site.btaUPDATED Bulgarian Language Was Created to Unite, Not to Divide - VP Iotova
Speaking here on Saturday, Vice President Iliana Iotova said that "the Bulgarian language was created to unite and glorify rather than to divide and destroy." She took part in a solemn celebration on the occasion of May 24, the Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, the Bulgarian Alphabet, Education and Culture, and Slav Letters, outside the National Library in Sofia. The day was also marked with a festive procession that started from the National Archaeological Institute with Museum and ended in front of the library.
"If the mind prays in an unknown language, the spirit prays but the mind remains unglorified. From Bulgaria, books began to speak in a language that many could understand," Iotova said, adding that the lights that guide a nation forward are knowledge and culture. "And light is life," she added.
Bulgarian Patriarch and Metropolitan of Sofia Daniil and Sofia Mayor Vassil Terziev also joined Saturday's procession.
In the Bulgarian national festive calendar, rich in historical memory, there is one day that brings much joy and light in every patriotic, Bulgarian heart - May 24 – the Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, the Bulgarian Alphabet, Education and Culture, and Slav Letters, Patriarch Daniil said. "A day that is associated not only with Bulgarian education, culture, history and personal meaning, but also with the greatest and most universally acknowledged contribution of our Orthodox people to the European and spiritual cultural heritage," he added. "The Church knows and teaches that the world and man were created by God, through His creative word. The celebration of our alphabet, culture and Slav letters cannot be separated from its Christian and religious background," he added.
"The work of the holy brothers Cyril and Methodius gave us not just an alphabet, but also the power to express our thoughts, preserve our history and to pass down what is good and worthy. The Bulgarian alphabet lives on in books, in speech, and in our hearts. It connects generations. We must remember that it is not what we say, but how we say it. Words have power, they can unite, heal and inspire. The language of respect, truth and kindness makes our society stronger, while rudeness and hatred hold it back. Today more than ever, we must keep our language alive and our speech pure, showing children that knowledge is power and a kind word is a value. This is our responsibility to them, to us, and to those who gave us the alphabet," Mayor Terziev said.
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