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[tree_and_leaf]

As we all know, today is a lesser but nevertheless interesting festival of the Christian year.

So: Happy Feast of S.S. Cyril and Methodius, apostles of the Slavs, champions of Slavonic as a suitable language for divine worship, and devisors of Cyrillic.

A very Catholic perspective: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04592a.htm

An Orthodox account: http://orthodoxwiki.org/Cyril_and_Methodius

Comments

[prelud.livejournal.com]

Yes, Constantine and Methodius are very cool guys.
They are well-known in Slovakia, as they are part of our history (Great Moravia).
Slovak Catholic Church celebrates their Feast on July 5th (I don`t know why), which is also a national holiday.

[tree_and_leaf]

I gather that was the old Catholic feast day, but for some reason it got moved to Feb 14th by the Papacy. But I don't know why they changed it either!

I didn't realise they were so important in Slovakia - but July is certainly a better time to have a national holiday than February!