StCyril&MethodiusMonument.Mt.Radhost.CzechRepub.450

Cyril and Methodius Monument on Mt. Radhost, Czech Republic. Cyril did not invent the Cyrillic alphabet; his disciples did, and named it for him. But in his work of translating the Bible and liturgy, he developed an alphabet still used in Russian and Serbian churches, known as Old Church Slavonic. Meanwhile Methodius, who outlived his brother, had great missionary success.

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