The Path of Cyril and Methodius as a Cultural Tra- dition and in the Perspective of an European Cultural Route

The text briefly presents the reason for organizing the conference “Тhe path of Cyril and Methodius – spatial and cultural-historical dimensions” (27–29 October 2021, Sofia). It was the idea to support the holder of the Council of Europe certificate – the Cyril and Methodius European Cultural Route Association (Zlin, Czech Republic), whose Bulgarian member is the Cyril and Methodius Scientific Center at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Providing general information about the Cultural Routes program, the author explains their general purpose: to show “how the heritage of the different countries and cultures of Europe contributes to a shared and living cultural heritage” through time and space travel. The need to organize a Bulgarian cultural route, which will become an integral part of the European one, is emphasized. The conference, part of whose reports is published in the current volume of the “Kyril-Metodievski Studies” series, is one of the first steps in this direction.