Sts. Cyril & Methodius Serbian Orthodox Mission Parish CT
Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Eastern America
SAINTS CYRIL AND METHODIUS, EQUALS TO THE APOSTLES
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ΠŸΡ€Π°Π·Π½ΠΈΠΊ Π‘Π²Π΅Ρ‚ΠΈΡ… ΠšΠΈΡ€ΠΈΠ»Π° ΠΈ ΠœΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡ˜Π° – 24. мај /Feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius – Mayβ€―24,

 

Π‘Π²Π΅Ρ‚ΠΈ ΠšΠΈΡ€ΠΈΠ» ΠΈ ΠœΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡ˜Π΅ Равноапостолни. Π‘Ρ€Π°Ρ›Π° Ρ€ΠΎΡ’Π΅Π½Π°, Ρ€ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠΌ ΠΈΠ· Π‘ΠΎΠ»ΡƒΠ½Π°, ΠΎΠ΄ Ρ€ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡ‚Π΅Ρ™Π° Π·Π½Π°ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ‚ΠΈΡ… ΠΈ Π±ΠΎΠ³Π°Ρ‚ΠΈΡ…, Π›Π°Π²Π° ΠΈ ΠœΠ°Ρ€ΠΈΡ˜Π΅. Π‘Ρ‚Π°Ρ€ΠΈΡ˜ΠΈ Π±Ρ€Π°Ρ‚ ΠœΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡ˜Π΅ ΠΊΠ°ΠΎ ΠΎΡ„ΠΈΡ†ΠΈΡ€ ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΠ²Π΅Π΄Π΅ дСсСт Π³ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½Π° ΠΌΠ΅Ρ’Ρƒ Π‘Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ° (макСдонским) ΠΈ Ρ‚Π°ΠΊΠΎ Π½Π°ΡƒΡ‡ΠΈ словСнски јСзик. По Ρ‚ΠΎΠΌ сС ΠœΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡ˜Π΅ ΡƒΠ΄Π°Ρ™ΠΈ Ρƒ Π³ΠΎΡ€Ρƒ Олимп ΠΈ ΠΏΡ€Π΅Π΄Π°Π΄Π΅ монашком ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π²ΠΈΠ³Ρƒ. Π’Ρƒ ΠΌΡƒ сС ΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠ΄Ρ€ΡƒΠΆΠΈ Π΄ΠΎΡ†Π½ΠΈΡ˜Π΅ ΠΈ ΠšΠΈΡ€ΠΈΠ» (ΠšΠΎΠ½ΡΡ‚Π°Π½Ρ‚ΠΈΠ½). Но ΠΊΠ°Π΄Π° хазарски Ρ†Π°Ρ€ Каган ΠΏΠΎΡ‚Ρ€Π°ΠΆΠΈ ΠΎΠ΄ Ρ†Π°Ρ€Π° ΠœΠΈΡ…Π°ΠΈΠ»Π° ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅Π΄Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ΅ Π²Π΅Ρ€Π΅ Π₯ристовС, Ρ‚Π°Π΄Π°, ΠΏΠΎ заповСсти Ρ†Π°Ρ€Π΅Π²ΠΎΡ˜, ΠΎΠ²Π° Π΄Π²Π° Π±Ρ€Π°Ρ‚Π° Π±ΡƒΠ΄Ρƒ ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΠ½Π°Ρ’Π΅Π½ΠΈ ΠΈ послати ΠΌΠ΅Ρ’Ρƒ Π₯Π°Π·Π°Ρ€Π΅. УбСдивши Кагана Ρƒ Π²Π΅Ρ€Ρƒ Π₯ристову, ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ Π³Π° ΠΊΡ€ΡΡ‚ΠΈΡˆΠ΅ са Π²Π΅Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΈΠΌ Π±Ρ€ΠΎΡ˜Π΅ΠΌ ΡšΠ΅Π³ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ… Π΄ΠΎΠ³Π»Π°Π²Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ° ΠΈ још Π²Π΅Ρ›ΠΈΠΌ Π±Ρ€ΠΎΡ˜Π΅ΠΌ Π½Π°Ρ€ΠΎΠ΄Π°. ПослС извСсног Π²Ρ€Π΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π° ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ сС Π²Ρ€Π°Ρ‚Π΅ Ρƒ Π¦Π°Ρ€ΠΈΠ³Ρ€Π°Π΄, Π³Π΄Π΅ саставС Π°Π·Π±ΡƒΠΊΡƒ словСнску ΠΎΠ΄ тридСсСт осам слова, ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡ‡Π½Ρƒ ΠΏΡ€Π΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡ‚ΠΈ Ρ†Ρ€ΠΊΠ²Π΅Π½Π΅ књигС с Π³Ρ€Ρ‡ΠΊΠΎΠ³ Π½Π° словСнски. На ΠΏΠΎΠ·ΠΈΠ² ΠΊΠ½Π΅Π·Π° Растислава ΠΎΠ΄Ρƒ Ρƒ ΠœΠΎΡ€Π°Π²ΡΠΊΡƒ, Π³Π΄Π΅ Π²Π΅Ρ€Ρƒ благочСстиву Ρ€Π°ΡΠΏΡ€ΠΎΡΡ‚Ρ€Π΅ΡˆΠ΅ ΠΈ ΡƒΡ‚Π²Ρ€Π΄ΠΈΡˆΠ΅, Π° књигС ΡƒΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠΆΠΈΡˆΠ΅ ΠΈ дадошС ΠΈΡ… ΡΠ²Π΅ΡˆΡ‚Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ†ΠΈΠΌΠ°, Π΄Π° ΡƒΡ‡Π΅ ΠΎΠΌΠ»Π°Π΄ΠΈΠ½Ρƒ. На ΠΏΠΎΠ·ΠΈΠ² ΠΏΠ°ΠΏΠ΅ ΠΎΠ΄Ρƒ Ρƒ Π ΠΈΠΌ, Π³Π΄Π΅ сС ΠšΠΈΡ€ΠΈΠ» Ρ€Π°Π·Π±ΠΎΠ»Π΅ ΠΈ ΡƒΠΌΡ€Π΅ 14. Ρ„Π΅Π±Ρ€ΡƒΠ°Ρ€Π° 869. Π³ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½Π΅. Π’Π°Π΄Π° сС ΠœΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡ˜Π΅ Π²Ρ€Π°Ρ‚ΠΈ Ρƒ ΠœΠΎΡ€Π°Π²ΡΠΊΡƒ ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡ‚Ρ€ΡƒΠ΄ΠΈ сС Π΄ΠΎ смрти Π½Π° ΡƒΡ‚Π²Ρ€Ρ’Π΅ΡšΡƒ Π²Π΅Ρ€Π΅ Π₯ристовС ΠΌΠ΅Ρ’Ρƒ Π‘Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ°. По њСговој смрти – Π° ΠΎΠ½ сС ΡƒΠΏΠΎΠΊΠΎΡ˜ΠΈ Ρƒ Господу 6. Π°ΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠ»Π° 885. Π³ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½Π΅ – ΡƒΡ‡Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ†ΠΈ њСгови, пСточислСници, са свСтим ΠšΠ»ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ‚ΠΎΠΌ ΠΊΠ°ΠΎ Спископом Π½Π° Ρ‡Π΅Π»Ρƒ, ΠΏΡ€Π΅Ρ’ΠΎΡˆΠ΅ Π”ΡƒΠ½Π°Π² ΠΈ ΡΠΏΡƒΡΡ‚ΠΈΡˆΠ΅ сС Π½Π° Ρ˜ΡƒΠ³, Ρƒ ΠœΠ°ΠΊΠ΅Π΄ΠΎΠ½ΠΈΡ˜Ρƒ, Π³Π΄Π΅, ΠΈΠ· ΠžΡ…Ρ€ΠΈΠ΄Π°, ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΠ΄ΡƒΠΆΠΈΡˆΠ΅ ΠΌΠ΅Ρ’Ρƒ Π‘Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ° посао, Π·Π°ΠΏΠΎΡ‡Π΅Ρ‚ΠΈ ΠšΠΈΡ€ΠΈΠ»ΠΎΠΌ ΠΈ ΠœΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡ˜Π΅ΠΌ Π½Π° сСвСру.

Saints Cyril and Methodius were brothers from Thessalonica, of distinguished and wealthy parents, Leo and Maria. The elder brother Methodius spent ten years as an officer among the Macedonian Slavs and thus learned the Slavic language. After that, Methodius withdrew to Mount Olympus and dedicated himself to monastic asceticism. It was here that Cyril (Constantine) later joined him. When the king of the Khazars, Kagan, requested preachers of the Christian Faith from Emperor Michael III, these two brothers were found and sent among the Khazars by command of the emperor. Converting King Kagan to the Christian Faith, they baptized him along with a great number of his chief assistants and an even greater number of the people. After some time they returned to Constantinople, where they compiled the Slavonic alphabet consisting of thirty-eight letters. They then proceeded to translate ecclesiastical books from Greek into Slavonic. At the request of Prince Rastislav, they traveled to Moravia, where they spread and confirmed the sacred Faith and made more copies of the books, distributing them to the priests to teach the youth. At the request of the pope, Cyril traveled to Rome. There he became ill and died, on February 14, 867 A.D. Then Methodius returned to Moravia and labored to strengthen the Christian Faith among the Slavs until his death. Following his death (he reposed in the Lord on April 6, 885 A.D.) his disciples, the Five Followers, with St. Clement the bishop at their head, crossed the Danube River and traveled south into Macedonia. There, from Ohrid, they continued their labor among the Slavs, which Cyril and Methodius had begun in the north.