MOSCOW - Thousands of Russians have filled Red Square to join the patriarch of Russia's Orthodox Church in celebrating Slavic literature and the two ninth-century monks considered to be the creators of the Cyrillic alphabet.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Patriarch of Moscow and All of Russia Kirill talk to each other during a meeting at the Kremlin after marking Slavic written language day in Moscow on May 24.
