14 FEB - SAINT OF THE DAY [SS CYRIL (826-869) & METHODIUS (815-885)]

 Cyril and Methodius were two brothers who were Byzantine Christian theologians and Christian missionaries. Through their work, they influenced the cultural development 

    of all Salonika, for which they received the title "Apostles to the Slavs". They are credited with devising the Glagolitic alphabet, 

    the first alphabet used to transcribe Old Church Slavonic. After their deaths, their pupils continued their missionary work among other Slavs. 

    Both brothers are venerated in the Orthodox Church as saints with the title of "equal-to-apostles". In 1880, Pope Leo XIII introduced their feast into the calendar 

    of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1980, Pope John Paul II declared them co-patron saints of Europe, together with Benedict of Nursia.




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