Bulgaria on May 11 marks the church feast dedicated to the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius , honoring the creators of Slavic literacy, as well as the Day of the Bulgarian Alphabet, Education and Culture, and Slavic Literature. The date also commemorates Saint Simeon Divnogorets, a revered Christian ascetic from the sixth century. Although the Bulgarian Orthodox Church adopted the new calendar style in 1968, the state celebration connected to the Solun brothers has remained on May 24. Because