The Minister of Culture Nayden Todorov congratulated all librarians on May 11, their professional holiday.
“Thanks to your dedication, the Bulgarian manages to preserve the sense of deep need for touch with the written word even today. I congratulate you on your efforts to change and enrich libraries in line with modernity’s demands and assert their worthy place as leading cultural centres in the spiritual space of our country”, said Minister Todorov while congratulating.
On May 11, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the Bulgarian people ecstatically celebrated the first teachers and educators – the Holy Equal Apostles Cyril and Methodius. The success of their work has been manifested over the centuries – they gave Bulgaria a foundation on which all Slavicism finished building its culture.
On this occasion, a solemn celebration is planned in front of the Monument of the Holy Brothers in front of the Bulgarian National Library, which celebrates its patron saint day.
As of 10:45 am, pupils of the National High School for Ancient Languages and Cultures “St. Constantine Cyril-Philosopher” will mark their patron holiday with a short program, and from 11:15 am. the holiday of the National Library “St. begins s. Cyril and Methodius.
At 12 pm, the exhibition “Ideal as Reality”, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great Bulgarian writer, linguist, folklorist, publicist, educator and creator of one of the first classroom schools in Bulgaria – Nayden Gerov.
In 1851 for the first time, May 11 was also celebrated as a Holiday of Bulgarian Enlightenment, but the date in a new style – May 24, is a secular holiday. May 11 in the old style and May 24 in the unique style are gradually becoming a general Bulgarian holiday of enlightenment. Information about celebrating this day as a holiday of Bulgarian education existed back in the XII century.
At the end of the ninth century, the two brothers were canonized by the Church for Saints. In the earliest Middle Ages, May 11 was designated as a day to remember the Slavic first teachers because their apostolic work unites them in one, and they are equal in dignity.