Saints: Valentine, Cyril, and Methodius http://boyinthebands.com/archives/saints-valentine-cyril-and-methodius/ Scott Wells on the practice of Christian faith Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:12:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Chris http://boyinthebands.com/archives/saints-valentine-cyril-and-methodius/#comment-156 Chris Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.universalistchurch.net/boyinthebands/archives/saints-valentine-cyril-and-methodius/#comment-156 Sorry to nitpick, but Cyril and Methodius did not actually create Cyrillic, despite the name. St. Cyril almost certainly created Glagolitic, of which you can find an example here. There's a lot of evidence that it was the creation of Cyril—it shows deep linguistic sophistication and familiarity with a number of writing systems (note especially the Semitic sh and shta), and it's also rather clearly Christian. Note that az is shaped like a cross. Note also that i and slovo, the two letters involved in the usually abbreviation of Iisus Khristos, are mirror images of one another. Evidence suggests that Cyril and Methodius created the Glagolitic alphabet and their disciples later created Cyrillic, taking many letters from Greek and creating simpler letters for the sounds exclusive to Slavic. They carried over Cyril's Semitic sha and shta and preserved his system for writing the vowels, which was quite innovative. Sorry to nitpick, but Cyril and Methodius did not actually create Cyrillic, despite the name. St. Cyril almost certainly created Glagolitic, of which you can find an example here. There’s a lot of evidence that it was the creation of Cyril—it shows deep linguistic sophistication and familiarity with a number of writing systems (note especially the Semitic sh and shta), and it’s also rather clearly Christian. Note that az is shaped like a cross. Note also that i and slovo, the two letters involved in the usually abbreviation of Iisus Khristos, are mirror images of one another.

Evidence suggests that Cyril and Methodius created the Glagolitic alphabet and their disciples later created Cyrillic, taking many letters from Greek and creating simpler letters for the sounds exclusive to Slavic. They carried over Cyril’s Semitic sha and shta and preserved his system for writing the vowels, which was quite innovative.

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