Feast Day: February 14
Born: 827 and 826, Thessaloniki, Byzantine Empire (present-day Greece)
Died: February 14, 869 and 6 April 885
Patron of: Bulgaria, Czech Republic (including Bohemia, and Moravia), Ecumenism, unity of the Eastern and Western Churches, Europe, Slovakia
Thursday, February 14
Liturgical Color: White
Today is the Memorial of St. Cyril, monk and
St. Methodius, bishop. They were 8th century
brothers of Greek nobility with a calling to the
religious life. Together they evangelized Slavic
countries and translated the Bible into the Slavic
languages.