Π‘Π²Π΅ΡΠΈ ΠΠΈΡΠΈΠ» ΠΈ ΠΠ΅ΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΠ΅ Π Π°Π²Π½ΠΎΠ°ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΎΠ»Π½ΠΈ. ΠΡΠ°ΡΠ° ΡΠΎΡΠ΅Π½Π°, ΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠΌ ΠΈΠ· Π‘ΠΎΠ»ΡΠ½Π°, ΠΎΠ΄ ΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠ° Π·Π½Π°ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡΠΈΡ ΠΈ Π±ΠΎΠ³Π°ΡΠΈΡ , ΠΠ°Π²Π° ΠΈ ΠΠ°ΡΠΈΡΠ΅. Π‘ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡΠΈ Π±ΡΠ°Ρ ΠΠ΅ΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΠ΅ ΠΊΠ°ΠΎ ΠΎΡΠΈΡΠΈΡ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ²Π΅Π΄Π΅ Π΄Π΅ΡΠ΅Ρ Π³ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½Π° ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡ Π‘Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ° (ΠΌΠ°ΠΊΠ΅Π΄ΠΎΠ½ΡΠΊΠΈΠΌ) ΠΈ ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΎ Π½Π°ΡΡΠΈ ΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π΅Π½ΡΠΊΠΈ ΡΠ΅Π·ΠΈΠΊ. ΠΠΎ ΡΠΎΠΌ ΡΠ΅ ΠΠ΅ΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΠ΅ ΡΠ΄Π°ΡΠΈ Ρ Π³ΠΎΡΡ ΠΠ»ΠΈΠΌΠΏ ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π°Π΄Π΅ ΠΌΠΎΠ½Π°ΡΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π²ΠΈΠ³Ρ. Π’Ρ ΠΌΡ ΡΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ΄ΡΡΠΆΠΈ Π΄ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΈΡΠ΅ ΠΈ ΠΠΈΡΠΈΠ» (ΠΠΎΠ½ΡΡΠ°Π½ΡΠΈΠ½). ΠΠΎ ΠΊΠ°Π΄Π° Ρ Π°Π·Π°ΡΡΠΊΠΈ ΡΠ°Ρ ΠΠ°Π³Π°Π½ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠ°ΠΆΠΈ ΠΎΠ΄ ΡΠ°ΡΠ° ΠΠΈΡ Π°ΠΈΠ»Π° ΠΏΡΠΎΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅Π΄Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ΅ Π²Π΅ΡΠ΅ Π₯ΡΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ²Π΅, ΡΠ°Π΄Π°, ΠΏΠΎ Π·Π°ΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠΈ ΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΡ, ΠΎΠ²Π° Π΄Π²Π° Π±ΡΠ°ΡΠ° Π±ΡΠ΄Ρ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ½Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈ ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π°ΡΠΈ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡ Π₯Π°Π·Π°ΡΠ΅. Π£Π±Π΅Π΄ΠΈΠ²ΡΠΈ ΠΠ°Π³Π°Π½Π° Ρ Π²Π΅ΡΡ Π₯ΡΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ²Ρ, ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ Π³Π° ΠΊΡΡΡΠΈΡΠ΅ ΡΠ° Π²Π΅Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΈΠΌ Π±ΡΠΎΡΠ΅ΠΌ ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ Π΄ΠΎΠ³Π»Π°Π²Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ° ΠΈ ΡΠΎΡ Π²Π΅ΡΠΈΠΌ Π±ΡΠΎΡΠ΅ΠΌ Π½Π°ΡΠΎΠ΄Π°. ΠΠΎΡΠ»Π΅ ΠΈΠ·Π²Π΅ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π° ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ ΡΠ΅ Π²ΡΠ°ΡΠ΅ Ρ Π¦Π°ΡΠΈΠ³ΡΠ°Π΄, Π³Π΄Π΅ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠ°Π²Π΅ Π°Π·Π±ΡΠΊΡ ΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π΅Π½ΡΠΊΡ ΠΎΠ΄ ΡΡΠΈΠ΄Π΅ΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΎΡΠ°ΠΌ ΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π°, ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ½Ρ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΠΈ ΡΡΠΊΠ²Π΅Π½Π΅ ΠΊΡΠΈΠ³Π΅ Ρ Π³ΡΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ Π½Π° ΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π΅Π½ΡΠΊΠΈ. ΠΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ·ΠΈΠ² ΠΊΠ½Π΅Π·Π° Π Π°ΡΡΠΈΡΠ»Π°Π²Π° ΠΎΠ΄Ρ Ρ ΠΠΎΡΠ°Π²ΡΠΊΡ, Π³Π΄Π΅ Π²Π΅ΡΡ Π±Π»Π°Π³ΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΠ²Ρ ΡΠ°ΡΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅ ΠΈ ΡΡΠ²ΡΠ΄ΠΈΡΠ΅, Π° ΠΊΡΠΈΠ³Π΅ ΡΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠΆΠΈΡΠ΅ ΠΈ Π΄Π°Π΄ΠΎΡΠ΅ ΠΈΡ ΡΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡΠΈΠΌΠ°, Π΄Π° ΡΡΠ΅ ΠΎΠΌΠ»Π°Π΄ΠΈΠ½Ρ. ΠΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ·ΠΈΠ² ΠΏΠ°ΠΏΠ΅ ΠΎΠ΄Ρ Ρ Π ΠΈΠΌ, Π³Π΄Π΅ ΡΠ΅ ΠΠΈΡΠΈΠ» ΡΠ°Π·Π±ΠΎΠ»Π΅ ΠΈ ΡΠΌΡΠ΅ 14. ΡΠ΅Π±ΡΡΠ°ΡΠ° 869. Π³ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½Π΅. Π’Π°Π΄Π° ΡΠ΅ ΠΠ΅ΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΠ΅ Π²ΡΠ°ΡΠΈ Ρ ΠΠΎΡΠ°Π²ΡΠΊΡ ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΡΠ΄ΠΈ ΡΠ΅ Π΄ΠΎ ΡΠΌΡΡΠΈ Π½Π° ΡΡΠ²ΡΡΠ΅ΡΡ Π²Π΅ΡΠ΅ Π₯ΡΠΈΡΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡ Π‘Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ°. ΠΠΎ ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΡ ΡΠΌΡΡΠΈ – Π° ΠΎΠ½ ΡΠ΅ ΡΠΏΠΎΠΊΠΎΡΠΈ Ρ ΠΠΎΡΠΏΠΎΠ΄Ρ 6. Π°ΠΏΡΠΈΠ»Π° 885. Π³ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½Π΅ – ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡΠΈ ΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎΠ²ΠΈ, ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠΎΡΠΈΡΠ»Π΅Π½ΠΈΡΠΈ, ΡΠ° ΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠΈΠΌ ΠΠ»ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΊΠ°ΠΎ Π΅ΠΏΠΈΡΠΊΠΎΠΏΠΎΠΌ Π½Π° ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ, ΠΏΡΠ΅ΡΠΎΡΠ΅ ΠΡΠ½Π°Π² ΠΈ ΡΠΏΡΡΡΠΈΡΠ΅ ΡΠ΅ Π½Π° ΡΡΠ³, Ρ ΠΠ°ΠΊΠ΅Π΄ΠΎΠ½ΠΈΡΡ, Π³Π΄Π΅, ΠΈΠ· ΠΡ ΡΠΈΠ΄Π°, ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΄ΡΠΆΠΈΡΠ΅ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡ Π‘Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ° ΠΏΠΎΡΠ°ΠΎ, Π·Π°ΠΏΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠΈ ΠΠΈΡΠΈΠ»ΠΎΠΌ ΠΈ ΠΠ΅ΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΠ΅ΠΌ Π½Π° ΡΠ΅Π²Π΅ΡΡ.
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.
