🇬🇷🇨🇿🇸🇰🇻🇦 Saints Cyril (Priest) & Methodius (Bishop)

 

 Saints Cyril (Priest) & Methodius (Bishop)
( 869 A.D.  885 Anno Domini )          Feast: 14 February

Born to a respected family in Greece , Cyril & Methodius gave up the chance of government careers to follow a monastic callThey were sent as missionaries to present-day Ukraine before the Byzantineemperor asked them to go to Moravia . "However tired I am," replied Cyril, "with joy I depart for the sake of the Christian faith"

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ints/ Saints Cyril (Priest) & Methodius (Bishop)

( 869 A.D.  885 Anno Domini )          Feast: 14 February

Born to a respected family in Greece , Cyril & Methodius gave up the chance of government careers to follow a monastic callThey were sent as missionaries to present-day Ukraine before the Byzantineemperor asked them to go to Moravia . "However tired I am," replied Cyril, "with joy I depart for the sake of the Christian faith"

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https://www.catholicprayercards.org/Holy_cards_of_Male_Saints/saints-cyril-and-methodius-prayer-card.html

https://gab.com/adagioforstrings/posts/111925962960687307

It was a difficult situation for the brothers. The Moravians had been evangelized by German missionaries 🇩🇪 but the ruler 👑 wanted to distance himself from Germanic influence. He also wanted missionaries who could speak Slavonic. Since Slavonic was without a written form at that time, Cyril developed an alphabet 👨‍🏫 (The modern Cyrillic script is named after him ✍️ ).

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https://gab.com/adagioforstrings/posts/111926008086955586

The brothers translated the liturgy & Scripture for the people, to great public effect. But they remained in conflict with the Germans, whose bishop ♝ refused to ordain Slavonic-speaking priests. Cyril & Methodius traveled to Rome where the pope approved the Slavonic liturgy. But Cyril died there weeks after receiving his monastic habit & religious name. "Do not," he charged Methodius, "give up your work of teaching."

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Methodius continued to labor for the Slavs until his death in 885 A.D. Known as the Apostles to the Slavs, they are the patrons of Czechia 🇨🇿  & Slovakia 🇸🇰  & co-patrons of Europe 🇪🇺 

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 Father of Lights  grant peace  understanding  & unity  to those who seek to worship your Son  in truth 

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