Christian mission to Great Moravia

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Christian mission evangelization campaign historical event

The Christian mission to Great Moravia was a 9th-century evangelizing and cultural endeavor led by Saints Cyril and Methodius that introduced Slavic liturgy and helped shape the Christianization and literary development of the Slavic peoples.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Christianization of Great Moravia	2
Christian mission to Great Moravia canonical	1
Great Moravian Christian mission	1
mission of Saints Cyril and Methodius	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian mission ⓘ evangelization campaign ⓘ historical event ⓘ
aim	conversion of Slavic elites ⓘ establishment of independent Slavic church hierarchy ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Great Moravia ⓘ
authorizedBy	Byzantine Emperor Michael III ⓘ Photios I of Constantinople ⓘ surface form: Patriarch Photius I of Constantinople
country	Great Moravia ⓘ
culturalSignificance	affirmation of Slavic as a liturgical language ⓘ foundation of Slavic literary tradition ⓘ
denomination	Eastern Christianity ⓘ
hasEffect	Christianization of the Slavs ⓘ development of Slavic literary culture ⓘ introduction of written Slavic language in liturgy ⓘ spread of Slavic liturgy ⓘ strengthening of Byzantine cultural influence in Central Europe ⓘ
hasPart	establishment of Slavic-language schools ⓘ training of Slavic clergy ⓘ translation of the Bible into Old Church Slavonic ⓘ
heritageDesignation	key event in Slavic Christian heritage ⓘ
influenced	Christianization of the Slavs ⓘ surface form: Christianization of the Czechs Christianization of the Slavs ⓘ surface form: Christianization of the Slovaks Christianization of the Slavs ⓘ surface form: Christianization of the South Slavs Slavic liturgical tradition ⓘ development of Cyrillic script ⓘ
introducedLiturgy	Slavic liturgy ⓘ
introducedWritingSystem	Glagolitic script ⓘ
languageUsed	Church Slavonic ⓘ surface form: Old Church Slavonic
leader	Saint Cyril ⓘ Saint Methodius ⓘ
location	Central Europe ⓘ territory of modern Czech Republic ⓘ territory of modern Hungary ⓘ territory of modern Slovakia ⓘ
movement	Mission of Cyril and Methodius ⓘ surface form: Byzantine mission to the Slavs
opposedBy	East Francia ⓘ surface form: East Frankish Kingdom Merovingian church ⓘ surface form: Frankish clergy
pointInTime	9th century ⓘ
recognizedBy	Papacy ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
significantPerson	Pope Hadrian II ⓘ Rastislav ⓘ surface form: Rastislav of Great Moravia Svatopluk I ⓘ surface form: Svatopluk I of Great Moravia
sponsor	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
startTime	863 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Methodius → notableWork → Christian mission to Great Moravia ⓘ

Christianization of Bulgaria → associatedWith → Christian mission to Great Moravia ⓘ

this entity surface form: mission of Saints Cyril and Methodius

Bořivoj I, Duke of Bohemia → influencedBy → Christian mission to Great Moravia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Moravian Christian mission

Christianization of the Slavs → resultedIn → Christian mission to Great Moravia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christianization of Great Moravia

Mojmir I → associatedWith → Christian mission to Great Moravia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christianization of Great Moravia