On May 24, the Orthodox Church commemorates Saints Equal to the Apostles Cyril and Methodius, the Slovenian teachers, to whom, according to Tradition, the Eastern Slavs owe their alphabet - the Cyrillic alphabet. In Russia, according to the established tradition, the Day of Slavic Written Language and Culture is celebrated on this date: festive processions, processions of the cross, spiritual and educational actions are held in cities and towns, and prayers are served. According to the information portal 'South Wave', in Astrakhan, on the day of the holiday, it was decided to impose restrictions on the sale of alcohol. This was done due to the large number of participants in festive events taking place in the city under the open sky. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. alcoholic beverages were not sold in the territories adjacent to the Assumption Cathedral on Sovetskaya Street until the worshiping Cyril and Methodius Cross. And from 4 pm to 8 pm alcohol will not be found on the Petrovskaya Embankment of the Volga River from the building of the Wedding Palace to the monument to Peter the Great. As the monitoring of a number of popular local groups in social networks has shown, most of the townspeople reacted to the restrictions on the sale of alcohol with understanding. Many Astrakhan residents are convinced that the spiritual joy of the holiday in memory of the educational labors of Saints Cyril and Methodius has nothing to do with drinking alcohol. uptolike]
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