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Ross Clark wrote:

> April 26, which is the feast day of Stephen of Perm, is celebrated as 
> Old Permic Alphabet Day.

> Not mentioned by Crystal. A passing reference by Geoffrey Sampson, in a 
> LinguistList review of a book on Uralic languages, led me to it.

> It was invented in 1372 by the said Saint, in order to write (Old) Komi 
> (aka Old Zyrian), a Permic (Uralic) language (making it one of the 
> earliest scripts used in that family). It is a rather radical re-shaping

> of Cyrillic, with some elements from other sources. Its use continued 
> for about three centuries, after which it was replaced by more normal 
> Cyrillic.

> All this and more at:

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Permic_script

> We've already mentioned Hangul Day, celebrated in Korea. Any other 
> holidays dedicated to particular scripts?

What about this one?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_Slavonic_Alphabet,_Bulgarian_Enlightenment_and_Culture

Regards, ULF