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Saints Cyril and Methodius
Cyril and Methodius
also: Кирилл и Мефодий, Cyril and Methodius
Ninth-century Byzantine Greek brothers, missionaries to the Slavs and creators of the Slavic (Glagolitic/Cyrillic) alphabet and liturgy; their 1885 jubilee (the millennium of Methodius's death) was widely marked in the Russian press, prompting Chekhov's suggested then-and-now graphic contrasting ninth-century enlightenment with nineteenth-century decay.
Reading notes
- To N. A. Leikin, 22 March 1885. Moscow. §6 the Cyril and Methodius anniversary
1885 marked the jubilee (millennium of St. Methodius's death) of the ninth-century missionary brothers credited with creating the Slavic alphabet and liturgy; widely commemorated in the Russian press that year, prompting Chekhov's suggested "then and now" graphic.