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	Istria on the Internet - Linguistics - Glagolitic - Saints Cyril & Methodius
		Cyril and Methodius were brothers, born into a senatorial family, who both rose to high positions in the world--Methodius became governor of a colony in the Slav province of Opsikion; Cyril, a leading philosopher at the University of Constantinople.
		Cyril died in Rome in 869 and is buried in the Church of San Clemente.
		Methodius is regarded as a pioneer in the use of the vernacular in the liturgy and as a patron of ecumenism (Attwater, Benedictines, Bentley, Delaney, Farmer, Schamoni, Walsh, White).
	www.istrianet.org /istria/linguistics/glagolitic/cyril-meth1.htm (1343 words)

	Saints Cyril & Methodius
		Methodius, the elder, was born in 826 and Cyril, the younger, in 827.
		Methodius after his education labored as a civil official, but became disillusioned with the extreme politics of the time and he withdrew to the serenity of a monastery on the Bosphorous.
		Methodius is known today as the church builder and his brother Cyril as the giver of language.
	www.angelfire.com /alt/scm/cm.html (1206 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sts. Cyril and Methodius
		In 870 King Louis and the German bishops summoned Methodius to a synod at Ratisbon.
		Methodius went to Constantinople about this time, and with the assistance of several priests, he completed the translation of the Holy Scriptures, with the exception of the Books of Machabees.
		Formerly the feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius was celebrated in Bohemia and Moravia on 9 March; but Pius IX changed the date to 5 July.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04592a.htm (582 words)

	The Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in New Delhi
		Today Cyril and Methodius are honored by Eastern and Western Christians alike, and the importance of their work in preaching and worshipping in the language of the people is recognized on all sides.
		The work of Cyril and Methodius made an outstanding contribution to forming the common Christian roots of Europe, those roots which by their depth and vitality have created a solid cultural reference-point which cannot be ignored in any serious attempt to rebuild in a new and contemporary way the unity of the Continent.
		Methodius was Father Superior of the monastery of Polychron in Vitinia, Asia Minor, where, when the Slavonic script was conceived by Cyril, the two brothers made the first translations of the major liturgical books from Greek into Slavonic.
	www.bulgariaembindia.com /news_cyril_methodius.htm (1661 words)

	Lives of the Saints, July 7, Saints Cyril and Methodius, Pantænus
		Saint Cyril was sent to Constantinople to study, where he became known as the Philosopher; but it was the Holy Church that he desired to serve, and he was ordained a priest.
		While Cyril was still young, the Patriarch of Constantinople recommended in the year 848 to the reigning Emperor to place him at the head of a mission which was to be sent to the Khazars of the eastern Danube region.
		When Saint Methodius, an excellent artist, was delegated to paint in the palace for the king, as he requested, a scene which could frighten the beholders, he chose for subject the Last Judgment.
	magnificat.ca /cal/engl/07-07.htm (946 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Saints Cyril and Methodius
		Cyril and Methodius were two Greek (Byzantine) brothers born in Thessaloniki in the 9th century, who became missionaries of Christianity in Khazaria and Great Moravia.
		The saints' feast day is celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox Church on May 24 and by the Roman Catholic Church on 14 Feb. bas Saints Cyril and Methodius Day.
		Today, the St. Cyril and Methodius Day, believed to be the date of the arrival of the two brothers to Great Moravia in 863, is a national holiday both in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Saints_Cyril_and_Methodius (749 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| RELIGION > Apostles of the Slavs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cyril and Methodius were two of the seven children of an influential family in Thessalonica.
		Cyril was a scholar and was called “the Philosopher.” Methodius was a master of civil law and an administrator esteemed for skill and fairness.
		Saints Cyril and Methodius, called “the Apostles of the Slavs,” were born in 827 and 826 respectively.
	manilatimes.net /national/2006/feb/19/yehey/religion/20060219rel1.html (793 words)

	Cyril and Methodius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cyril and Methodius arrived in Rome (868), where the new pope, Adrian II, took their side, formally authorizing the use of the Slavic liturgy.
		After Methodius' death, Pope Stephen V forbade the use of the Slavic liturgy; and Wiching, as successor, forced the disciples of Cyril and Methodius into exile.
		The posthumous influence of Cyril and Methodius reached distant Kiev in Russia and left traces among the Slavs of Croatia, Bohemia, and Poland.
	www.rkp-montreal.org /en/05acyrilmethodius.html (414 words)

	Sts. Cyril and Methodius
		Cyril died in 869 and was unable to return to Moravia.
		Methodius was appointed bishop of the new Archdiocese of Moravia and Pannonia.
		The stamps and sheet were issued to mark the 100th anniversary of the Cyril and Methodius National Library in Sofia, Bulgaria.
	sio.midco.net /danstopicalstamps/stmethodius.htm (177 words)

	Saints Cyril and Methodius
		Although Saints Cyril and Methodius belong to the ninth century, their outlook and achievements are as modern as our own day.
		Methodius and Cyril, whose baptismal name was Constantine, were two of the seven children of an influential family in Thessalonica.
		Methodius became a legal expert and an administrator esteemed for his mastery of civil law and his fairness in dispensing justice.
	www.sscm.org /patrons.htm (493 words)

	Slavorum Apostoli: In commemoration of the Eleventh Centenary of the Evagelizing Work of Saints Cyril and Methodius, by ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cyril and Methodius are as it were the connecting links or spiritual bridge between the Eastern and Western traditions, which both come together in the one great Tradition of the universal Church.
		Cyril and Methodius, in their personality and their work, are figures that awaken in all Christians a great "longing for union" and for unity between the two sister Churches of East and West.(44) For full catholicity, every nation, every culture has its own part to play in the universal plan of salvation.
		The successors of Pope Saint Nicholas 1, even though they were concerned at conflicting reports regarding the teaching and activity of Cyril and Methodius, expressed their full agreement when they had a direct meeting with the Brothers.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/stc08002.htm (7871 words)

	Saints - Methodius
		Saints Cyril and Methodius are most often depicted together in art and other renderings.
		Cyril and Methodius were almost immediately recognized for thier intelligence and were sent to the lands of Russia and Moravia where they learned the languages and customs so they could teach the faith.
		Saint Cyril died before he could be consecrated as bishop.
	www.scborromeo.org /saints/methodiu.htm (271 words)

	Leo XIII - Grande Munus
		Cyril and Methodius were also the inventors of the alphabet which afforded the Slavic tongue the means for a written language, and they are even looked upon as having formed the language.
		Methodius returned to Moravia in the company of several bishops who were to be his coadjutors, with letters of recommendation and freedom of action in his work.
		Cyril and Methodius shall be celebrated annually with the office and mass proper to a double minor rite, as approved by the holy council.
	www.vatican.va /holy_father/leo_xiii/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_30091880_grande-munus_en.html (3024 words)

	Saints Cyril and Methodius, Equal to the Apostles
		Cyril (born Constantine) and Methodius were born in Macedonia in the town of Salonica.
		Methodius, upon finishing his education joined the armed forces and became administrator of a Slav province.
		Saint Cyril and Methodius happened to be in that country and through their preaching furthered the affirmation of Christianity therein.
	www.fatheralexander.org /booklets/english/saints/cyril_methodius.htm (1087 words)

	Saints Cyril and Methodius Summary
		Cyril and Methodius were considered heroes by the people and were formally recognized as saints of the Roman Catholic Church in 1881.
		Accused of heresy, Methodius successfully defended himself and won from John VIII a bull that praised his orthodoxy, reaffirmed the independence of his diocese, and expressly authorized the Mass in Slavic.
		The saints' feast day is celebrated on by the Eastern Orthodox Church on May 24 and by the Roman Catholic Church on 5 July as Saints Cyril and Methodius Day.
	www.bookrags.com /Saints_Cyril_and_Methodius (2542 words)

	Kiril&Methody
		In 863 he and his brother Methodius were sent by the Byzantine emperor Michael III to convert the Western Slavs to Christianity and arrange that the divine service in Greater Moravia is performed in their native tongue.
		His brother Methodius (815-885) was Father Superior of the monastery of Polychron in Vitinia, Asia Minor, where, when the Slavonic script was conceived by Cyril, the two brothers made the first translations of the major liturgical books from Greek into Slavonic.
		A Hymn to the Saints Cyril and Methodius Both the motives and the exact year in which Constantine-Cyril composed the alphabet (855 or 862-863) lie in obscurity.
	www.omda.bg /engl/history/kiril&meth.html (922 words)

	Cyril and Methodius, Saints - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cyril died while in Rome, but Methodius, consecrated by the pope, returned to Moravia and was made archbishop of Sirmium.
		His influence in Moravia was wiped out after his death but was carried to Bulgaria, Serbia, and Russia, where the southern Slavonic of Cyril and Methodius is still the liturgical language of both Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches.
		From nationalism to internationalism: civil religion and the festival of Saint Catherine of Siena, 1940-2003.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-cyrilnme.html (448 words)

	Saints Cyril and Methodius, Plinio Correa de Oliveira commentary on the Saint of the Day, July 7 @ TraditionInAction.org
		Cyril and Methodius were brothers, sons of a high senatorial family of Thessalonica.
		Cyril died while he was in Rome at age 42, and was buried in the Church of St. Clement.
		Methodius had achieved the position of governor in a province, and St. Cyril was a scholar who became a monk.
	www.traditioninaction.org /SOD/j028sdCyrilMethodius7-7.htm (1159 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of February 14
		Saint Abraham was a hermit in Syria, who succeeded in converting a village on Mount Libanus in Lebanon by borrowing money to pay its taxes (and who said goodness doesn't pay!) and, thus, keeping its citizens out of prison.
		Saint Maro was a hermit on a mountain in Syria near the Orontes River, where he had a little hut covered with sheep skins to shelter him from the weather, but lived in a spirit of mortification in the open air most of the time.
		He was the companion of Saint Dominic on several of the founder's journeys to Italy, and warmed his heart at the very source of the new fire which was to mean resurrection to so many souls.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0214.htm (3673 words)

	Patron Saints
		Saints Cyril and Methodius were brothers who are honored as missionaries to the Slavic peoples.
		Cyril was a monk and probably a priest.
		Methodius was, for a time, governor of a Slav colony, and then became a monk, abbot and later bishop.
	www.shinercatholicchurch.org /patronpage.htm (383 words)

	Cyril
		Cyril, the younger of the two, was baptized Constantine and sent at an early age to study at the imperial university at Constantinople under Leo the Grammarian and
		Methodius was subjected to serious troubles, especially from his suffragan Bishop Wiching of Nitra, who forged a papal letter in his own favor.
		Methodius is regarded as a pioneer in the use of the vernacular in the liturgy and as a patron of ecumenism.
	faculty.cua.edu /pennington/ChurchHistory220/LectureTwo/CyrilMethodius.htm (1042 words)

	Patron Saints - SS. Cyril & Methodius
		Cyril and Methodius were two Greek brothers who ultimately became missionaries, teachers and patrons of the Slavic peoples.
		Cyril, long an invalid, died in Rome 50 days after taking the monastic habit in the year 869.
		Patrons of Moravia, and especially venerated by Catholic Czechs, Slovaks, Croatians, Orthodox Serbians and Bulgarians, Cyril and Methodius are eminently fitted to guard the long-desired unity of East and West.
	stcyril.org /patronsaints.html (169 words)

	Sts. Cyril and Methodius: 858-867
		In it's final form Glagolitic is known as the Cyrillic alphabet and is still used today by Orthodox Christians in Russia, the Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, and Serbia.
		Methodius continued to face Frankish opposition concerning the Slavic liturgy until his death on April 6, 885.
		The heritage of liturgy in the vernacular left by Saints Cyril and Methodius to Eastern Christendom is of great importance.
	www.thenagain.info /WebChron/Christianity/StCyril.html (601 words)

	Sts. Cyrilus and Methodius
		The tradition of Cyril and Methodius, as the most common syntagma in Slavistics, most accurately describes the significance of the Slavs in the Middle Ages.
		This supposition is supported by the eventuality that Cyril and Methodius conducted their first conversion of Slavs among the people inhabiting this river basin.
		As it is, the consequences of the work of Cyril and Methodius are of historic significance.
	www.mymacedonia.net /language/stsbrothers.htm (2530 words)

	Cyril & Methodius - Daily Prayers with the Saints for the New Millennium - by Terry Ann Modica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cyril and Methodius - Daily Prayers with the Saints for the New Millennium - by Terry Ann Modica
		Blessed Lord, Saints Cyril and Methodius were brothers who worked successfully to convert pagans.
		Saint Cyril's special prayer was: "I return to You, Your people, Your gift to me. Direct them with Your powerful right hand, and protect them under the shadow of Your wings." I ask both of these saints to pray for the people God has placed in my life.
	wordbytes.org /saints/DailyPrayers/Cyril-Methodius.htm (129 words)

	Brotherhood of Saints Cyril and Methodius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Brotherhood of Saints Cyril and Methodius was a secret society estalblished in December of 1845 by Mykola Kostomarov.
		Saints Cyril and Methodius, the namesake of the organization, are heralded in the Slavic nations for their charitable works and the spread of Christianity.
		They also invented the Slavic alphabet, which, obviously, was very important to the educated members of the group, which included Taras Shevchenko.
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/j/f/jfd5003/cyril.html (162 words)

	Sts. Cyril and Methodius - Catholic Online
		Methodius was allowed by the pope to continue saying Mass and administering baptism in the Slavonic tongue.
		Methodius was finally consecrated bishop, once again because of politics -- Kocel knew that having a Slavonic bishop would destroy the power of the Salzburg hierarchy over his land.
		Cyril and Methodius believed in the importance of celebrating liturgy in our own language, a privilege we have only had in last twenty years.
	www.catholic.org /saints/saint.php?saint_id=85 (1451 words)

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