2. Cyril (born Constantine, 826–869) and Methodius (815–885) were
two brothers and Byzantin Christian theologians and missionaries
3. In 1880, Pope Leo XIII introduced
their feast into the calendar of
the Roman Catholic Church. In
1980, Pope John Paul II declared
them co-patron saints of Europe,
together with Benedict of Nursia
4. The two brothers were born
in Thessalonica, then located
in a Byzantine province with
the same name, (today
in Greece) – Cyril in about
827–828 and Methodius
about 815–820. Cyril was
reputedly the youngest of
seven brothers; he was born
Constantine, but was given
the name Cyril upon becoming
a monk in Rome shortly
before his death, according
to the Vita Cyrilli
("The Life of Cyril").
5. Methodius was born Michael and was given the name Methodius
upon becoming a monk in Polychron Monastery at Mysian
Olympus (present-day Uludağ), in northwest Turkey.
6. Their father was Leo,
a commander of the
Byzantine army of
Thessalonica, and their
mother was Maria.
7. The two brothers lost their father when Cyril was fourteen, and the powerful
minister Theoktistos, who was logothetes tou dromou, one of the chief ministers of the
Empire, became their protector. He was also responsible, along with the regent Bardas,
for initiating a far-reaching educational program within the Empire which culminated
in the establishment of the University of Magnaura, where Cyril was to teach.
8. Cyril was ordained
as priest some
time after his
education,
while his brother
Methodius
remained
a deacon until
867/868
9. Methodius was ordained as priest by the pope himself, and five Slavic disciples were
ordained as priests (Saint Gorazd, Saint Clement of Ohrid and Saint Naum) and as
deacons (Saint Angelar and Saint Sava) by the prominent bishops Formosus and Gauderic
10. About the year
860, Byzantine
Emperor Michael III
and the Patriarch of
Constantinople Photius
(a professor of Cyril's at
the University and his
guiding light in earlier
years), sent Cyril on a
missionary expedition
to the Khazars who had
requested a scholar be
sent to them who could
converse with both
Jews and Saracens
Emperor Michael III
Photius
12. After his return to
Constantinople, Cyril
assumed the role of
professor of philosophy
at the University while
his brother had by
this time become a
significant figure in
Byzantine political and
administrative affairs,
and an abbot of his
monastery
13. In 862 a,d,
Prince Rastislav of Great
Moravia requested that
Emperor Michael III and
the Patriarch Photius
send missionaries to
evangelize his Slavic
subjects
Rastislav is said to have
expelled missionaries of
the Roman Church and
instead turned to
Constantinople for
ecclesiastical assistance
and, presumably, a
degree of political
support
Prince Rastislav of Great Moravia
14. Their first work seems
to have been the
training of assistants.
In 863, they began the
task of translating
the Gospels and
necessary liturgical
books into the language
now known as Old Church
Slavonicand traveled
to Great Moravia
to promote it.
17. The mission of Cyril and Methodius had
great success among Slavs in part
because they used the people's native
language rather than Latin or Greek.
18.
19.
20.
21. They enjoyed considerable success in this endeavour.
However, they came into conflict with German ecclesiastics
who opposed their efforts to create a specifically Slavic liturgy
22. In Great Moravia, Cyril and Methodius also
encountered missionaries from East Francia,
representing the western or Latin branch of the
Church, and more particularly representing
the Carolingian Empire as founded by Charlemagne,
23. The Franco missionaries were committed to linguistic, and cultural
uniformity. They insisted on the use of the Latin liturgy, and they regarded
Moravia and the Slavic peoples as part of their rightful mission field
24. A dispute arose with Archbishop
Adalwin of Salzburg (859–873) and
Bishop Ermanrich of Passau (866-874),
who claimed ecclesiastical control of
the same territory and wished to see
it use the Latin liturgy exclusively
Adalwin of Salzburg
29. Methodius then
continued the work
among the Slavs alone;
not at first in Great
Moravia, but in Pannonia
(in the Balaton Principality),
owing to the political
circumstances of the
former country, where
Rastislav had been taken
captive by his nephew
Svatopluk in 870,
30. At the same time, the East
Frankish rulers and their
bishops decided to remove
Methodius. The archiepiscopal
claims of Methodius were
considered such an injury to
the rights of Salzburg that he
was captured and forced to
answer to East Frankish
bishops: Adalwin of Salzburg,
Ermanrich of Passau,
and Anno of Freising.
After a heated discussion,
they declared the deposition
of the intruder, and ordered
him to be sent to Germany,
where he was kept prisoner
in a monastery for two
and a half years
31. Carloman of Bavaria
He was delivered over
to Carloman of Bavaria,
and condemned in the
diet held at Regensburg
at the end of 870.
32. In spite of the strong representations of the Conversio Bagoariorum et
Carantanorum, written in 871 to influence the pope, Rome declared emphatically
for Methodius, and sent a bishop, Paul of Ancona, to reinstate him and punish his
enemies, after which both parties were commanded to appear in Rome with the
legate. Thus in 873, new Pope John VIII (872-882) secured the release of Methodius
33. On April 6, 885 Methodius died, worn out by his apostolic labors and by the opposition
of those who failed to understand and approve his wise ideals and methods
34. Gorazd, whom Methodius had
designated as his successor, was
not recognised by Pope Stephen
V. The same Pope forbade the
use of the Slavic liturgy and
placed the infamous Wiching
as Methodius' successor.
35. Wiching exiled the
disciples of the two
brothers from Great
Moravia in 885.
They fled to the First
Bulgarian Empire, where
they were welcomed and
commissioned to establish
theological schools
36.
37. As Catholics of the Eastern Church who worked in close
cooperation with Rome, they are regarded as particularly
suitable patrons of Church unity and of works to bring about
the reunion of the schismatic churches of the East
38.
39. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 30-9-2021
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
All Souls Day
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Christ is Alive
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Love and Marriage 12,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Martyrs of North America and Canada
Medjugore Pilgrimage
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Mother Teresa of Calcuta – Saint
Pope Franciss in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Hungary, Slovaquia
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war 1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James, apostle
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint Joseph
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Martin of Tours
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Saint Jean Baptiste MarieaVianney, Curé of Ars
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John of the Cross
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saints Zachary and Elizabeth, parents of John Baptis
Signs of hope
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
Valentine
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Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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40. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 30-9-2021
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Cristo Vive
Dia de todos los difuntos
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Espíritu Santo
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
Madre Teresa de Calcuta – Santa
María y la Biblia
Martires de Nor America y Canada
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Papa Francisco en Hugaría e Eslovaquia
Queridas Amazoznia 1,2,3,4
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Santa Agata, virgen y martir
San Alberto Magno
San Antonio de Padua
San Francisco de Asis 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
Santa Maria Goretti
San Ignacio de Loyola
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de’Ars
San Juan de la Cruz
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Philadelphia
San Martin de Tours
San Maximiliano Kolbe
Santa Teresa de Calcuta
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio e Irlanda
Santiago Apóstol
Santos Zacarias e Isabel, padres de Juan Bautista
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Virgen de Guadalupe
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Vocación a evangelizar
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