February 14: Sts. Cyril and Methodius
#KnowYourSaint: #KnowYourSaint: St. Cyril and Methodius, the apostles of the Slavs, were brothers who hailed from Thessalonia. After receiving an excellent education, through great effort and in spite of tremendous difficulties they evangelized the Slavonic nations. They translated the Bible into Slavonic and devised a kind of writing, called glagolitic (Cyrillic), which even to the present day is used in the liturgical services of some Eastern rites.
In 867 the two brothers came to Rome, were met by Pope Hadrian II and the whole papal court. Cyril and Methodius explained their methods and from the Pope himself received episcopal consecration. Soon after, Cyril died in Rome, at only 42 old, and was buried in St. Peter's; later his body was later transferred to San Clemente, where his remains still rest.
Methodius returned to Moravia and labored as a missionary among the Hungarians, Bulgarians, Dalmatians, and the inhabitants of Carinthia. Falling again under suspicion, he returned to Rome and defended the use of the Slavonic language in the liturgy. The Pope bestowed upon him the dignity of archbishop. After his return he died in Bohemia and was buried in the Church of St. Mary at Velehrad.
Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Pray for us.
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