Letters of the Old Russian alphabet and their meanings. Az, Buki, Lead, Verb, Good... About the meaning of the ancient Slavic alphabet

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Az- this is the initial letter of the Slavic alphabet, which denotes the pronoun I. However, its root meaning is the word “originally”, “begin” or “beginning”, although in everyday life the Slavs most often used Az in the context of the pronoun. Nevertheless, in some Old Slavonic writings one can find Az, which meant "one", for example, "I'll go to Vladimir". Or "start with the basics" meant "start from the beginning". Thus, with the beginning of the alphabet, the Slavs denoted the entire philosophical meaning of being, where without beginning there is no end, without darkness there is no light, and without good there is no evil. At the same time, the main emphasis in this is placed on the duality of the dispensation of the world.

Actually, the alphabet itself is built on the principle of duality, where it is conditionally divided into two parts: the highest and the lowest, positive and negative, the part located at the beginning and the part that is at the end. In addition, do not forget that Az has a numerical value, which is expressed by the number 1. Among the ancient Slavs, the number 1 was the beginning of everything beautiful. Today, studying Slavic numerology, we can say that the Slavs, like other peoples, divided all numbers into even and odd. At the same time, odd numbers were the embodiment of everything positive, kind and bright. In turn, even numbers represented darkness and evil. At the same time, the unit was considered the beginning of all beginnings and was very revered by the Slavic tribes. From the point of view of erotic numerology, it is believed that 1 is a phallic symbol, from which the continuation of the family begins. This number has several synonyms: 1 is one, 1 is one, 1 is times.

Gods(b), which was later replaced by Buki. This initial letter does not have a numerical value, since there can be many Gods. The image of this initial letter: a multitude that transcends the form that prevails over something. There is a concept, and this prevails over it.
BA (remember the exclamation “Ba - all familiar faces!” - “exceeding (b) the original (a), i.e. in excess of". Therefore, the expression "ba" sounds in a surprising form. The person is surprised: how is it?! There is something, and something else has appeared in addition to what existed at the beginning and on top of it something else.
BA-BA (we agree with the same form). Here A influences B, i.e. human (a) to something (b); they were surprised, but at the same time the divine (b) began to influence the human (a), and again the image changed, surprised by something. Namely, a Divine creation, which surprisingly showed a new plurality with the addition of a single one. Therefore, Baba: what she produced in addition to what we have, a new, the same Divine form of life. And in the opposite direction: abab is the divine source of human multiplication. They say that a woman will get mad, become a "woman" when she gives birth to a successor of the family, i.e. boy. If she gave birth to a girl, she was called a young woman. But these forms exist in other languages as well.
BA-B - the divine (multiple) is collected through the divine, and a single source (a) is located between two matching systems. "A" in this case is the transition point, the gate. The Assyrians, the city where the gates of God were located, called Babel, Babylon.
Abbreviated form of writing: B. - "predominant, greater". Example: constellation Ursa Major. But since there is more, it means that there is something less. Such forms are embedded in our ancestral memory and any person, no matter where he lives, can understand them. Because it all comes from a single parent language. Since the set cannot be concretized, the letter “B” has no numerical value.

Lead- the most interesting letter of the Old Slavonic alphabet, which has a numerical value of 2. This letter has several meanings: to know, to know and to own. Meaning implies innermost knowledge, knowledge as the highest divine gift. If you add Az, Buki and Vedi into one phrase, you will get a phrase that means "I will know!" . Thus, the person who discovered the alphabet created by him will subsequently have some kind of knowledge. No less important is the numerical load of this letter. After all, 2 - two, two, a couple were not just numbers among the Slavs, they took an active part in magical rituals and in general were symbols of the duality of everything earthly and heavenly.

The number 2 among the Slavs meant the unity of heaven and earth, the duality of human nature, good and evil, etc. In a word, the deuce was a symbol of the confrontation between the two sides, heavenly and earthly balance. Moreover, it is worth noting that the Slavs considered the deuce to be a devilish number and attributed to it a lot of negative properties, believing that it was the deuce that opens the number series of negative numbers that bring death to a person. That is why the birth of twins in Old Slavic families was considered a bad sign, which brought illness and misfortune to the family. In addition, among the Slavs, it was considered a bad sign to rock the cradle together, two people to dry themselves with one towel and generally perform any action together. Despite such a negative attitude towards the number 2, the Slavs recognized its magical power. So, for example, many rituals of exorcism were carried out with the help of two identical objects or with the participation of twins.

verb- a letter, the meaning of which is the performance of an action or the pronunciation of a speech. Synonyms for the letter-word Verb are: verb, speak, conversation, speech, and in some contexts the word verb was used in the meaning of "write". For example, the phrase "Let him give us the verb and the word, and the thought, and the deed" means that “reasonable speech gives us words, thoughts, and deeds”. The verb was always used only in a positive context, and its numerical value was the number 3 - three. The triple or triad, as our ancestors often called it, was considered a divine number.

Firstly, the three is a symbol of spirituality and the unity of the soul with the Holy Trinity.
Secondly, the triple / triad was an expression of the unity of heaven, earth and the underworld.
Thirdly, the triad symbolizes the completion of a logical sequence: beginning - middle - end.

And finally, the triad symbolizes the past, present and future.

If you look at most of the Slavic rituals and magical actions, you will see that they all ended with a triple repetition of a ritual. The simplest example is threefold baptism after prayer.

Good- the fifth letter in the Slavic alphabet, which is a symbol of purity and goodness. The true meaning of this word "good, virtue". At the same time, the letter Good contains not only purely human character traits, but also a virtue that all people who love the Heavenly Father must adhere to. Under Good, scientists, first of all, see virtue from the point of view of a person maintaining religious canons, which symbolize the Commandments of the Lord. For example, the old Slavonic phrase: "Virtue and life of true diligence" carries the meaning that a person should observe virtue in real life.

The numerical value of the letter Dobro is indicated by the number 4, i.e. four. What did the Slavs put into this number? First of all, the four symbolized the four elements: fire, water, earth and air, the four ends of the sacred cross, the four cardinal points and the four corners in the room. Thus, the four was a symbol of stability and even inviolability. Despite the fact that this is an even number, the Slavs did not treat it negatively, because it was it, together with the three, that gave the divine number 7.

One of the most versatile words of the Old Slavonic alphabet is Yes. This word is denoted by such words as “is”, “wealth”, “presence”, “intrinsicity”, “being”, “nature”, “nature” and other synonyms that express the meaning of these words. Surely, having heard this letter-word, many of us will immediately remember the phrase from the movie "Ivan Vasilyevich is changing his profession", which has already become winged: “Az is the king!” . Using such a clear example, it is easy to understand that the person who said this phrase positions himself as a king, that is, the king is his real essence. The numerical riddle of the letter There is hidden in the five. Five is one of the most controversial numbers in Slavic numerology. After all, it is both a positive and a negative number, as, probably, a figure that consists of a “divine” triad and a “satanic” two.

If we talk about the positive aspects of the five, which is the numerical value of the letter Yes, then, first of all, it should be noted that this number carries a great religious potential: in the Holy Scriptures, the five is a symbol of grace and mercy. The oil for the sacred anointing consisted of 5 parts, which included 5 ingredients, and in the implementation of the rite of "fumigation" 5 different ingredients are also used, such as: frankincense, stact, onych, levan and halvan.

Other philosophers and thinkers argue that the five is an identification with the five human senses: sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste. There are also negative qualities in the top five, which were found by some researchers of Old Slavonic culture. In their opinion, among the ancient Slavs, the five was a symbol of risk and war. A vivid evidence of this is the conduct of battles by the Slavs mainly on Fridays. Friday among the Slavs was a symbol of the number five. However, there are some contradictions here, as other numerologists believe that the Slavs preferred to conduct battles and battles on Fridays solely because they considered five to be a lucky number and thanks to this they hoped to win the battle.

live- a letter-word, which is designated today as the letter Zh. The meaning of the meaning of these letters is quite simple and understandable and is expressed in such words as "living", "life" and "living". Put in this letter a word that everyone understands, which meant the existence of all life on the planet, as well as the creation of new life. It is explained that life is a great gift that a person possesses, and this gift should be directed towards doing good deeds. If you combine the meaning of the letter Live with the meaning of the previous letters, then you will get the phrase: “I will know and say that goodness is inherent in all living things…” The letter Live is not endowed with a numerical characteristic, and this remains another mystery that our ancestors left behind.

Zelo- a letter that is a combination of two sounds [d] and [z]. The main meaning of this letter for the Slavs was in the words "strongly" and "strongly". The letter-word Zelo itself was used in Old Slavonic writings as “zelo”, which meant strong, strong, very, very, and it could also often be found in a sentence as “green”, i.e. strong, strong or abundant. If we consider this letter in the context of the word "very", then we can cite as an example the lines of the great Russian poet Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, who wrote: "Now I must apologize to you for the long silence". In this expression "excuse me" can be easily rephrased as a phrase "very sorry". Although the expression is also appropriate here "change a lot".

* the sixth paragraph of the Lord's Prayer speaks of sin;
* the sixth commandment speaks of the most terrible sin of man - murder;
* Cain's race ended with the sixth generation;
* the notorious mythical serpent had 6 names;
* the number of the devil is presented in all sources as three sixes "666".

The list of unpleasant associations associated with the number 6 among the Slavs can be continued. However, it can be concluded that in some Old Slavonic sources, philosophers also noticed the mystical attraction of the six. So the love that arises between a man and a woman was also associated with the six, which is a combination of two triads.

Earth- the ninth letter of the Old Slavonic alphabet, the meaning of which is presented as "land" or "country". Sometimes in sentences the letter-word Earth was used in such meanings as “land”, “country”, “people”, “land”, or this word meant the body of a person. Why is the letter named this way? Everything is very simple! After all, we all live on earth, in our own country, and belong to some nationality. Therefore, the word-letter Earth is a concept behind which the community of the people is hidden. And everything starts small, and ends with something big and immense. That is, in this letter he embodied the following phenomenon: each person is part of a family, each family belongs to a community, and each community in the aggregate represents a people who live in a certain territory called their native land. And these patches of land, which we call our native land, are united into a huge country where there is one God. However, in addition to a deeply philosophical meaning, a number is hidden in the letter Earth. This is the number 7 - seven, seven, seven. What can modern youth know about the number 7? Only that the seven brings good luck. However, for the ancient Slavs, the seven was a very significant number.

The number seven for the Slavs meant the number of spiritual perfection, on which God's seal lay. Moreover, we can see the seven almost everywhere in everyday life: a week consists of seven days, a musical alphabet of seven notes, etc. In religious books and scriptures, the number seven is also mentioned.

Izhe- a letter, the meaning of which can be expressed by the words "if", "if" and "when". The meaning of these words has not changed to this day, just in everyday life, modern Slavs use the synonyms Izhe: if and when. The number 10 corresponds to the same - ten, ten, decade, as we call this number today. Among the Slavs, the number ten is considered the third number, which denotes divine perfection and orderly completeness. If you turn to history and various sources, you will see that the ten has a deep religious and philosophical meaning:

* The 10 commandments are God's complete code, which reveals to us the basic rules of beneficence;
* 10 generations represent the full cycle of a family or nation;

Kako- the letter-word of the Slavic alphabet, which means "like" or "like". A simple example of the use of this word "how is he" today sounds simply "how is he". This word expresses the similarity of man with God. After all, God created man in his own image and likeness. The numerical characteristic of this letter corresponds to twenty.

People- a letter of the Slavic alphabet, which speaks for itself about the meaning that is inherent in it. The true meaning of the letter People was used to refer to people of any class, gender and gender. From this letter came such expressions as the human race, to live like a human being. But, perhaps, the most famous phrase that we still use today is "go out to the people", which meant going to the square for meetings and festivities. Thus, our ancestors worked for a whole week, and on Sunday, which was the only day off, they dressed up and went out to the square to "look at others and show yourself". The letter-word People corresponds to the number 30 - thirty.

Thinking- a very important letter-word, the true meaning of which means "think", "thinking", "think", "think" or, as our ancestors said, "think with the mind". For the Slavs, the word “think” meant not just sitting and thinking about eternity, spiritual communication with God was invested in this word. Thought is the letter that corresponds to the number 40 - forty. In Slavic thinking, the number 40 had a special meaning, because when they said “a lot”, the Slavs meant 40. Apparently, in ancient times this was the highest number. For example, remember the phrase "forty magpies". She says that the Slavs represented the number 40, as we do today, for example, the number 100 is one hundred. If we turn to the Holy Scriptures, then it is worth noting that the Slavs considered 40 to be another divine number, which denotes a certain period of time that the human soul passes from the moment of temptation to the moment of punishment. Hence the tradition on the 40th day after death to commemorate the deceased.

letter-word Our also speaks for itself. It has two meanings "our" and "brother". That is, this word expresses kinship or closeness in spirit. Synonyms for the true meaning of the letter were such words as “own”, “native”, “close” and "belonging to our family". Thus, the ancient Slavs divided all people into two castes: “ours” and “strangers”. letter-word Our has its own numerical value, which, as you probably already guessed, is 50 - fifty.

The next word in the alphabet is represented by the modern letter O, which in the Old Slavonic alphabet is denoted by the word He. The true meaning of this letter is "face". In addition to being a personal pronoun, He was used to refer to a person, person, or person. The number that corresponds to this word is 70 - seventy.

peace- the letter of the spirituality of the Slavic people. The true meaning of Peace lies in peace and quiet. A special peace of mind or spiritual harmony was invested in this letter. A person who does good deeds, has pure thoughts and respects the commandments, lives in harmony with himself. He does not need to pretend to anyone, because he is in harmony with himself. The number corresponding to the letter Peace is 80 - eighty.

Rtsy- this is the ancient Slavic letter, which we know today as the letter R. Of course, if you ask a simple modern person if he knows what this word means, you are unlikely to hear an answer. Nevertheless, the letter-word Rtsy was well known to those who held in their hands or saw the first Slavic alphabet on the walls of churches. The true meaning of Rtsy lies in such words as “you will speak”, “you will say”, “you will express” and other words that are close in meaning. For example, the expression "Rets of Wisdom" stands for "Speak Wise Words". This word was often used in ancient writings, but today its meaning has lost its significance for a modern person. The numerical value of Rtsy is 100 - one hundred.

Word- a letter about which we can say that it is she who gives the name of our entire speech. Since man invented the word, the surrounding objects have received their names, and people have ceased to be a faceless mass and have received names. In the Slavic alphabet, the Word has many synonyms: legend, speech, sermon. All these synonyms were often used in the preparation of both official letters and writing scholarly treatises. In colloquial speech, this letter is also widely used. The numerical analogue of the letter Word is 200 - two hundred.

The next letter of the alphabet is known to us today as the letter T, but the ancient Slavs knew it as a letter-word Firmly. As you understand, the true meaning of this letter speaks for itself, and it means "solid" or "true". It is from this letter that the famous expression came "Stand by my word". This means that a person clearly understands what he is saying and affirms the correctness of his thoughts and words. Such firmness is the destiny of either very wise people or complete fools. However, the letter Firmly indicated that a person who said something or did something felt right. If we talk about the numerical self-affirmation of the letter Firmly, then it is worth saying that the number 300 corresponds to it - three hundred.

Ok- another letter in the alphabet, which today has transformed into the letter U. Of course, it is difficult for an unknowing person to understand what this word means, but the Slavs knew it as "law". Ouk was often used in the meaning of "decree", "fasten", "lawyer", "indicate", "fasten", etc. Most often, this letter was used to denote government decrees, laws adopted by officials, and was rarely used in a spiritual context.

Completes a galaxy of "higher" letters of the alphabet firth. This unusual letter-word means nothing more than glory, top, top. But this concept is not addressed to human glory, which denotes the fame of any person, but gives the glory of eternity. Please note that Firth is the logical ending of the "higher" part of the alphabet and represents a conditional ending. But this end gives us food for thought that there is still an eternity that we must glorify. Firth's numerical value is 500 - five hundred.

Having considered the upper part of the alphabet, one can state the fact that it is a secret message to posterity. "Where is it seen?" - you ask. And now you try to read all the letters, knowing their true meaning. If you take several subsequent letters, then phrases-edifications are added:

* Lead + The verb means "lead the teaching";
* Rtsy + Word + Can be firmly understood as a phrase "Speak the True Word";
* Solid + Ouk can be interpreted as "strengthen the law".

If you look at other letters, you can also find the secret script that our ancestors left behind.

Have you ever wondered why the letters in the alphabet are in this order, and not some other? The order of the "higher" part of the Cyrillic letters can be considered from two positions.

Firstly, the fact that each letter-word is formed into a meaningful phrase with the next one may mean a non-random pattern that was invented to quickly memorize the alphabet.

Secondly, the Old Slavonic alphabet can be considered from the point of view of numbering. That is, each letter is also a number. Moreover, all letters-numbers are arranged in ascending order. So, the letter A - “az” corresponds to one, B - 2, G - 3, D - 4, E - 5, and so on up to ten. The letter K begins with tens, which are listed here in the same way as units: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 70, 80 and 100.

In addition, many scientists have noticed that the outlines of the letters of the "higher" part of the alphabet are graphically simple, beautiful and convenient. They perfectly suited cursive writing, and the person did not experience any difficulties in depicting these letters. And many philosophers see in the numerical arrangement of the alphabet the principle of the triad and spiritual harmony, which a person achieves, striving for goodness, light and truth.

Literal truth, the "lower" part of the alphabet

Good cannot exist without evil. Therefore, the "lower" part of the Old Slavonic alphabet is the embodiment of everything vile and evil that is in man. So, let's get acquainted with the letters of the "lower" part of the alphabet, which do not have a numerical value. By the way, pay attention, there are not many, not few 13!

The "lower" part of the alphabet begins with the letter Sha. The true meaning of this letter can be expressed in such words as "trash", "insignificance" or "liar". Often in sentences they were used to indicate the whole lowland of a person who was called shabala, which means a liar and idler. Another word derived from the letter Sha is shabendat, which means to fuss over trifles. And especially vile people were called the word "shaveren", that is, trash or an insignificant person.

A letter very similar to Sha is the following letter shcha. What associations do you have when you hear this letter? But our ancestors used this letter in the case when they talked about vanity or mercy, however, only one word can be chosen as a root synonym for the letter Scha "mercilessly". For example, a simple Old Slavonic phrase "betray without mercy". Its modern meaning can be expressed in the phrase "mercilessly betray".

yer. In ancient times, thieves, swindlers and rogues were called Yerami. Today we know this letter as Ъ. Er is not endowed with any numerical value, like the other twelve letters of the lower part of the alphabet.

era- this is a letter that has survived to this day and flaunts in our alphabet, like Y. As you understand, it also has an impartial meaning and denotes a drunkard, because, in ancient times, revelers and drunkards who hung around idle were called erigs. In fact, there were people who did not work, but only walked and drank intoxicating drinks. They were in great disfavor with the whole community and were often stoned.

Yer represents b in the modern alphabet, but the meaning of this letter is unknown to many contemporaries. Yer had several meanings: “heresy”, “heretic”, “enemy”, “sorcerer” and “renegade”. If this letter appeared in the meaning "renegade", then the person was called "erik". In other definitions, a person was called a "heretic".

Yat- this is the letter to which the synonym "accept" is most suitable. In Old Church Slavonic texts, it was most often used as "to have" and "yatny". Amazing words, especially for modern people. Although I think some of the slang words used by our teenagers, and the ancient Slavs would not understand. "Have" was used in the context of catching or taking. “Yatny” was used in Old Slavonic texts when they talked about something accessible or an easily achievable goal.

Yu [y]- the letter of sorrow and sorrow. Its root meaning is a bitter lot and an unhappy fate. The Slavs called a bad fate a vale. From the same letter came the word holy fool, which means an insane person. The holy fools in the alphabet were designated exclusively from a negative point of view, but one should not forget who the holy fools were originally.

[AND I- a letter that does not have a name, but a deep and awesome meaning is hidden in it. The true meaning of this letter is several concepts, such as "exile", "outcast" or "torture". Both an exile and an outcast are synonyms for one concept that has deep ancient Russian roots. Behind this word was an unfortunate person who fell out of the social environment and does not fit into the existing society. It is interesting that in the ancient Russian state there was such a thing as "prince-outcast". Outcast princes are people who have lost their inheritance due to the premature death of relatives who did not have time to transfer their possessions to them.

[I]E- another letter of the "lower" part of the alphabet, which does not have a name. The ancient Slavs had completely unpleasant associations with this letter, because it meant "torment" and "torment". Often this letter was used in the context of eternal torment experienced by sinners who do not recognize the laws of God and do not keep the 10 commandments.

Two more interesting letters of the Old Slavonic alphabet Yus small and Yus big. They are very similar in form and meaning. Let's take a look at what their difference is.

Yus small shaped like tied hands. The most interesting thing is that the root meaning of this letter is “bonds”, “fetters”, “chains”, “knots” and words similar in meaning. Often Yus small was used in texts as a symbol of punishment and was denoted by such words: bonds and knots.

Yus big was a symbol of a dungeon or prison, as a more severe punishment for atrocities committed by a person. It is interesting that in form this letter was similar to a dungeon. Most often in ancient Slavic texts you can find this letter in the form of the word prison, which meant prison or prison. The derivative of these two letters are the letters Iotov yus small and Iotov yus big. The graphic image of Iotov Yus small in Cyrillic is similar to the image of Yus small, however, in the Glagolitic these two letters have completely different forms. The same can be said about Iotov Yus big and Yus big. What is the secret of such a striking difference?

After all, the semantic meaning that we know about today is very similar for these letters, and is a logical chain. Let's look at each graphic image of these four letters in the Glagolitic alphabet.

Yus small, denoting bonds or fetters, is depicted in the Glagolitic in the form of a human body, on whose hands and feet, as it were, shackles are put on. Yus small is followed by Iotov yus small, which means imprisonment, imprisonment of a person in a dungeon or jail. This letter is depicted in the Glagolitic alphabet as some substance similar to a cell. What happens next? And then comes Yus big, which is a symbol of the dungeon and is depicted in the Glagolitic as a twisted figure. Surprisingly, after Yus the big is Iotov yus the big, which means execution, and his graphic image in the Glagolitic is nothing more than a gallows.

And now let's consider separately the semantic meanings of these four letters and their graphic analogies. Their meaning can be displayed in a simple phrase that indicates a logical sequence: first, fetters are put on a person, then they are imprisoned, and finally, execution is the logical conclusion of punishment. What is the result of this simple example? And it turns out that when creating the “lower” part of the alphabet, they also put a certain hidden meaning into it and ordered all the signs according to a certain logical attribute. If you look at all thirteen letters of the lower row of the alphabet, you will see that they are a conditional admonition to the Slavic people. Combining all thirteen letters by meaning, we get the following phrase: “Insignificant liars, thieves, swindlers, drunkards and heretics will take a bitter fate - they will be tortured by outcasts, shackled in shackles, thrown into prison and executed!” Thus, an edification is given to the Slavs that all sinners will be punished.

In addition, graphically, all the letters of the "lower" part are much more difficult to reproduce than the letters of the first half of the alphabet, and it is immediately striking that many of them do not have a name and numerical identification.

The most interesting thing is that the letters X - Kher and W - Omega stand in the center of the alphabet and are enclosed in a circle, which, you see, expresses their superiority over the rest of the letters of the alphabet. The right side of these letters is a reflection of the left side, thus emphasizing their polarity. The letter X stands for the Universe, and even its numerical value 600 - six hundred corresponds to the word "cosmos".

Considering the letter W, which corresponds to the number 800 - eight hundred, I would like to focus on the fact that it stands for the word "faith". Thus, these two letters, circled, symbolize faith in God, they are an image of the fact that somewhere in the Universe there is a cosmic sphere where the Lord lives, who determined the fate of man from beginning to end.

In addition, a special meaning was put into the letter Kher, which can be reflected in the word "cherub" or "ancestor". Slavic words derived from the letter Kher have only a positive meaning: cherub, heroism, which means heroism, heraldry (respectively, heraldry), etc.

In turn, Omega, on the contrary, meant final, end or death. This word has many derivatives, so "omega" means eccentric, and disgusting means something very bad.

Thus, Kher and Omega, enclosed in a circle, were the symbol of this circle. Look at their meanings: start and end. But a circle is a line that has neither beginning nor end. However, at the same time, it is both the beginning and the end.

There are two more letters in this “enchanted” circle, which we know in the Old Slavonic alphabet as Tsy and Worm. The most interesting thing is that these letters have a dual meaning in the Old Slavonic alphabet.

So the positive meaning of Tsy can be expressed in the words church, kingdom, king, caesar, cycle, and in many more synonymous words for these meanings. At the same time, the letter Tsy meant both the kingdom of the earth and the kingdom of heaven. At the same time, it was used with a negative connotation. For example, “poop!” - shut up, stop talking; “tsiryukat” - scream, wail and “tsyba”, which meant an unstable thin-legged person and was considered an insult.

The letter Worm also has both positive and negative features. From this letter came such words as chernets, that is, a monk; forehead, bowl, child, person, etc. All the negativity that could be splashed out with this letter can be expressed in such words as a worm - a base, reptile creature, a worm - a belly, a devil - an offspring and others.

The Proto-Slavic alphabet is the first textbook in the history of modern civilization. A person who has read and understood an elementary message not only masters the universal method of storing information, but also acquires the ability to transfer accumulated knowledge, i.e. becomes a teacher.

From the editor. To what has been said, it must be added that the basis of the Russian alphabet is two varieties of the Old Slavonic alphabet: the Glagolitic alphabet, or trade letter, and holy Russian images, or the alphabet. Evidence of ancient tales and chronicles, notes of foreign travelers, archeological data allow us to assert that writing in Russia existed long before the advent of Christianity. Apparently, Cyril and Methodius created their own alphabet on the basis of ancient Slavic writing with the addition of Greek-Byzantine letters for the convenience of translating Christian texts.

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The second letter of the alphabet is not "beeches", but "Gods".
This alphabet cannot be “invented” by a person, even by such supposedly saints as Cyril and Methodius. Allegedly - because a holy person will never throw out from the Divine alphabet given to a person from above, the key word is the word "GOD" and will not replace it with the faceless "BUKI".
Az gods know. The verb is good…
AZ (man) KNOWS GOD, THE VERB IS GOOD, WHICH IS LIFE (EXISTENCE).
Etc.
In addition, Cyril and Methodius threw out a few initial letters from the alphabet, that is, they intervened in God's creation.
That's why I call them "supposed saints".
The Old Slavonic alphabet is all saturated with God.
The alphabet of Cyril and Methodius is saturated with knowledge. But knowledge without God is dead. That is why the Orthodox Church has been stalling in Russia for so many centuries, because its foundations have been distorted.

The law on forced digitization of the population was adopted in the second reading on March 14 http://katyusha.org/view?id=11657. The meaning of the law is to assign an identifier number (SNILS) to each citizen as a condition for the exercise of any rights in relations with the state.

Our fellow citizens fought against this bill even after the 1st reading in 2016 (http://children-petersburg.rf/news/?newsid=1147), the law was slowed down for a couple of years. But the lobbyists of the electronic concentration camp carried out another attack and famously passed the law in the second reading. 333 deputies voted “For” (http://vote.duma.gov.ru/vote/107221 ). We invite everyone to urgently send telegrams or complaints against the law to the maximum number of deputies, members of the Federation Council, the President, the Patriarch (addresses below).

The state policy of recent months in the social sphere causes the deepest disappointment and protest in society (pension reform, VAT increase, the prohibition of "disrespect" of the authorities, anti-family projects). However, draft law No. 1072874-6 “On Amending the Federal Law “On Individual (Personalized) Accounting in the Compulsory Pension Insurance System” and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation” (http://sozd.duma.gov.ru/bill / 1072874-6), adopted on March 14, 2019 by the State Duma of the Russian Federation in the second reading. This law grossly violates the constitutional rights of citizens.

1. Forced assignment of personal identification numbers to citizens.

The law, which is being amended, - "On Individual (Personalized) Accounting in the System of Compulsory Pension Insurance" (No. 27-FZ), as can be seen from the title, concerns the registration of citizens in "pension insurance". However, the text of the bill speaks of a completely different area: “This Federal Law establishes the legal basis and principles for organizing individual (personalized) registration of information about citizens of the Russian Federation, foreign citizens permanently or temporarily residing (staying) in the territory of the Russian Federation and stateless persons in order to ensure realization of their rights in the system of compulsory pension insurance, as well as for the purpose of providing state and municipal services and performing state and municipal functions”.

That is, it is planned to expand the scope of the law to take into account citizens in all (and not just in pension) relations with the state. Such a deceitful trick was needed by the authorities solely to promote the anti-people initiative to assign numbers to citizens - identifiers.

This is done in the following way.

Initially, only "insured citizens" appeared in the law for the purposes of pension insurance. Now an additional (or rather the main new) category is being introduced into the law - “registered citizens” - these are “individuals who have an individual personal account opened in the individual accounting system ... also in order to provide state. and municipal services and performance of state and municipal functions” (Article 1). Absolutely everyone in Russia becomes such citizens, since the interaction of citizens with state structures begins from birth.

Moreover, if, under the current law, “individual accounting” is conducted only for the implementation of pension rights, then under the new law, also for the “provision of state. and municipal services and (or) the execution of state. and municipal functions ..., including using the insurance number of an individual personal account as an identifier of information about an individual” (Article 1). SNILS according to the new law is “a unique number of an individual personal account used to process information about an individual in the system of individual (personalized) accounting, and also used to identify and authenticate information about an individual when providing state. and municipal services and execution of state. and municipal functions.

SNILS becomes a permanent, irreplaceable personal (unique) number - an identifier of a citizen, since all information relating to a citizen is collected exclusively under this number.

At the same time, according to the draft Art. 6 SNILS is assigned both at the request of a citizen, and forcibly upon any application of a citizen for the provision of public services, regardless of the request of a citizen (the body providing the service sends information to the FIU).

According to the draft law, “the information contained in an individual personal account is systematically refined and supplemented, including on the basis of information received from the bodies providing state. and municipal services, other organizations” (clause 6, article 6).

As you can see, the use of a unique number to identify a citizen is laid down not only in relations with state bodies, but also with ordinary organizations (including commercial ones). The use of personal accounts for information exchange with any organizations is also directly stated in the article on the goals of the bill (Article 3). Interdepartmental exchange of data on citizens is planned to be carried out using the “identifier of information about an individual” (new version of Article 7.2 of the Federal Law “On the organization of the provision of state and municipal services”).

There is a fundamental change in the document on SNILS. Such a document as an “insurance certificate of compulsory pension insurance” is completely canceled, instead a new “document confirming registration in the system of individual (personalized) accounting, incl. in the form of an electronic document”, which will serve as a numbered personal identifier, gradually replacing the passport. With regard to certificates already issued to citizens, a rule is introduced on equating them with new documents (Article 7 of the draft).

Without the use of an identification document, a citizen will not be able to work or receive state (municipal) services, since the new edition directly gives any bodies providing services the right to demand such a document from a citizen (paragraph 3, part 2, article 14 of the Federal Law No. 27- FZ). In other words, neither enrollment in educational institutions, nor appeals to healthcare organizations, nor the receipt of social benefits, benefits will be impossible without the use of a citizen's numbered identifier - SNILS.

Attempts by representatives of the authorities to justify themselves by saying that the number is assigned not to a citizen, but to an account, are frankly false and ridiculous.

It is enough to open on the website of the State Duma of the Russian Federation the CONCLUSION OF THE DUMA COMMITTEE on labor, social policy and veterans' affairs, which explicitly states that the current law “does not contain provisions that allow full use of SNILS to identify citizens .... SNILS is proposed to be legally fixed as an IDENTIFIER of an INDIVIDUAL in the provision of state and municipal services.

It is no coincidence that in paragraph 1 of Art. 36.19 of the Federal Law of May 7, 1998 N 75-FZ "On Non-State Pension Funds" stated that "The Fund opens for each insured person a funded pension account with a permanent insurance number, which was assigned to the insured person by the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation when registering the insured person in the system mandatory pension insurance.

What is an "identifier"? “Identifier, ID (English data name, identifier - identifier) is a unique feature of an object that allows you to distinguish it from other objects, i.e. identify" (Wikipedia). The identifier is currently the name of a person, which allows him to be individualized. According to paragraph 1 of Art. 19 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation "a citizen acquires and exercises rights and obligations under his own name, including the surname and first name, as well as patronymic." According to paragraph 1 of Art. 150 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation "personal dignity, honor and good name ..., other intangible benefits that belong to a citizen from birth or by virtue of law, are inalienable and non-transferable in any other way." It is the name that should be, by virtue of the law, an individualizing characteristic (identifier) of a citizen.

It is worth recalling that at the Nuremberg trials, the international military tribunal, among other crimes of fascism, recognized the practice of assigning numbers to people as a crime against humanity that does not have a statute of limitations. Therefore, bills that involve the identification of citizens through a numbered identifier are criminal, they detract from human dignity, and violate the inalienable right of a person to a name.

But according to part 1 of Art. 21 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation “The dignity of the individual is protected by the state. Nothing can be grounds for belittling him." Therefore, the bill grossly violates the provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

2. Violation of all basic social rights of citizens.

According to the Constitution of the Russian Federation “The rights and freedoms of man and citizen are directly applicable. They determine the meaning, content and application of laws, the activities of the legislative and executive authorities ... ”(Article 18). “Everyone is guaranteed social security ...” (Part 1, Article 39). According to part 1 of Art. 43 "Everyone has the right to education." According to Art. 41 of the Constitution "Everyone has the right to health care and medical care."

“Everyone” means, regardless of whether he has a personal identification number. According to part 1 of Art. 45 of the Constitution "State. protection of human and civil rights and freedoms in the Russian Federation is guaranteed.” According to part 2 of Art. 55 of the Constitution "in the Russian Federation laws should not be issued that abolish or diminish the rights and freedoms of man and citizen."

Nevertheless, the new law excludes the interaction of a citizen and the state in the event that a citizen does not have a personal identification number, completely throwing him out of the system of social benefits, depriving him of all social rights enshrined in the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The adoption of such a law is a gross violation of the Constitution of the country.

3. The law grossly violates the right of Orthodox Christians to freely practice their religion (Article 28 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation).

Orthodox citizens in the majority do not accept number identification, since they regard it as an unacceptable substitution of a Christian name from the point of view of faith.

An attempt by a number of officials to justify themselves by saying that “your name remains with you” is slyness. The essence of the substitution lies in the fact that it is the number that becomes the main sign for identifying a person, that is, in fact, a person is deprived of a name in order to exercise rights and obligations in the social sphere, to perform legally significant actions in relations with the state. A person who has a surname, name, patronymic, in relations with the state is identified (= named) by the number (SNILS), and forced to agree with it (against his will), because otherwise he is completely deprived of social benefits.

The validity of these concerns is confirmed by the regulatory framework. Thus, the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2017 N 181 approved the Regulation "On the unified state information system of social security" (EGISSO). This act fixed that the identification of citizens in the EGISSO is carried out on the basis of SNILS. SNILS not only comes first in the list of data about a citizen (clause 1.1.), But also, as an "identifier" for the future, takes out the last name, first name, patronymic, since the latter are entered into the USISSO system exclusively "for the initial verification of information about the citizen" (see 1.2).

As noted in the Position of the Russian Orthodox Church in connection with the development of technologies for recording and processing personal data, adopted by the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church on February 4, 2013: “The Church considers unacceptable any form of forcing citizens to use electronic identifiers, automated means of collecting, processing and recording personal data personal confidential information. The realization of the right to access social benefits without electronic documents must be provided with material, technical, organizational and, if necessary, legal guarantees.”

In response to the appeal of the Patriarch on this issue, the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation in 2014 gave the following answer: “Any form of forcing people to use electronic personal identifiers, automated means of collecting, processing and recording personal data, personal confidential information is unacceptable” (letter of 01/22/2014 year No. A6-403 Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, Head of the GPU of the President of the Russian Federation L. Brycheva; http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/3561086.html).

4. Vague norms of the law that encroach on privacy.

According to the draft law, “the general part of an individual personal account is an integral part of an individual personal account, which reflects the insurance number of an individual personal account, information about a registered person, information about periods of work ..., other information in accordance with this Federal Law.”

This provision provides for the possibility of entering vague “information about a registered person” into the electronic database. What is meant? Information, not only directly mentioned in the law? In this form, this law is no different from the bill on the so-called. "The contingent of students", vetoed by the President due to the uncertainty of the rules on the list of information collected in the databases. This provision of the law violates the norms on privacy (Articles 23, 24 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation), as well as the principles of the Federal Law of the Russian Federation "On Personal Data" on the inadmissibility of information in one database of personal data, the processing of which is carried out for purposes incompatible with each other ( part 3 article 5)

5. Violation of the country's strategic documents.

5.1. In sub. "e" p. 40 of the Strategy for the Development of the Information Society in the Russian Federation for 2017 - 2030 (approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 9, 2017 No. 203) provides for the "development of technologies for electronic interaction between citizens, organizations, state bodies, local authorities along while maintaining the possibility of interaction between citizens and these organizations and bodies without the use of information technology.” The law grossly undermines the right of citizens to interact with state bodies in the traditional manner without the use of electronic number identifiers, since it implies the mandatory assignment of a number to a citizen and the electronic transfer of his personal data upon any fact of a citizen applying for a public service.

However, according to paragraph 2 of part 1 of Art. 6 of the Federal Law No. 210-FZ “bodies providing public services and bodies providing municipal services are required to: ... ensure that the applicant can receive state. or municipal services in electronic form, unless prohibited by law, as well as in other forms provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation, at the choice of the applicant. The new law deprives citizens of these rights, since it directly establishes the obligation of a citizen to submit a numbered identifier to the body providing public services at the request of the body!

5.2. According to the National Strategy security (approved by Presidential Decree No. 683) “the strategic goals of ensuring nat. security in the field of improving the quality of life of Russian citizens are ... the satisfaction of the material, social and spiritual needs of citizens.

According to paragraph 115 "The main indicators necessary to assess the state of national security are the satisfaction of citizens with the degree of protection of their constitutional rights and freedoms, personal and property interests."

Depriving citizens who do not accept a number identifier of many constitutional rights is a violation of these provisions; and taking into account the fact that in the Russian Federation about 75% of the Orthodox, is a real threat to national security.

We demand to reject the anti-people bill No. 1072874-6 “On Amending the Federal Law “On Individual (Personalized) Accounting in the System of Compulsory Pension Insurance” and certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation (on expanding the areas of using the information base of individual (personalized) accounting)”.

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Addresses here:

Write to Chairman of the State Duma V. Volodin, Chairman of the Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs Ya. E. Nilov https://priemnaya.parliament.gov.ru/message/

Write to the Chairman of the Federation Council V. Matvienko http://pisma.council.gov.ru/

You can write to the President here: 103132, MOSCOW, UL. ILYINKA, 23; or here http://letters.kremlin.ru/

In addition, we urgently need to write to the Patriarch, who has repeatedly spoken out against the introduction of unified digital identifiers. Sample text of a brief appeal: “

Your Holiness! We ask you to protect the flock from the adoption of the anti-people anti-Christian bill No. 1072874-6 “On Amending the Federal Law “On Individual (Personalized) Accounting in the System of Compulsory Pension Insurance” and certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation (on expanding the areas of using the information base of individual (personalized) accounting) and oppose the bill!

Write to the Patriarch: 119334, Moscow, Andreevskaya embankment, 2 or

For more complete options for appeals, see here http://www.children-petersburg.rf/News/?newsid=1393

Press Service of the Public Commissioner for Family Protection

Consider the first three letters of the alphabet - Az, Buki, Vedi.
Az - "I". Beeches (beeches) - letters, letters. Lead (vede) - "learned", the perfect past tense from "lead" - know, know.
Combining the acrophonic names of the first three letters of the ABC, we get the following phrase: Az, Buki, Vedi - I know the letters. Combined into phrases and all subsequent letters of the ABC:
A verb is a "word", and not only spoken, but also written.
Good - "property, acquired wealth."
There is (naturally) - 3rd l. units hours from the verb "to be".
The verb is good: the word is wealth.
Live (instead of the second "and" the letter "yat" was previously written, it was pronounced live) - imperative mood, plural of "live" - "live in labor, and not vegetate."
Zelo (transmitted the combination dz = voiced c) - "zealously, with zeal."
Earth - "planet Earth and its inhabitants, earthlings."
And -conjunction "and".
Izhe - "those who, they are."
Kako - "as", "like". Humans are "reasonable beings".
Live green, earth, and like people: live hard, earthlings, and as befits people.
Think (it was written with the letter "yat", pronounced "think", just like "live") - imperative mood, plural from "think, comprehend with the mind".
Nash - "our" in the usual sense.
On - "one" in the meaning of "one, one".
Chambers (peace) - "the basis (of the universe)". Compare "to rest" - "to be based on ...".
Think of our peace: comprehend our universe. Rtsy (rtsi) - imperative mood: "speak, utter, read aloud." Compare "speech". The word is "transmitting knowledge". Firmly - "confidently, with conviction."
Rtsy word firmly - carry knowledge with conviction.
Uk - the basis of knowledge, doctrine. Wed science, teach, skill, custom.
Fert, f (b) rt - “fertilizes.” The alphabet recorded the difference between the sounds “p” and “f”, as well as their voiced counterparts “b” and “c”. In the Middle Ages, the South Europeans who pronounced “f” instead of “ n”, in Russia they were called friags precisely because of the peculiarities of speech: this, for example, distinguished the southern Franks from the northern Prussians, the Thracians from the Persians, etc.
Kher - "divine, given from above." Compare German Negg (lord, God), Greek "hiero-" (divine), English, hero (hero), as well as the Russian name of God - Khors.
Uk furt Kher: knowledge fertilizes the Almighty, knowledge is a gift from God.
Tsy (qi, tsti) - "sharpen, penetrate, delve into, dare."
Worm (worm) - "he who sharpens, penetrates."
Sh(t)a (Sh, Shch) - "what" in the meaning of "to".
Ъ, Ь (еръ / еръ, ъръ) - are variants of one letter, meaning an indefinite short vowel close to e.
The rolling sound “r” is pronounced with the obligatory initial aspiration (initial “b”) and echo (final “b”). , Sun. In all likelihood, "Ъръ" is one of the most ancient words of modern civilization, cf. the Egyptian Ra - the Sun, God.
The word “time” itself contains the same root, since the initial “v” developed precisely from “ъ”. Many native Russian words contain this root, for example: morning - “from the Sun” (root ut-from there, there); evening (vek-r) - “the age of Ra, the expiring time of the Sun.” In the sense of “space, the Universe”, the Russian “frame” comes from the same root. The word “paradise” means: “many Suns” = “abode of the gods (God Ra )”. The self-name of the gypsies "rum, roma" - "free (th)", "God in me", "I am the Universe", hence the Indian Rama. In the sense of "light, luminary, source of light": the cry "Hurrah!" means - "to the Sun!", bright - "similar to sunlight", "rainbow", etc. In the ABC, in all likelihood, the word "bp (a)" is in the genitive case with the meaning of "Existing".
Yus (yus small) - “light, old Russian yas.” In modern Russian, the root “yas” is preserved, for example, in the word “clear”.
Yat (yati) - "to comprehend, to have." Wed withdraw, take, etc.
Tsy, worm, shta bra yus yati! It stands for: “Dare, sharpen, worm, in order to comprehend the light of existence!”

The combination of the above phrases makes up the alphabetical Message:
Az Buki Vede Verb Good Live Live Zelo Earth And Like What People Think Our He's Peace Rtsy Word Firmly Uk Furt Kher Tsy Worm Shta Ъra Yus Yati.
In modern translation it sounds like this:
Option one:
I know the letters: a letter is a treasure. Work hard
earthlings, as befits reasonable people - comprehend the universe!
Carry the word with conviction: knowledge is a gift from God!
Dare, delve into, so that the Light of Existence can be comprehended!
Another variant:
Az Buki Vedi - I know God. Az is the basis, the beginning, I. I - my world begins with me. And now I am the last letter of the alphabet. The basis of everything is the knowledge of God and one's ancestors, that is, one's parents, one's roots.
Verb Good - speak, do good. Remember Pushkin: "Burn people's hearts with the verb." A verb is both a word and a deed at the same time. I say, I do. And I do good.
Good is Life - only good creates life.
Live green earth. - live by the earth, she is our nurse.
And what people think - it is our peace. Those. as you people think, so is your world.
Rci word firmly. Speak the word firmly. Said - done.

I Know God.
I speak and do good.
Good Is Life.
Live by the Earth, she is our nurse.
And as we people think, so is our world.

An article dedicated to the secret of the Slavic alphabet invites you to plunge into the world of our ancestors and get acquainted with the message embedded in the alphabet. Your attitude to the ancient message may be ambiguous, but it is safe to say that after reading the article you will look at the alphabet with different eyes.

The Old Slavonic alphabet got its name from a combination of two letters “az” and “beeches”, which denoted the first letters of the alphabet A and B. An interesting fact is that the Old Slavonic alphabet was graffiti, i.e. graffiti scrawled on the walls. The first Old Slavonic letters appeared on the walls of churches in Pereslavl around the 9th century. And by the 11th century, ancient graffiti appeared in St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv. It was on these walls that the letters of the alphabet were indicated in several styles, and below was the interpretation of the letter-word.

In 1574, an important event took place, which contributed to a new round in the development of Slavic writing. The first printed "Azbuka" appeared in Lvov, which was seen by Ivan Fedorov - the man who printed it.

ABC structure

If you look back, you will see that Cyril and Methodius created not just an alphabet, they opened a new path for the Slavic people, leading to the perfection of man on earth and the triumph of a new faith. If you look at historical events, the difference between which is only 125 years, you will understand that in fact the path of establishing Christianity in our land is directly related to the creation of the Slavic alphabet. Indeed, literally in one century, the Slavic people eradicated archaic cults and adopted a new faith. The connection between the creation of the Cyrillic alphabet and the adoption of Christianity today is beyond doubt. The Cyrillic alphabet was created in 863, and already in 988, Prince Vladimir officially announced the introduction of Christianity and the overthrow of primitive cults.

Studying the Old Slavonic alphabet, many scientists come to the conclusion that in fact the first "ABC" is a cryptography that has a deep religious and philosophical meaning, and most importantly, that it is built in such a way that it is a complex logical and mathematical organism. In addition, comparing many finds, the researchers came to the conclusion that the first Slavic alphabet was created as a holistic invention, and not as a creation that was created in parts by adding new letter forms. It is also interesting that most of the letters of the Old Slavonic alphabet are letters-numbers. Moreover, if you look at the entire alphabet, you will see that it can be conditionally divided into two parts, which are fundamentally different from each other. In this case, we will conditionally call the first half of the alphabet the “higher” part, and the second “lower”. The upper part includes letters from A to F, i.e. from "az" to "fert" and is a list of letter-words that carry a meaning understandable to the Slav. The lower part of the alphabet begins with the letter "sha" and ends with "izhitsa". The letters of the lower part of the Old Slavonic alphabet do not have a numerical value, unlike the letters of the higher part, and carry a negative connotation.

In order to understand the secret writing of the Slavic alphabet, it is necessary not only to skim through it, but to read each letter-word. After all, each letter-word contains a semantic core that Konstantin put into it.

Literal truth, the highest part of the alphabet

Az- this is the initial letter of the Slavic alphabet, which denotes the pronoun I. However, its fundamental meaning is the word “originally”, “begin” or “beginning”, although in everyday life the Slavs most often used Az in the context of the pronoun. Nevertheless, in some Old Church Slavonic writings one can find Az, which meant "one", for example, "I'll go to Vladimir". Or "starting from the basics" meant "starting from the beginning." Thus, with the beginning of the alphabet, the Slavs denoted the entire philosophical meaning of being, where without beginning there is no end, without darkness there is no light, and without good there is no evil. At the same time, the main emphasis in this is placed on the duality of the dispensation of the world. Actually, the alphabet itself is built on the principle of duality, where it is conditionally divided into two parts: the highest and the lowest, positive and negative, the part located at the beginning and the part that is at the end. Moreover, do not forget that Az has a numerical value, which is expressed by the number 1. Among the ancient Slavs, the number 1 was the beginning of all that is beautiful. Today, studying Slavic numerology, we can say that the Slavs, like other peoples, divided all numbers into even and odd. At the same time, odd numbers were the embodiment of everything positive, kind and bright. In turn, even numbers represented darkness and evil. At the same time, the unit was considered the beginning of all beginnings and was very revered by the Slavic tribes. From the point of view of erotic numerology, it is believed that 1 is a phallic symbol, from which the continuation of the family begins. This number has several synonyms: 1 is one, 1 is one, 1 is times.

Beeches (Beeches) is the second letter in the alphabet. It has no numerical meaning, but it has no less deep philosophical meaning than Az. Beeches- means "to be", "will be" was most often used in turnovers in the future form. For example, “bodie” means “let it be”, and “bowdo”, as you probably already guessed, means “future, upcoming”. In this word, our ancestors expressed the future as an inevitability that could be both good and rosy, or gloomy and terrible. It is still unknown why Bukam Constantine did not give a numerical value, however, many scholars suggest that this is due to the duality of this letter. Indeed, by and large, it denotes the future, which each person imagines for himself in a rainbow light, but on the other hand, this word also denotes the inevitability of punishment for committed low deeds.

Lead- the most interesting letter of the Old Slavonic alphabet, which has a numerical value of 2. This letter has several meanings: to know, to know and to own. When Constantine invested in Lead this sense, he meant secret knowledge, knowledge - as the highest divine gift. If you fold Az, Beeches and Lead in one phrase, you get a phrase that means "I will know!". Thus, Constantine showed that a person who discovered the alphabet created by him would subsequently have some kind of knowledge. No less important is the numerical load of this letter. After all, 2 - two, two, a couple were not just numbers among the Slavs, they took an active part in magical rituals and in general were symbols of the duality of everything earthly and heavenly. The number 2 among the Slavs meant the unity of heaven and earth, the duality of human nature, good and evil, etc. In a word, the deuce was a symbol of the confrontation between the two sides, heavenly and earthly balance. Moreover, it is worth noting that the Slavs considered the deuce to be a devilish number and attributed to it a lot of negative properties, believing that it was the deuce that opens the number series of negative numbers that bring death to a person. That is why the birth of twins in Old Slavic families was considered a bad sign, which brought illness and misfortune to the family. In addition, among the Slavs, it was considered a bad sign to rock the cradle together, two people to dry themselves with one towel and generally perform any action together. Despite such a negative attitude towards the number 2, the Slavs recognized its magical power. So, for example, many rituals of exorcism were carried out with the help of two identical objects or with the participation of twins.

verb- a letter, the meaning of which is the performance of an action or the pronunciation of a speech. Synonyms of letters-words verb are: verb, speak, conversation, speech, and in some contexts the word verb was used in the meaning of "write". For example, the phrase “Let him give us a verb and a word, and a thought, and doing” means that “reasonable speech gives us both words, and thoughts, and deeds.” verb was always used only in a positive context, and its numerical value was the number 3 - three. The triple or triad, as our ancestors often called it, was considered a divine number.

Firstly, three is a symbol of spirituality and the unity of the soul with the Holy Trinity.
Secondly, the three / triad was an expression of the unity of heaven, earth and the underworld.
Thirdly, the triad symbolizes the completion of a logical sequence: beginning - middle - end.

And finally, the triad symbolizes the past, present and future.

If you look at most of the Slavic rituals and magical actions, you will see that they all ended with a triple repetition of a ritual. The simplest example is threefold baptism after prayer.

Good- the fifth letter in the Slavic alphabet, which is a symbol of purity and goodness. The true meaning of this word is "goodness, virtue." At the same time, in a letter Good Constantine invested not only purely human character traits, but also virtue, which all people who love the Heavenly Father must adhere to. Under Good scientists, first of all, see virtue in terms of a person's maintenance of religious canons, which symbolize the commandments of the Lord. For example, the Old Slavonic phrase: “Virtue and living true diligence” carries the meaning that a person must observe virtue in real life.

The numerical value of the letter Dobro is indicated by the number 4, i.e. four. What did the Slavs put into this number? First of all, the four symbolized the four elements: fire, water, earth and air, the four ends of the sacred cross, the four cardinal points and the four corners in the room. Thus, the four was a symbol of stability and even inviolability. Despite the fact that this is an even number, the Slavs did not treat it negatively, because it was it, together with the three, that gave the divine number 7.

One of the most versatile words of the Old Slavonic alphabet is There is. This word is denoted by such words as "is", "sufficiency", "presence", "inherence", "being", "nature", "nature" and other synonyms that express the meaning of these words. Surely, having heard this letter-word, many of us will immediately remember the phrase from the movie “Ivan Vasilyevich is changing his profession”, which has already become winged: “Az is the king!”. Using such a clear example, it is easy to understand that the person who said this phrase positions himself as a king, that is, the king is his real essence. Numerical letter puzzle There is hides in five. Five is one of the most controversial numbers in Slavic numerology. After all, it is both a positive and a negative number, as, probably, a figure that consists of a “divine” triad and a “satanic” two.

If we talk about the positive sides of the five, which is the numerical value of the letter There is, then, first of all, it should be noted that this number carries a great religious potential: in the Holy Scriptures, the five is a symbol of grace and mercy. The oil for the sacred anointing consisted of 5 parts, which included 5 ingredients, and in the implementation of the rite of "fumigation" 5 different ingredients are also used, such as: frankincense, stact, onych, levan and halvan.

live- letter-word, which is denoted today as a letter AND. The meaning of the meaning of this letter is quite simple and understandable and is expressed in such words as "living", "life" and "living". The wise Constantine put into this letter an understandable word for everyone, which meant the existence of all life on the planet, as well as the creation of new life. In many of his writings, Constantine showed that life is a great gift that a person possesses, and this gift should be directed towards doing good deeds. If you combine the meaning of the letter live with the meaning of the previous letters, then you will get the phrase conveyed by Constantine to the descendants: “I will know and say that goodness is inherent in all living things ...” The letter Live is not endowed with a numerical characteristic, and this remains another mystery that the great scientist left behind, philosopher, orator and linguist Konstantin.

Zelo- a letter that is a combination of two sounds [d] and [z]. The main meaning of this letter for the Slavs was in the words "strongly" and "strongly". The letter itself is the word Zelo was used in Old Slavonic writings as “green”, which meant strong, strong, very, very, and it could also often be found in a sentence as “green”, i.e. strong, strong or abundant. If we consider this letter in the context of the word "very", then we can cite as an example the lines of the great Russian poet Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, who wrote: "Now I must apologize to you for a long silence." In this expression, "severely apologize" can be easily paraphrased into the phrase "very sorry." Although the expression "change a lot" would also be appropriate here.

the sixth paragraph of the Lord's Prayer speaks of sin;
the sixth commandment speaks of the most terrible sin of man - murder;
the race of Cain ended with the sixth generation;
the notorious mythical serpent had 6 names;
the number of the devil is presented in all sources as three sixes "666".

Earth- the ninth letter of the Old Slavonic alphabet, the meaning of which is presented as "land" or "country". Sometimes in sentences a letter-word Earth was used in such meanings as “land”, “country”, “people”, “land”, or this word meant the body of a person. Why did Constantine name the letter in this way? Everything is very simple! After all, we all live on earth, in our own country, and belong to some nationality. Therefore, the word-letter Earth is a concept behind which the community of the people is hidden. And everything starts small, and ends with something big and immense. That is, Constantine in this letter embodied the following phenomenon: each person is part of a family, each family belongs to a community, and each community in the aggregate represents a people who live in a certain territory called their native land. And these patches of land, which we call our native land, are united into a huge country where there is one God. However, in addition to the deeply philosophical meaning in the letter Earth hides a number that is directly related to the life of Constantine himself. This is the number 7 - seven, seven, seven. What can modern youth know about the number 7? Only that the seven brings good luck. However, for the ancient Slavs, and in particular for Constantine, the seven was a very significant number.

Firstly Konstantin was the seventh child in the family.
Secondly, it was at the age of seven that Konstantin dreamed of the Beautiful Sophia. If you go a little deeper into history, then I want to talk about this dream. Sophia the Wise in the beliefs of the Byzantines was a deity like Athena among the ancient Greeks. Sophia was considered a symbol of Divine Wisdom and revered as the supreme deity. And then one day, seven-year-old Konstantin had a dream in which the Lord turned to him and said: "Choose any girl for your wife." At the same time, Konstantin examined all the girls in the city and saw Sophia, who in his dream appeared as a beautiful rosy-cheeked girl. He approached her, took her by the hand and led her to the Lord. Having told this dream to his father in the morning, he heard in response such words: “Keep, son, the law of your father and do not reject punishment from the hand of your mother, then you will speak wise words ...” The father gave this parting word to Konstantin, as a young man who enters righteous path. However, Constantine understood that in life there is not only a righteous or correct path, but also a path that lies in wait for those who do not honor the Divine commandments.

The number seven for the Slavs and Constantine in particular denoted the number of spiritual perfection, on which God's seal lay. Moreover, we can see the seven almost everywhere in everyday life: a week consists of seven days, a musical alphabet of seven notes, etc. In religious books and scriptures, the number seven is also mentioned.

Izhe- a letter, the meaning of which can be expressed by the words "if", "if" and "when". The meaning of these words has not changed to this day, it’s just that modern Slavs use synonyms in everyday life Izhe: if and when. Konstantin was more interested not in the verbal decoding of this letter-word, but in the numerical one. After all Izhe corresponds to the number 10 - ten, ten, decade, as we call this number today. Among the Slavs, the number ten is considered the third number, which denotes divine perfection and orderly completeness. If you turn to history and various sources, you will see that the ten has a deep religious and philosophical meaning:

The 10 commandments are God's complete code, which reveals to us the basic rules of beneficence;
10 generations represent the full cycle of a family or nation;
in the prayer "Our Father!" contains 10 moments that represent a complete cycle of acceptance of God, respect for the Almighty, a prayer for deliverance, and the logically final moment is the recognition of His eternity.

And this is only an incomplete cycle of references to the number 10 in various sources.

Kako- the letter-word of the Slavic alphabet, which means "like" or "like". A simple example of the use of this word "how is he" today sounds simply "like him." In this word, Constantine tried to express the similarity of man with God. After all, God created man in his own image and likeness. The numerical characteristic of this letter corresponds to twenty.

People- the letter of the Slavic alphabet, which speaks for itself about the meaning that is inherent in it. The true meaning of the letter People used to refer to people of any class, gender and gender. From this letter came such expressions as the human race, to live like a human being. But, perhaps, the most famous phrase that we still use today is “go out to the people”, which meant going to the square for meetings and festivities. Thus, our ancestors worked for a whole week, and on Sunday, which was the only day off, they dressed up and went out to the square to “look at others and show themselves”. Letter-word People corresponds to the number 30 - thirty.

Thinking- a very important letter-word, the true meaning of which means “think”, “thinking”, “thinking”, “thinking” or, as our ancestors said, “thinking with the mind”. For the Slavs, the word “think” meant not just sitting and thinking about eternity, spiritual communication with God was invested in this word. Thinking- this is the letter that corresponds to the number 40 - forty. In Slavic thinking, the number 40 had a special meaning, because when they said “a lot”, the Slavs meant 40. Apparently, in ancient times this was the highest number. For example, remember the phrase "forty forty". She says that the Slavs represented the number 40, as we do today, for example, the number 100 is one hundred. If we turn to the Holy Scriptures, then it is worth noting that the Slavs considered 40 to be another divine number, which denotes a certain period of time that the human soul passes from the moment of temptation to the moment of punishment. Hence the tradition on the 40th day after death to commemorate the deceased.

letter-word Our also speaks for itself. Konstantin the Philosopher put into it two meanings "our" and "brother". That is, this word expresses kinship or closeness in spirit. Synonyms for the true meaning of the letter were such words as “our own”, “native”, “close” and “belonging to our family”. Thus, the ancient Slavs divided all people into two castes: “ours” and “strangers”. letter-word Our has its own numerical value, which, as you probably already guessed, is 50 - fifty.

The next word in the alphabet is represented by a modern letter O, which in the Old Slavonic alphabet is indicated by the word He. The true meaning of this letter is "face". Besides that He denoted a personal pronoun, it was used to refer to a person, person or person. The number that corresponds to this word is 70 - seventy.

peace- the letter of the spirituality of the Slavic people. true meaning rest lies in peace and quiet. Constantine the Philosopher put a special peace of mind or spiritual harmony into this letter. He often in various works focused people's attention on the fact that only having grace in the soul, one can find peace of mind. Agree, he is right! A person who does good deeds, has pure thoughts and respects the commandments, lives in harmony with himself. He does not need to pretend to anyone, because he is in harmony with himself. The number corresponding to the letter peace equals 80 - eighty.

Rtsy is the Old Slavic letter that we know today as the letter R. Of course, if you ask a simple modern person if he knows what this word means, you are unlikely to hear an answer. However, the letter-word Rtsy was well known to those who held or saw the first Slavic alphabet on the walls of churches. true meaning Rtsy consists in such words as “you will speak”, “you will say”, “you will express” and other words that are close in meaning. For example, the expression "the words of wisdom" means "speak wise words." This word was often used in ancient writings, but today its meaning has lost its significance for a modern person. The numerical value of Rtsy is 100 - one hundred.

Word- a letter about which we can say that it is she who gives the name of our entire speech. Since man invented the word, the surrounding objects have received their names, and people have ceased to be a faceless mass and have received names. In the Slavic alphabet Word has many synonyms: legend, speech, sermon. All these synonyms were often used in the preparation of both official letters and writing scholarly treatises. In colloquial speech, this letter is also widely used. Numeric analogue of a letter Word is 200 - two hundred.

The next letter of the alphabet today is known to us as the letter T, however, the ancient Slavs knew it as a letter-word Firmly. As you understand, the true meaning of this letter speaks for itself, and it means "solid" or "true". It is from this letter that the well-known expression "I stand firm on my word" came from. This means that a person clearly understands what he is saying and affirms the correctness of his thoughts and words. Such firmness is the destiny of either very wise people or complete fools. However, the letter Firmly indicated that a person who says something or performs actions feels right. If we talk about the numerical self-affirmation of the letter Firmly, then it is worth saying that the number 300 - three hundred corresponds to it.

Ok- another letter in the alphabet, which today has transformed into the letter U. Of course, it is difficult for an ignorant person to understand what this word means, but the Slavs knew it as "law". Ok often used in the meaning of "decree", "fasten", "lawyer", "indicate", "strengthen", etc. Most often, this letter was used to denote government decrees, laws adopted by officials, and was rarely used in a spiritual context.

Completes a galaxy of "higher" letters of the alphabet firth. This unusual letter-word means nothing more than glory, top, top. But this concept is not addressed to human glory, which denotes the fame of any person, but gives the glory of eternity. note that firth is the logical ending of the "higher" part of the alphabet and is a conditional end. But this end gives us food for thought that there is still an eternity that we must glorify. numeric value firth is 500 - five hundred.

Having considered the upper part of the alphabet, one can state the fact that it is a secret message of Constantine to the descendants. "Where is it seen?" - you ask. And now you try to read all the letters, knowing their true meaning. If you take several subsequent letters, then phrases-edifications are added:

Lead + The verb means "lead the teaching";
Rtsy + Word + Firmly can be understood as the phrase "speak the true word";
Firmly + Ouk can be interpreted as "strengthen the law."

If you look closely at other letters, you can also find the secret script that Constantine the Philosopher left behind.

Have you ever wondered why the letters in the alphabet are in this order, and not some other? The order of the "higher" part of the Cyrillic letters can be considered from two positions.

Firstly, the fact that each letter-word is formed into a meaningful phrase with the next one may mean a non-random pattern that was invented to quickly memorize the alphabet.

Secondly, the Old Slavonic alphabet can be considered from the point of view of numbering. That is, each letter is also a number. Moreover, all letters-numbers are arranged in ascending order. So, the letter A - “az” corresponds to one, B - 2, G - 3, D - 4, E - 5, and so on up to ten. The letter K begins with tens, which are listed here in the same way as units: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 70, 80 and 100.

Literal truth, the "lower" part of the alphabet

As a man of education and striving for the truth, Constantine could not lose sight of the fact that good cannot exist without evil. Therefore, the "lower" part of the Old Slavonic alphabet is the embodiment of everything vile and evil that is in man. So, let's get acquainted with the letters of the "lower" part of the alphabet, which do not have a numerical value. By the way, pay attention, there are not many, not few 13!

The "lower" part of the alphabet begins with the letter Sha. The true meaning of this letter can be expressed in such words as "trash", "insignificance" or "liar". Often in sentences they were used to indicate the whole lowland of a person who was called shabala, which means a liar and idler. Another word derived from the letter Sha, "shabendat", which means to fuss over trifles. And especially vile people were called the word "shaveren", that is, trash or an insignificant person.

very similar to Sha letter is the next letter shcha. What associations do you have when you hear this letter? But our ancestors used this letter when they talked about vanity or mercy, but the root synonym for the letter shcha you can only pick one word "mercilessly". For example, a simple Old Slavonic phrase "betray without mercy." Its modern meaning can be expressed in the phrase "mercilessly betray."

yer. In ancient times, thieves, swindlers and rogues were called Yerami. Today we know this letter as Ъ. yer is not endowed with any numerical value, like the other twelve letters of the lower part of the alphabet.

Yer represents b in the modern alphabet, but the meaning of this letter is unknown to many contemporaries. Yer had several meanings: "heresy", "heretic", "enemy", "sorcerer" and "renegade". If this letter appeared in the meaning of "renegade", then the person was called "erik". In other definitions, a person was called a "heretic".

This word was perhaps the most terrible of all Slavic insults. After all, we all know very well from history what happened to heretics ...

YU[y] - the letter of sorrow and sadness. Its root meaning is a bitter lot and an unhappy fate. The Slavs called a bad fate a vale. From the same letter came the word holy fool, which means an ugly and insane person. The holy fools in the alphabet of Constantine were designated exclusively from a negative point of view, but one should not forget who the holy fools were originally. After all, if you look at history, you will see that wandering monks and associates of Jesus were called holy fools, who imitated the Son of God, accepting ridicule and mockery.

[AND I- a letter that does not have a name, but a deep and awesome meaning is hidden in it. The true meaning of this letter is several concepts, such as "exile", "outcast" or "torture". Both an exile and an outcast are synonyms for the same concept, which has deep ancient Russian roots. Behind this word was an unfortunate person who fell out of the social environment and does not fit into the existing society. It is interesting that in the ancient Russian state there was such a thing as a "rogue prince". Outcast princes are people who have lost their inheritance due to the premature death of relatives who did not have time to transfer their possessions to them.

Two more interesting letters of the Old Slavonic alphabet Yus small and Yus big. They are very similar in form and meaning. Let's take a look at what their difference is.

Yus small shaped like tied hands. The most interesting thing is that the root meaning of this letter is "bonds", "fetters", "chains", "knots" and words similar in meaning. Often Yus small was used in texts as a symbol of punishment and was denoted by such words: bonds and knots.

Yus big was a symbol of a dungeon or prison, as a more severe punishment for atrocities committed by a person. It is interesting that in form this letter was similar to a dungeon. Most often in ancient Slavic texts you can find this letter in the form of the word prison, which meant prison or prison. The derivative of these two letters are the letters Iotov yus small and Iotov yus big. Graphic image Iotov Yusa small in Cyrillic is similar to the image Yusa small, however, in the Glagolitic alphabet, these two letters have completely different forms. The same can be said about Iotov Yus big and Yus big. What is the secret of such a striking difference? After all, the semantic meaning that we know about today is very similar for these letters, and is a logical chain. Let's look at each graphic image of these four letters in the Glagolitic alphabet.

Yus small, denoting bonds or shackles, is depicted in the Glagolitic in the form of a human body, on the arms and legs of which, as it were, shackles are dressed. Per Yusom small goes Iotov yus small, which means imprisonment, the conclusion of a person in a dungeon or prison. This letter is depicted in the Glagolitic alphabet as some substance similar to a cell. What happens next? And then it goes Yus big, which is a symbol of the dungeon and is depicted in the Glagolitic as a twisted figure. Amazing, but Yusom big goes Iotov yus big, which means execution, and its graphic representation in the Glagolitic is nothing more than a gallows. And now let's consider separately the semantic meanings of these four letters and their graphic analogies. Their meaning can be displayed in a simple phrase that indicates a logical sequence: first, fetters are put on a person, then they are imprisoned, and finally, execution is the logical conclusion of punishment. What is the result of this simple example? And it turns out that Constantine, creating the “lower” part of the alphabet, also put a certain hidden meaning into it and ordered all the signs according to a certain logical attribute. If you look at all thirteen letters of the lower row of the alphabet, you will see that they are a conditional admonition to the Slavic people. Combining all thirteen letters by meaning, we get the following phrase: “Insignificant liars, thieves, swindlers, drunkards and heretics will take a bitter share - they will be tortured by outcasts, shackled in shackles, thrown into prison and executed!” Thus, Constantine the Philosopher gives the Slavs an edification that all sinners will be punished.

And finally, about the second half of the Old Slavonic alphabet, it can be said that most of the letters-words do not have the positive beginning that is inherent in the letters of the "higher" part. Almost all of them are expressed in hissing and chirping syllables. The letters of this part of the alphabet are tongue-tied and devoid of melody, unlike those located at the beginning of the table.

Divine part of the alphabet

Having studied the true meaning of the two parts of the Old Slavonic alphabet, we receive two advice-edifications from the sage. However, do not think that the secrets of the alphabet end there. After all, we have a few more letters that stand, as it were, apart from all the others. These characters include the letters dick, Omega, Tsy and Worm.

The most interesting thing is that the letters X - Kher and W - Omega stand in the center of the alphabet and are enclosed in a circle, which, you will agree, expresses their superiority over the rest of the letters of the alphabet. The main features of these two letters is that they migrated to the Old Slavonic alphabet from the Greek alphabet and have a dual meaning. Look at them carefully. The right side of these letters is a reflection of the left side, thus emphasizing their polarity. Perhaps Constantine not accidentally, but deliberately borrowed these letters from the Greeks? Indeed, in the Greek sense, the letter X denotes the Universe, and even its numerical value 600 - six hundred corresponds to the word "cosmos". Constantine invested in the letter X the unity of God and man.

In addition, Constantine to the letter dick invested a special meaning, which can be reflected in the word "cherub" or "ancestor". Cherubim were considered the highest angels, who were closest to God and surrounded the Throne of the Lord. Slavic words derived from the letter dick, have only a positive meaning: cherub, heroism, which means heroism, heraldry (respectively, heraldry), etc.

In its turn, Omega on the contrary, the end, the end or death mattered. This word has many derivatives, so "omega" means eccentric, and disgusting means something very bad.

In this way, dick and Omega, enclosed in a circle, and were a symbol of this circle. Look at their meanings: start and end. But a circle is a line that has neither beginning nor end. However, at the same time, it is both the beginning and the end.

There are two more letters in this "enchanted" circle, which we know in the Old Slavonic alphabet as Tsy and Worm. The most interesting thing is that these letters have a dual meaning in the Old Slavonic alphabet.

So positive Tsy can be expressed in the words church, kingdom, king, caesar, cycle, and in many more similar in meaning synonymous words for these meanings. At the same time, the letter Tsy meant both the kingdom of the earth and the kingdom of heaven. At the same time, it was used with a negative connotation. For example, “poop!” - shut up, stop talking; “tsiryukat” - screaming, wailing and “tsyba”, which meant an unstable thin-legged person and was considered an insult.

Letter Worm also has both positive and negative features. From this letter came such words as chernets, that is, a monk; forehead, bowl, child, person, etc. All the negativity that could be splashed out with this letter can be expressed in such words as a worm - a base, reptile creature, a worm - a belly, a devil - an offspring and others.

Having studied the alphabet from the very beginning, we can come to the conclusion that Constantine left his descendants the main value - a creation that encourages us to strive for self-improvement, learning, wisdom and love, traversing the dark paths of malice, envy and enmity.

Now, opening the alphabet, you will know that the creation that came into being thanks to the efforts of Constantine the Philosopher is not just a list of letters that begin words that express our fear and indignation, love and tenderness, respect and delight.

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K. Titarenko "The Secret of the Slavic Alphabet", 1995
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The Old Slavonic alphabet existed many hundreds of years ago, back in the days of Ancient Russia. It was in this language that our ancestors spoke, and it got its name "alphabet" because of the combination of two letters "az" and "beeches", which mean the first letters of our alphabet "A" and "B".

Slavic writing was previously disclosed in the articles Letter and Slavic alphabet. Now let's look at one of the interesting facts.

The events that led to the emergence of the Slavic alphabet date back to 862, when Christianity was first talked about in Russia. At that time, Prince Vsevolod was in power, who ordered to send his ambassadors to Byzantium to Emperor Michael, in order to ask him to send preachers of the Christian faith to Great Moravia. The reason for such a request was that the people could not independently understand the essence of Christianity, since all the Holy Scriptures were written in Latin.

In order to somehow help the Slavs, the Byzantine emperor Michael sent two brothers to Russia - Methodius and Cyril. The second of the brothers received his name "Cyril" after he took monastic vows. The choice fell on Cyril and Methodius for a reason. The brothers were born in Sopouni (the Greek version of "Thessaloniki") in the family of a military leader. For that time, they had a very good education, besides, Cyril studied at the imperial court of Michael the Third, and spoke four languages: Arabic, Greek, Slavic and Jewish. Cyril's real name is Konstantin, and for his ability to initiate others into all the secrets of philosophy, he received the nickname Konstantin the Philosopher.

As for the second brother, Methodius, he took a different path and began his career with military service. He also tried himself as the ruler of one of the regions, which was inhabited by the Slavs. In 860, Methodius, together with his brother Cyril, went to the Khazars to spread Christianity in their lands, as well as to discuss some important agreements.

Writing in those years was very bad. In order to somehow convey the essence of Christianity to the common people, and not to teach them Latin, Cyril and his brother had to create their own written signs of the Slavic language. The Slavic version of the Holy Scriptures was simply necessary for people to understand the Christian faith. As a result, Cyril and Methodius created the first Old Slavonic alphabet in 863.

There are two versions of the alphabet - Glagolitic and Cyrillic. Even today, historians argue about which of these options belongs to Cyril, and which one appeared a little later. After creating the alphabet, Methodius and Cyril set about translating the entire Bible into Slavonic. This alphabet gave a lot to the Slavs, and its value is enormous. After its appearance, people were able not only to competently speak their own language, but also to read books, to form the literary basis of the language. Many words have survived to this day, and they can often be found in Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian.

Symbol word

Even before the appearance of Cyril and Methodius in Russia, the Slavs had their own signs, with which they transmitted knowledge or messages. The Slavic alphabet contained letters that coincided with certain words. Even the word "Azbuka" itself came from a combination of two words "az" and "beeches", which mean the first two letters of the alphabet - "A" and "B".

The very first Slavic written symbols were scratched on the walls of the churches of Pereslavl, and they were depicted in the form of pictures. This event took place already in the IX century. Two hundred years later, the symbols appeared in Kyiv, on the walls of St. Sophia Cathedral. Now they tried to interpret the signs and even make a written translation.

A new stage in the formation and development of the alphabet was associated with the advent of printing. The first printed alphabet that appeared in Russia was already in 1574. The name of the person who published it is Ivan Fedorov. The first printed alphabet was called "Old Slavic alphabet".

Christianity and writing - what is the connection?

The Old Slavonic alphabet was of great importance for the Slavs, because thanks to it they were able to penetrate deeply into the Christian faith, to know its essence and even give it their heart. Most scientists agreed that if Cyril and Methodius had not created the first written alphabet, then Christianity in Russia would not have appeared, or at least not so quickly. The gap between the appearance of the alphabet and the adoption of Christianity is 125 years, and during these years there was a huge leap in self-knowledge. From polytheism, people came to faith in the One God, sacred books appeared in Russia, people learned to read them, thanks to which Christianity spread with great speed.

The year of the creation of the alphabet among the Slavs is 863, and Christianity in Russia was adopted in 988. It was at that time that Grand Duke Vladimir announced to his people that now everyone would believe in the One God, and any manifestation of polytheism would be severely punished.

What secret lies in the Old Slavonic symbols?

Some scientists are inclined to believe that a special cipher is contained in the ancient signs of the Old Slavonic alphabet, by solving which you can get special religious and philosophical knowledge. All of them taken together represent a clearly folded complex system, which is built on logic and mathematical calculations. There is also an opinion that the Slavic alphabet is not just a set of characters and individual elements, but a single inseparable system. The Old Slavonic Cyrillic alphabet was created according to the uncial Greek writing system, and consisted of 43 letters. 24 letters were borrowed from the Greek unique, and the remaining 19 letters were created by Methodius and Cyril themselves. It was difficult to invent new characters, but it was also a necessary measure, since most of the Slavic sounds were not similar to the Greek language. Thus, Cyril either borrowed letters from other languages, or invented them himself, choosing a more convenient form for the Slavs.

"Higher" and "Lower" part of the Old Slavonic alphabet

As mentioned earlier, each letter had its own special meaning. That is why the Cyrillic alphabet is conditionally divided into two parts: higher and lower. The upper part began with the letter "az" (A) and ended with the letter "fet" (F). their names were people-oriented, as these words were understood by everyone. The lower part began with the letter "sha" and ended with the letter "Izhitsa". This set of letters received such a definition because they were left without a cipher match, which means that in order to penetrate into their deep essence, it is necessary to carefully study and analyze all the nuances. The alphabet created by Cyril and Methodius is a real book on self-improvement, because in order to understand the meaning of all the letters and penetrate into their essence, one needed great patience, a large amount of knowledge and painstaking work.

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