Ingcwele yosuku lukaFebruwari 14: ibali labangcwele uCyril noMethodius
Kuba utata wabo wayeligosa kwinxalenye yeGrisi ehlala amaSlav amaninzi, ekugqibeleni aba bazalwana babini baba ngamavangeli, abafundisi kunye nabaxhasi babantu baseSlavic. Emva kwesifundo esihle, uCyril (obizwa ngokuba nguConstantine de waba yimonki ngaphambi nje kokuba asweleke) wabulahla uburhulumente besithili njengoko umntakwabo wabamkelayo phakathi kwabantu abathetha isiSlavic. UCyril uthathe umhlala-phantsi kwikhaya loonongendi apho umntakwabo uMethodius waba yimonki emva kweminyaka embalwa kurhulumente. Utshintsho olukhulu ebomini babo lwenzeka xa uMlawuli waseMoravia wabuza uMlawuli uMichael uMpuma wenkululeko kwezopolitiko kulawulo lwaseJamani kunye nokuzimela kwabefundisi (enabefundisi kunye nonqulo). UCyril noMethodius bawenza lo msebenzi. Umsebenzi wokuqala kaCyril yayikukuqamba oonobumba, abasasetyenziswa kwezinye iiturgy zaseMpuma. Abalandeli bakhe kusenokwenzeka ukuba babumba oonobumba beCyrillic. Ngokudibeneyo baguqulela iiVangeli, i-psalter, iileta zikaPawulos kunye neencwadi zonqulo kwisiSlavic, kwaye babhala inkolo yeSlavic, eyayingahambelani kwaphela. Oku kunye nokusebenzisa kwabo ngokukhululekileyo iilwimi zomthonyama xa beshumayela kwakhokelela kwinkcaso yabefundisi baseJamani. Ubhishophu wenqabe ukungcwalisa oobhishophu bamaSlav kunye nabefundisi kwaye uCyril wanyanzelwa ukuba abhenele eRoma. Ngexesha lotyelelo lwabo eRoma, yena noMethodius baba novuyo lokubona inkonzo yabo entsha ivunywa nguPopu Adrian II. UCyril, ekhubazekile kangangexesha elithile, wasweleka eRoma kwiintsuku ezingama-50 emva kokuthatha umkhwa wobukumkani. UMethodius waqhubeka nomsebenzi wobufundisi eminye iminyaka eli-16. Wayengumpopu kubo bonke abantu abangamaSlavic, ubishophu ozinikeleyo emva koko wabelwa umboniso wakudala (ngoku kwiCzech Republic). Xa indawo enkulu ababefudula besuswa kuyo yayisusiwe, oobhishophu baseBavaria baziphindezela ngesityholo esityhola uMethodius. Ngenxa yoko, uMlawuli uLouis waseJamani wagxotha uMethodius iminyaka emithathu. UPopu John VIII wakhululwa.
Njengokuba abefundisi baseFrank ababecaphukile beqhubeka nezityholo zabo, uMethodius kwafuneka aye eRoma ukuya kuzikhusela kwizityholo zobuqhetseba kwaye axhase ukusebenzisa kwakhe iinkonzo zonqulo zamaSlav. Waphinda wabangwa. Imbali ithi ngexesha lokusebenza kobushushu, uMethodius waguqulela yonke iBhayibhile wayisa kwiSlavic kwiinyanga ezisibhozo. Usweleke ngoLwesibini weVeki eNgcwele, ejikelezwe ngabafundi bakhe, kwicawa yakhe yecawa. Inkcaso yaqhubeka emva kokubhubha kwakhe kwaye nomsebenzi wabazalwana eMoravia waphela kwaye abafundi babo bathi saa. Kodwa ukugxothwa kwaba nefuthe elilungileyo lokusasaza umsebenzi wokomoya, owonqulo kunye nowenkcubeko wamafriyi eBulgaria, eBohemia nakumazantsi ePoland. Abaxhasi baseMoravia, ngakumbi abahlonitshwa ngamaCzech, iSlovak, amaCroatia, amaOthodoki aseSerbia kunye namaKatolika aseBulgaria, uCyril noMethodius bakulungele ngokufanelekileyo ukukhusela umanyano olufunekayo phakathi kweMpuma neNtshona. Ngo-1980, uPopu John Paul II wabanyula njengabancedisi baseYurophu (kunye noBenedict). UkucingisisaUbungcwele buthetha ukusabela kubomi bomntu ngothando lukaThixo: ubomi bomntu njengoko bunjalo, bunqanyulwe ngezopolitiko kunye nenkcubeko, ezintle nezimbi, ukuzingca kunye nengcwele. KuCyril noMethodius uninzi lomnqamlezo wabo wemihla ngemihla lwalunento yokwenza nolwimi lwenkonzo. Abangcwele ngenxa yokuba baguqula i-liturgy yaba yiSlavic, kodwa ngenxa yokuba benze njalo ngenkalipho nokuzithoba kukaKristu.