as Greek script alone could not account for some Old Church Slavonic sounds. Throughout the years, the Russian alphabet (known to many as ‘Azbuka’) changed frequently. Some letters ceased to ...

The first true alphabet was an invention of the Greek world, revolutionizing writing, literacy, and shaping foundations of ...

The Latin alphabet is the most recognizable form of written language, whose history goes back to the eras of ancient Greek ...

As the church was the main educator, Cyrillic became the alphabet for the Old Russian language. It included the full Greek alphabet (24 letters) and has 19 additional letters for Slavonic sounds.

The Greek alphabet, traditionally believed to have emerged in the eighth century BC, is now undergoing reevaluation thanks to groundbreaking research at Leiden University. The writing system is ...

the patriarch adopted the name “Kirill” after the Byzantine Greek monk who had invented the Cyrillic alphabet still used in Russia and Ukraine. The Kremlin borrowed Kirill’s ideology and ...