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unusual facts about Cyril and Methodius



Bardas

Thus Bardas founded the Magnaura School with seats for philosophy, grammar, astronomy and mathematics, supported scholars like Leo the Mathematician and promoted the missionary activities of Cyril and Methodius to Greater Moravia.

Ivan Mrkvička

Mrkvička came to Plovdiv in 1881 after an invitation by the then-Eastern Rumelian government and worked as a teacher in the Cyril and Methodius high school, where he co-operated with the most important cultural figures in the city — Ivan Vazov, Konstantin Velichkov, Petko Karavelov, Petko Slaveykov.

Kočani

The founders of the Slavic education, brothers Kiril and Metodij (Cyril and Methodius), stayed in the valley from the year 845 to 855 and in the Bregalnica area (Morodvis) started to preach Christianity in Slavic language.

Poland–Serbia relations

As having origin in the Proto-Slavs, the two were pagan (Slavic religion) until forming of Christianity as state-religion; 867–886 in Serbia with the baptism of Mutimir (possibly by Eastern Christian Cyril and Methodius), and 966 in Poland with the baptism of Mieszko I (by Western Christian Jordan).


see also

Albin Polasek

Polasek's better-known works include the Theodore Thomas Memorial (1924), the Masaryk Memorial (1941) in Chicago, the Wilson Memorial (1928), Radigast (1929) and Sts. Cyril and Methodius (1929) in the Czech Republic.

Jozef Tomko

He co-founded the religious journal of the Institute of SS Cyril and Methodius, and became a professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University.

Prague 2

Important sights:Charles Square- the biggest square in Prague and also among the biggest squares in Europe - with the New City Hall / Gothic town hall, Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, the Botanical Gardens and several Charles University buildingsin Albertov, as well as the Baroque Villa America.