Kirill Konstantin Biography

Saint Methodius was the eldest of the seven brothers, St. Konstantin Kirill - his monastic name - the youngest. Saint Methodius was first in a military rank and was a ruler in one of the subordinates of the Byzantine Empire of the Slavic principalities, apparently, Bulgarian, which gave him the opportunity to learn the Slavic language. After staying there for about 10 years, St. Methodius then took monasticism in one of the monasteries on Mount Olympus.

Saint Konstantin from an early age was distinguished by great abilities and studied with young emperor Mikhail with the best teachers of Constantinople, including Fotius, the future Patriarch of Constantinople. Saint Konstantin perfectly comprehended all the sciences of his time and many languages, especially diligently studied the creations of St. Gregory the Theologian. For his mind and outstanding knowledge, St.

Constantine received the nickname of the philosopher of the wise. At the end of the exercise, St. Konstantin accepted the sanme of the priest and was appointed the guardian of the Patriarchal Library at the Church of St. Sophia, but soon left the capital and secretly went to the monastery. Searched there and returned to Constantinople, he was determined by the teacher of philosophy in the Higher Constantinople School.

The wisdom and power of the faith of the very young Constantine were so great that he managed to win the debate of the leader of the heretic-iconoclasts Annia. After this victory, Konstantin was sent by the emperor to a dispute for the debate about the Holy Trinity with the Saracens Muslims and also won. Returning, St. Konstantin retired to his brother Methodius on Olympus, spending time in constant prayer and reading the creations of the Holy Fathers.

Soon the emperor called both holy brothers from the monastery and sent them to the Khazars for the gospel sermon. On the way, they stopped for a while in the city of Korsuni, preparing for a sermon. There, the holy brothers miraculously found the relics of the holy martyr Clement, the Pope of the Roman memory on November 25. In the same place in Korsun, St. Konstantin found the Gospel and Psalter, written by "Russian letters", and a person who speaks Russian, and began to learn from this person to read and speak his language.

After that, the holy brothers went to the Khazars, where they won the debate with Jews and Muslims, preaching the gospel teaching. On the way home, the brothers again visited Korsun and, taking the relics of St. Clement there, returned to Constantinople. Saint Konstantin remained in the capital, and St. Methodius received abbess in a small monastery of Polykhron, not far from the Mount Olympus, where he had previously worked.

Soon, ambassadors from the Moravian Prince Rostislav, oppressed by the German bishops, with a request to send teachers who could preach in their native language for the Slavs. The emperor called on St. Constantine and told him: "You need to go there, because no one will do it better than you." Saint Konstantin with fasting and prayer began a new feat.

With the help of his brother, St. Methodius and the students of Horazd, Clement, Savva, Naum and Angel, he composed the Slavic alphabet and translated the book into the Slavic language, without which the worship could not be performed: the Gospel, the Apostle, the Psalter and the Elected Services. It was in the year. After the transfer was completed, the holy brothers went to Moravia, where they were accepted with great honor, and began to teach the service in the Slavic language.

This caused the anger of the German bishops who performed a service in the Moravian churches in the Latin language, and they rebelled against the holy brothers, claiming that the worship could be performed in only one of the three languages: Jewish, Greek or Latin. Saint Konstantin replied to them: “You recognize only three languages ​​worthy of praise God on them. But David yells:“ Sing the Lord the whole earth, praise the Lord all of the Language, all the breath and praise the Lord!

The German bishops were shameless, but embittered even more and filed a complaint with Rome. The holy brothers were called to Rome to resolve this issue. Taking with them the relics of St. Clement, the Pope, the Saints Konstantin and Methodius went to Rome. Upon learning that the holy brothers carry holy relics with them, Pope Adrian cleared towards them. The holy brothers were met with honor, the Pope approved the worship in the Slavic language, and ordered the books translated by the brothers to be put in Roman churches and perform a liturgy in the Slavic language.

Being in Rome, St. Konstantin Zanemog and, in a wonderful vision, notified by the Lord about the approach of death, accepted the schema with the name Cyril. 50 days after the adoption of the schema, February 14, Equal -to -the -Apostles Cyril died at the age of 42. Going to God, St. Cyril commanded his brother, St. Methodius, to continue their common cause - the enlightenment of the Slavic peoples with the light of true faith.

St. Methodius begged the Pope to allow the Roman dad to take his brother’s body to burial him on his native land, but his dad ordered the relics of St. Cyril in the Church of St. Clement, where miracles began to be performed from them.After the death of St. Cyril, the pope, following the request of the Slavic prince Cocela, sent St. Methodius to Pannonia, ordered him to the Archbishop of Moravia and Pannonia, to the ancient throne of the Holy Apostle Andronika.

In Pannonia, St. Methodius, along with his students, continued to disseminate worship, writing and books in the Slavic language. This again caused the rage of German bishops. They achieved the arrest and trial of St. Methodius, who was exiled to impact to Swabia, where he had undergone many suffering for two and a half years. Free by the order of the Pope John VIII and restored in the rights of the archbishop, Methodius continued the gospel sermon among the Slavs and baptized the Czech Prince Borivoy and his wife Lyudmil's memory on September 16, as well as one of the Polish princes.

For the third time, German bishops raised the persecution of the saint for the failure to accept the Roman doctrine of the Excellence of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son. Saint Methodius was called to Rome, but justified himself in front of the dad, retaining the Orthodox teaching in purity, and was again returned to the capital of Moravia - Velegrad. Here, in the last years of his life, St.

Methodius, with the help of two students-priests, translated the entire Old Testament into the Slavic language, except for the McCave books, as well as Nomokanon, the rules of the Holy Fathers and the patristic books of Paterik. Anticipating the approach of the death, St. Methodius pointed to one of his students - Horazd as a worthy successor. The saint predicted the day of his death and died on April 6, at the age of about 60 years.

The funeral service of the saint was committed in three languages ​​- Slavic, Greek and Latin; He was buried in the Cathedral Church of Velegrad. The full lives of Equal -to -the -Apostles Cyril and Methodius, the Blagod and Almighty God teachers, who created everything visible and invisible from being to being and decorating with all beauty, which, if you think about a little, can be mentally partially balanced and recognize who has created so many and marvelous creatures, because “by the greatness and beauty of the creation of the creation of cognition and the creation of the creation of cognition is Their creator ”, which the angels sing to the trissible voice and we, all the faithful, are praised in the Holy Trinity, in other words, in the father, son and holy spirit, that is, in three hypostases, which can be called three faces, but in one deity.

Indeed, before every hour, time and year, beyond all reason and spiritual understanding, the father himself gave birth to a son, as wisdom says: "Before all hills gives me birth." And in the Gospel, God's very word said with pure lips, embodied in future times for our salvation: "I am in my father, and my father in me." This God, having completed the whole creation, as David says: “Heaven established the word of the Lord and from his breath all their strength.

For he said - and steel, he commanded - and created ”, first of all created a man, taking the dust from the earth, and from himself an life -giving soul inhaled, and gave meaningful speech and freedom to introduce to paradise, the commandment commanded him for testing; If he stores her, then he will remain immortal, if he continues, he will die with death, of his own free will, and not according to God's command.

And the devil, seeing that a person was given such an honor and assigned him the place from which he fell because of his pride, forced him to transgress the commandment, and expelled a man from paradise, and condemned to death. And since then, the enemy began to seduce the human race by many intrigues. But God in great mercy and love did not leave the people at all, and for each year and time he chose her husband and showed people their deeds and feat, so that everyone, likened to them, sought good.

Such was the raccoon, who was the first to dare to call the name of the Lord. And after him, Enoch, having pleased God, was moved high. Noah was righteous in his kind, he escaped from the flood in the ark, so that the earth would be filled again with the creation of God and decorated. After the separation of languages, when everyone was misleading, he knew God and he was called a friend, and accepted the promise that "all nations will be blessed in your seed." Isaac, like Christ, was erected to the mountain for the victim.

Jacob's idols of the father -in -law destroyed and saw the staircase from the ground to the sky: the angels of God went up and went. And blessing his sons, he prophesied about Christ. Joseph fed people in Egypt, showing himself to be a man of God. The Scripture says about Job Avssitian that he was righteous, fair and blank: subjected to test, having suffered him, blessed by God.

Moses with Aaron between the priests of God's God was named for the pharaoh, and tormented Egypt, and brought God the people - during the day after the light cloud, and at night at the pillar of fiery; And the sea was divided, and went through Sukhu, and the Egyptians sank. And in the Western desert, he watered the people with water and saturated with bread with angelic and birds; And he spoke with God face to face, as it is impossible for man to speak with God, and gave the people a law written by God's finger.

Jesus Navin, having overcome enemies, shared the Earth between the people of God. The judges also won many victories. And Samuel, having received God's mercy, anointed and set the king according to the word of the Lord.David with meekness pass the people and taught him the songs of God. Solomon, who received the most of all people from the god, created many good teachings, even though he himself did not fulfill them.

Elijah exposed human malice and resurrected a dead lad down, and, bringing fire from the sky, scorched many, and burned the victims with wonderful fire; After interrupting the wicked priests, he ascended the sky on a chariot of fiery and horses, giving the student a double spirit. Elisha, having received his sweetness, performed twice as many miracles. Other prophets, each at one time, prophesied about future amazing affairs.

After them, the Great John, Stedatai between the Old and New Law, became the baptist and witness of Christ and the preacher alive and the dead. The Holy Apostles Peter and Paul with the rest of the disciples of Christ, like a lightning that has passed around the world, illuminated the whole earth. After them, the martyrs washed their blood with blood, and the successors of the Holy Apostles, baptizing the Cesar, destroyed paganism with a great feat and labor.

Sylvester is righteous of three hundred and eighteen fathers, having accepted the great Caesar of Constantine to help, gathered the first cathedral in Nicaea, defeated Aria and cursed him and the heresy of him, which he erected to the Holy Trinity, as Abraham with three hundred and eighteen servants interrupted the kings and accepted blessings and wine from Melkhizhedek, the king.

Salimsky, because he was the priest of the god of the Almighty. Damas and Gregory the Theologian with a hundred and five fathers and the great king Theodosius in Constantinople confirmed the holy symbol, that is, “I believe in a single god”, and, having expelled Macedonia, cursed him and his blasphemy, which he spoke to the Holy Spirit. Celestine and Cyril with two hundred fathers and other king were crushed in Ephesus Nestorius with all the chatter, which he spoke to Christ.

Leo and Anatoly with the faithful Tsar Markian and with six hundred and thirty fathers cursed the madness and chatter of the Evtihievs in Chalkidon. Vigilia with a thorough Justinian and with a hundred and sixty -five fathers, collecting the fifth cathedral, having shown where the chatter hid, cursed. Agafon, the Apostolic dad, with two hundred and seven -year fathers with an honest Konstantin King at the sixth Cathedral, many uprisings have split and all that cathedral, having expelled, cursed, I am talking about Theodore Faransky, Sergius and Pirre, Kira Alexandria, Roman gonoria, Macarius of Antioch and other minions, and the Christian faith, and the Christian faith, and the Christian faith, and the Christian faith On the truth, it was strengthened.

After all this, the gracious God, “who wants every person to be saved and reached true knowledge,” in our time for the sake of our people, which no one has ever cared about, for a good deed, erected us with a teacher, a blissful teacher Methodius, who attached all the virtues and exploits to each of these saints, not shamelessly: he was equal to one, more and fewer, and there are more than others, and there are few more and more vigorous.

surpassing virtue, and virtuous - eloquence. Each is likened to everyone, the image of everyone revealed: the fear of God, the storage of commandments, the purity of the flesh, diligence in prayers and holiness, the word strong and meek - strong for opponents, and meek for the accepting teaching, rage, quietness, mercy, love, passion and patience - he was all of all to attract everyone.

He was a kind on both sides of not a thin, but good and honest, known from a long time to God and the king, and the whole Solunsky country, which was his bodily appearance. Therefore, the participants in the disputes who loved him since childhood had respectful conversations with him, until the king, having learned about the speed of his mind, instructed him to keep the Slavic reign so that he would recognize all the Slavic customs and got used to it, as if providing, - I would say that God wanted to send him a teacher for the Slavs and the first archbishop.

Having spent many years on the reign and seeing a lot of erratic unrest of this life, he changed the desire for earthly darkness in thought of the sky, because he did not want to outrage the noble soul because not forever - not being. And, finding a convenient time, he got rid of reign and went to Olympus, where the Holy Fathers live. Having tonsured, he put on black ries and was, obediently obeying.

And, fulfilling the entire monastic rank, he turned to the books. But the following happened at that time: the king sent for a philosopher, his brother, to go to the Khazars and so that he would take him to help. After all, there were Jews, strongly blaspheming the Christian faith. He said that: "I am ready to die for the Christian faith." And he did not disobey, but walking, served like a slave to a smaller brother, obeying him.

He is prayers, and the philosopher overheled those and shameful. The king and Patriarch, seeing his feat, suitable for God's path, convinced him to agree that they would be dedicated to the Archbishops to a place of honor, where there was a need for such a husband. Since he did not agree, he forced him and put him an abbot in the monastery, which is called Polychron, whose income is measured by twenty -four ditches of gold, and the fathers in it are more than seventy.It happened in those days that Rostislav, Prince Slavyansky, and Svyatopolk sent from Moravia to Tsar Mikhail, saying this: “We are healthy by mercy, but many Christians' teachers came to us from the Italians, and from the Greeks, and from the Germans, we will study us differently, and we, Slavs, are simple, and we did not teach us the truth.