Mission of Cyril and Methodius to Moravia

Name: Mission of Cyril and Methodius to Moravia
Start: 863
End: 869

Type Event Region Central Europe Time 863–869

Around 863, Byzantine missionary brothers Cyril (originally Constantine) and Methodius, invited by Great Moravia's ruler Rastislav, conducted Slavic-…

Timeline

863Court of Great Moravia · Great MoraviaRastislav, seeking to escape Frankish and German church control, asked the Byzantine emperor to send missionaries able to preach in Slavic; Cyril and Methodius were dispatched and set out.
863–869Churches and schools across Great Moravia · Great MoraviaThe brothers conducted worship in Slavic, taught scripture, and trained native clergy, forming a Slavic Christian tradition independent of the Latin rite.

Sources

Encyclopaedia Britannica: Saints Cyril and Methodius https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saints-Cyril-and-Methodius
《拜占庭帝国史》 — 乔治·奥斯特洛格尔斯基