Saints Cyril and Methodius

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Saints Cyril and Methodius were 9th-century Byzantine brothers and missionaries who evangelized the Slavs and created the Glagolitic alphabet, laying the foundations for Slavic Christian culture and liturgy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine missionaries
Christian saints
brothers
co-patrons of Europe
activeInCentury 9th century
associatedWith Christianization of the Slavs NERFINISHED
Glagolitic alphabet NERFINISHED
Old Church Slavonic NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Greeks NERFINISHED
feastDay 11 May (Eastern Orthodox Church, Julian calendar)
14 February (Roman Catholic Church, pre-1969 and some calendars)
24 May (some Slavic countries)
5 July (Roman Catholic Church, current general calendar)
fieldOfWork Christian mission
Slavic studies NERFINISHED
linguistics
hasPart Saint Cyril NERFINISHED
Saint Methodius NERFINISHED
influenced Slavic Christian culture
Slavic liturgical tradition
development of the Cyrillic script
knownFor development of Slavic liturgy
evangelization of the Slavs
mission to Great Moravia
language Greek
Old Church Slavonic NERFINISHED
missionRegion Balkans NERFINISHED
Great Moravia NERFINISHED
Pannonia NERFINISHED
notableWork creation of Old Church Slavonic liturgy
creation of the Glagolitic alphabet
translation of the Bible into Old Church Slavonic
patronage Europe NERFINISHED
Slavic peoples NERFINISHED
ecumenism
recognizedBy Pope John Paul II as co-patrons of Europe
religion Christianity
Eastern Christianity NERFINISHED
title Apostles to the Slavs NERFINISHED
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Catholic Churches NERFINISHED
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheran Churches NERFINISHED
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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Nitra hasPatronSaint Saints Cyril and Methodius
Slavic Orthodox Churches historicalMissionaryFigures Saints Cyril and Methodius
Pope John VIII supported Saints Cyril and Methodius