Sofia University is named after Saint Clement of Ohrid, one of Cyril and Methodius’ disciples and the traditionally accepted inventor of the Cyrillic alphabet

Every 24 May, Bulgaria honours Saints Cyril and Methodius’ Day, officially known under the rather lengthy name “Day of Bulgarian Education and Culture and Slavic Literature”. Cyril and Methodius are celeberated for their efforts in christianizing the Slavs in the 9th century and for inventing the Glagolithic alphabet, the oldest Slavic alphabet.

Cyril and Methodius’ disciples (particularly Saint Clement of Ohrid and Saint Naum of Preslav) played an important part in the foundation of Bulgarian literature and created the Cyrillic alphabet, now used by hundreds of millions of people around the world.