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Why did Cyril develop a new alphabet?

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to translate poems and literary works for those in the east
to help the Russian understand their heritage
to translate Christian doctrines for pagans in the east
None of these are correct.

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the Orthodox world two monks, Cyril and Methodius, devised an alphabet that enabled their disciples to translate religious texts into Slavonic. This new alphabet enabled the establishment of a liturgical and literary language of the Balkans, but it also meant that, with Greek remaining in use in commerce

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