OREANDA-NEWS. On 04 June 2009 was announced, that in the context of celebrations dedicated to the Days of Slavic Writing and Culture on the threshold of the SS. Cyril and Methodius Day the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy presented a new exposition "Slavic writing. Origination, history and development".

Very few historic evidences concerning the pioneering period of origination and development of Slavic writing are left. Perhaps this is why its history is full of suppositions and myths. It was more than one thousand years ago that the Greek missionaries granted alphabet to Slavs. However, till now various hypothesis of writing origination are springing up. The thing is that in the 10th century the Slavs were using two alphabets instead of the common one. Meanwhile the place and time of writing origination is still unclear, and many generations of researchers have been working on the problem.

The visitors are able to learn more about the history of Slavic writing and various types of handwritten Cyrillic: Uncial, Half-Uncial, Short Hand and Ligature and participate in calligraphers, master-classes.

Besides, MVK International Exhibition Company together with the Regional Public Charity Aid Fund to severely ill and wretched children are preparing a special culture and education programme for orphan children from orphan asylums of Moscow and children suffering cancer. The event is involving the representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church, music bands and artists interested in Slavic culture.