![]() His followers probably formed the Cyrillic alphabet. Cyril and Methodius undertook the missionary task.Ĭyril’s first work was to invent an alphabet, still used in some Eastern liturgies. Cyril withdrew to a monastery where his brother Methodius had become a monk after some years in a governmental post.Ī decisive change in their lives occurred when the Duke of Moravia asked the Eastern Emperor Michael for political independence from German rule and ecclesiastical autonomy (having their own clergy and liturgy). 815 – April 6, 884)īecause their father was an officer in a part of Greece inhabited by many Slavs, these two Greek brothers ultimately became missionaries, teachers, and patrons of the Slavic peoples.Īfter a brilliant course of studies, Cyril (called Constantine until he became a monk shortly before his death) refused the governorship of a district such as his brother had accepted among the Slavic-speaking population. Saint of the Day for February 14 (Cyril: c. Image: Saints Cyril and Methodius monument in the city of Vratsa, Bulgaria | photo by MrPanyGoff ![]()
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