Mission of Cyril and Methodius

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Christian mission cultural mission evangelization campaign historical event

The Mission of Cyril and Methodius was a 9th-century Christian evangelizing and cultural mission to the Slavic peoples that introduced the Glagolitic script and laid the foundations of Slavic literary and liturgical tradition.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Byzantine mission to the Slavs 2
Cyrilo-Metodiáda 1
Mission of Cyril and Methodius canonical 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian mission ⓘ
cultural mission ⓘ
evangelization campaign ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Great Moravia ⓘ
Slavic regions of Central Europe ⓘ
authorizedBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople ⓘ
surface form: Patriarch of Constantinople
commemoratedBy Feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius ⓘ
commemoratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

various Slavic national churches ⓘ
commissionedBy Rastislav ⓘ
surface form: Prince Rastislav of Great Moravia
contributedTo foundations of Slavic literary tradition ⓘ
foundations of Slavic liturgical tradition ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance basis for later Cyrillic script development ⓘ
origin of Slavic Christian literature ⓘ
hasEffect cultural integration of Slavic peoples into Christian Europe ⓘ
spread of Old Church Slavonic as a liturgical language ⓘ
strengthening of Slavic Christian identity ⓘ
hasGoal Christianization of the Slavs ⓘ
creation of a Slavic literary language ⓘ
development of Slavic liturgy ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus key event in Slavic cultural history ⓘ
hasLegacy establishment of Slavic ecclesiastical structures ⓘ
recognition of Slavic languages in liturgy ⓘ
hasMainParticipants Saint Cyril ⓘ
surface form: Cyril

Methodius ⓘ
Slavs ⓘ
surface form: Slavic peoples
influenced Christianization of the Bulgarians ⓘ
Christianization of the East Slavs ⓘ
liturgical practices in Slavic Orthodox churches ⓘ
liturgical practices in some Slavic Catholic communities ⓘ
introduced Glagolitic script ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Church Slavonic ⓘ
surface form: Old Church Slavonic
opposedBy some Frankish-German clergy ⓘ
recognizedBy Pope Hadrian II ⓘ
relatedTo Byzantine missionary activity ⓘ
Latin–Greek ecclesiastical rivalry in Central Europe ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
resultedIn translation of liturgical texts into Old Church Slavonic ⓘ
translation of parts of the Bible into Old Church Slavonic ⓘ
startTime 863 ⓘ
timePeriod 9th century ⓘ
usedScript Glagolitic script ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Great Moravia → significantEvent → Mission of Cyril and Methodius ⓘ
Christian mission to Great Moravia → movement → Mission of Cyril and Methodius ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine mission to the Slavs
Middle Byzantine period → hasEvent → Mission of Cyril and Methodius ⓘ
this entity surface form: mission of Cyril and Methodius
Ján Hollý → notableWork → Mission of Cyril and Methodius ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyrilo-Metodiáda
Christianization of the Slavs → keyEvent → Mission of Cyril and Methodius ⓘ
this entity surface form: mission of Cyril and Methodius to Great Moravia
Christianization of the Slavs → associatedWith → Mission of Cyril and Methodius ⓘ
this entity surface form: Byzantine mission to the Slavs