Methodius

American  

[muh-thoh-dee-uhs] / məˈθoʊ di əs /

noun

1. Saint Apostle of the Slavs, a.d. c825–885, Greek missionary in Moravia (brother of Saint Cyril).

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Methodius British  

/ mɛˈθəʊdɪəs /

noun

1. Saint, with his younger brother Saint Cyril called the Apostles of the Slavs. 815–885 _ad , Greek Christian theologian sent as a missionary to the Moravians. Feast day: Feb 14 or May 11

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Methodius

Cyril and Methodius, brothers who are credited with devising the Glagolitic alphabet to transcribe scripture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

In Prague, which boasted a pre-war Ukrainian community of nearly 200,000, Nataliya Krasnopolskaia said she began attending services regularly at the Cathedral Church of Sts Cyril and Methodius since arriving from Odesa on March 6.

From Reuters ● Apr. 24, 2022

Ivo, Ludmilla, Adalbert, Cyril and Methodius, John of Nepomuk, Sigismund and Wenceslas and others are each arranged in tableaux commemorating events and stories that require a history Ph.D. thesis to fully comprehend.

From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2018

Cyril & Methodius, relics of the parish’s ethnic past.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 22, 2017

It happened that Bořivoj had occasion to ask his neighbour Svatopluk, Prince of Moravia, for protection, and then he became acquainted with that energetic missionary, St. Methodius.

From From a Terrace in Prague by Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker

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