History and Culture: 1150th Anniversary of the Slavic Written Language on "VIII Zagreb Recitation " International Conference in St. Petersburg

30 October 2013
Source: National Library of Russia

On October 30, 2013, in the Main Building of the National Library (St. Petersburg) will be held the «VIII Zagreb Recitation" International Conference.

The conference was instituted in honor of Slavic philologist, paleographer, the Slavic manuscripts keeper, a head of Ancient Funds Sector of the Manuscripts Department of RNB V. M. Zagrebin (1942-2004).

The conference will feature numerous dedicated to the study of the Slavic literary monuments scientific reports, from the Ostromirov Gospel to the works of Dimitri of Rostov and Serbian educational collections of XVIII century. Among the speakers are the researchers from Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as scientists from Serbia, Lithuania and Norway.

The entire Slavic world prime historical and cultural event - the Moravian mission of two brothers - Saint, equal-to-apostles Cyril (827-869) and Saint, equal-to-apostles Methodius (815-885) of Thessalonica. In 2013, the widely celebrated the 1150th anniversary of.

Within a framework of International Scientific Conference the Department of Manuscripts will host the veneration exhibitions dedicated to the Saints, equal-to-apostles Cyril and Methodius.

The "Light of Letters" international traveling exhibition will present the history of the Slavic alphabet in the images of its best samples of Bulgarian Glagolitic and Cyrillic from X to XVII centuries, as well as the icon image of Thessalonica Saint brothers Cyril and Methodius.

"The Slovenia Nations, Rejoice this Day!" exhibition will present for the first time the unique manuscripts from the Manuscript Division collections. Among the exhibits is the oldest handwritten scroll of "The Eight Parts of Word" first Slavic grammatical essay, the Monk’s Khrabr Epic "On Сharacters", Russian and South Slavic manuscripts that containing the sources of information related to the brothers’ lives (hagiography of the Saints Cyril and Methodius - "Pannonian Legends") and liturgical texts with Slavic first teacher’s prayer successions.