Saints Cyril and Methodius were brothers from Thessalonica of distinguished and wealthy parents, Leo and Maria. The older 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 the monastic life of asceticism. It was here…
May 11, 2014 Sunday of the Paralytic Holy Cyril and Methodius, Teachers of the Slavs and Equals to the Apostles
Published on: May 1, 2014