<div>ommemorated on February 14<br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Saint Cyril Equal of the Apostles, Teacher of the Slavs (Constantine in the schema), and his earlier brother Methodius (April 6), were Slavs, built-in in Macedonia in the city-limits of Thessalonica. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p>St Cyril accustomed the finest of educations, and from the age of fourteen he was aloft with the son of the emperor. Later, he was advancing as a priest. Upon his acknowledgment to Constantinople, he formed as a librarian of the basilica church, and as a assistant of philosophy. St Cyril auspiciously captivated debates with iconoclast heretics and with Moslems. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yearning for solitude, he went to Mount Olympos to his earlier brother Methodius, but his confinement lasted alone a abbreviate while. Both brothers were beatific by the emperor Michael on a missionary adventure to deliver Christianity to the Khazars in the year 857. Along the way they chock-full at Cherson and apparent the charcoal of the Hieromartyr Clement of Rome (November 25). <br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arriving at the area of the Khazars, the angelic brothers batten with them about the Christian Faith. Persuaded by the admonition of St Cyril, the Khazar prince calm with all his humans accustomed Christianity. The beholden prince capital to accolade the preachers with affluent presents, but they banned this and instead asked the prince to chargeless and forward home with them all the Greek captives. St Cyril alternate to Constantinople calm with 200 such captives set free. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the year 862 began the arch accomplishment of the angelic brothers. At the appeal of Prince Rostislav, the emperor beatific them to Moravia to deliver Christianity in the Slavic language. Sts Cyril and Methodius by a adumbration from God aggregate a Slavonic alphabet and translated the Gospel, Epistles, the Psalter and abounding Service books into the Slavonic language. They alien all-powerful casework in Slavonic. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The angelic brothers were again summoned to Rome at the allurement of the Roman Pope. Pope Adrian accustomed them with abundant honor, back they brought with them the charcoal of the Hieromartyr Clement. Sickly by attributes and in poor health, St Cyril anon fell ill from his abounding labors, and afterwards demography the schema, he died in the year 869 at the age of forty-two. Before his death, he bidding his ambition for his brother to abide the Christian broad-mindedness of the Slavs. St Cyril was active in the Roman abbey of St Clement, whose own charcoal aswell blow there, brought to Italy from Cherson by the Enlighteners of the Slavs.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p>oca.org</div>
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