Musande wezuva raFebruary 14: nyaya yeVatendi Cyril naMethodius
Sezvo baba vavo vaive mukuru mune chimwe chikamu cheGirisi chaigara maSlavs mazhinji, hama mbiri idzi dzechiGreek dzakazopedzisira dzava mamishinari, vadzidzisi uye vabatsiri vevanhu vechiSlavic. Mushure mekudzidza kwakajeka, Cyril (anonzi Constantine kudzamara ava mumonaki nguva pfupi asati afa) akaramba hutongi hwedunhu sezvo munin'ina wake aive agamuchira pakati pevanhu vaitaura chiSlavic. Cyril akasiya basa kuimba yemamongi uko mukoma wake Methodius akange ave mumonki mushure memakore mashoma muchinzvimbo chehurumende. Shanduko yakakosha muhupenyu hwavo yakaitika apo Mutongi weMoravia akakumbira Emperor Michael weEast rusununguko rwematongerwo enyika kubva mukutonga kweGerman uye kuzvitonga kwechechi (kuva nevafundisi vake neminamato). Cyril naMethodius vakaita basa reumishinari. Basa rekutanga raCyril kwaive kugadzira alfabheti, ichiri kushandiswa mune mamwe maitirwo ekumabvazuva. Vateveri vake vangangodaro vakaumba mavara eCyrillic. Pamwe chete vakashandurira maEvhangeri, psalter, tsamba dzaPaul nemabhuku emitambo muchiSlavic, uye vakanyora bhuku reSlavic, iro raive risina kujairika. Uku uye kushandisa kwavo mahara mutauro wechivanhu pakuparidza zvakakonzera kushorwa nevafundisi veGerman. Bhishopi akaramba kutsvenesa mabhishopi echiSlavic nevapristi uye Cyril akamanikidzwa kukwidza kuRoma. Panguva yekushanya kwavo kuRome, iye naMethodius vakave nemufaro wekuona dzidziso yavo nyowani ichibvumidzwa naPapa Adrian II. Cyril, akaremara kwenguva yakati, akafa muRome mazuva makumi mashanu atora tsika yemamongi. Methodius akaenderera mberi nebasa rehumishinari kwemamwe makore gumi nematanhatu. Aive mugariro wapapa wevanhu vese vechiSlavic, bhishopi akazvitsaurira uye akazo kupihwa yekare kuona (ikozvino muCzech Republic). Pakabviswa nzvimbo yavo zhinji munzvimbo dzavaitonga, mabhishopi eBavaria akatsiva nedutu rine simba rekupomera Methodius. Nekuda kweizvozvo, Emperor Louis wekuGerman vakatapa Methodius kwemakore matatu. Papa John VIII akawana kusunungurwa kwake.
Sezvo vafundisi vechiFrank vakanga vachakatsamwa vakaramba vachimupomera, Methodius aifanira kuenda kuRoma kunozvidzivirira kubva kupomero dzenhema uye kutsigira mashandisiro ake echiSlavic. Akanzi zvakare. Ngano inotaura kuti munguva inotyisa yebasa, Methodius akashandura Bhaibheri rose muchiSlavic mumwedzi misere. Akafa neChipiri cheVhiki Dzvene, akakomberedzwa nevadzidzi vake, kuchechi yake yechechi. Kupikiswa kwakaenderera mberi mushure mekufa kwake uye basa rehama muMoravia rakapera uye vadzidzi vavo vakapararira. Asi kudzingwa kwakave nebasa rinobatsira rekuparadzira zvemweya, zvemitambo uye zvetsika basa revafriya muBulgaria, Bohemia nekumaodzanyemba kwePoland. Vabati veMoravia, uye vanonyanya kuremekedzwa neCzech, Slovak, Croatia, Serbian Orthodox nemaBulgaria eKaturike, Cyril naMethodius vanokodzera kwazvo kuchengetedza kubatana kunodiwa pakati peEast neWest. Muna 1980, Pope John Paul II akavasarudza sevamwe vabatsiri veEurope (pamwe naBenedict). Kufungisisa: hutsvene zvinoreva kuita kuhupenyu hwevanhu nerudo rwaMwari: hupenyu hwevanhu sezvazviri, hwakayambuka nevezvematongerwo enyika netsika, vakanaka uye vakaipa, vanozvida uye mutsvene. Kuna Cyril naMethodius zvizhinji zvemuchinjikwa wavo wezuva nezuva zvaive nechekuita nemutauro weiturigi. Ivo havasi vatsvene nekuti vakashandura liturgy muchiSlavic, asi nekuti vakaita saizvozvo nehushingi uye kuzvininipisa kwaKristu.