Wikipedia lists nine articles relating to "Slavic alphabet", and all of them come from Saint Cyril. It appears that Cyril invented the alphabet that bears his name, rather than adapting the Greek alphabet. He did it so he could print bibles in the peoples' native languages and teach them to read, not to "teach religion". Religion is something people make up on their own.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_alphabet
The Cyrillic alphabet was developed in the 9th century by the followers of Saints Cyril and Methodius, two Byzantine brothers who are credited with creating the Glagolitic alphabet, which was the first alphabet used to transcribe Old Church Slavonic. The Cyrillic script was later adapted from the Glagolitic and the Greek alphabet to better suit the phonetic needs of Slavic languages. It was primarily attributed to the disciples of Cyril and Methodius in the First Bulgarian Empire. The alphabet evolved over time and is now used in various forms across many Slavic and non-Slavic languages.
Early Greek merchants adapted the Phoenician alphabet for their own use.
The Ancient Greeks adapted it from the Phoenician alphabet
The Cyrillic, or Old Slavic alphabet is credited to St. Cyril (AD 827 - 869), a Greek theologian and missionary. It has been adapted variously to suit the various modern Slavic languages. The most recent changes to the Russian form occurred in the Soviet Union under V.I. Lenin.
The Cyrillic alphabet was developed in the 9th century by disciples of the Byzantine brothers Saints Cyril and Methodius, who had earlier created the Glagolitic alphabet. The Cyrillic script was primarily developed in the First Bulgarian Empire and was influenced by the Greek alphabet. It was designed to facilitate the spread of Christianity and Slavic literacy. Over time, it evolved and adapted to various Slavic languages and remains in use today in many countries.
Because the Greek alphabet was adapted from Phoenician, which began with Alef. (Nobody knows why the Phoenician alphabet begins with that letter).
The Cyrillic alphabet is the alphabet used by Russian-speakers and a few other languages in the Slavic language family. It is made up of Greek and Hebrew characters and is used to spell out Russian (and other Slavic) words phonetically. It was created by Greek missionaries when they traveled to Russia.
Yes, the Cyrillic alphabet was developed in the 9th century by the disciples of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Christian missionaries who sought to spread Christianity and literacy among the Slavic peoples. It was originally based on the Greek alphabet and adapted to accommodate Slavic sounds. Today, it is used by various Slavic nations, including Russians, Ukrainians, Serbs, and Bulgarians, among others.
The Latin alphabet was adapted from the Etruscan alphabet, which was ultimately derived from the Greek alphabet. Its use spread throughout the Roman Empire and became the basis for many modern alphabets, including the English alphabet.
The Cyrillic alphabet was developed in the 10th century so that the newly christened inhabitants of the First Bulgarian Empire could write religious texts in an alphabet much better suited for their Slavic language. The Greek language had far fewer sounds than the Slavic dialects of the time, thus the Greek alphabet could not properly accommodate a Slavic language. Later, when other Slavic peoples converted to Christianity, they adopted this new Slavic alphabet.
It's really not similar at all. The Phoenician alphabet has 22 consonants and no vowels. The only similarity is that the English alphabet is a version of the Latin alphabet which was adapted from the Greek alphabet alphabet which was adapted from the Phoenician alphabet.
yes ******* The Greeks derived the alphabet from the Phoenicians and they adapted it in their own needs.