Brothers in evangelization. They created the Cyrillic alphabet and spread Christianity in Eastern Europe

Today is the feast of Saint Cyril and his brother saint Methodius (9th c.), patrons of Europe. They were missionaries who evangelized a great part of the European geography. They prepared liturgical texts in Slavonic language, written in an alphabet that, later on, would be called “Cyrillic”. “Peace and All Good!” Saints Cyril and Methodius recognized that these vocation and mission are nothing but a gift from God. Cyril expressed it by praying: “Yours is the gift whereby you have sent us to preach the Gospel of Christ, and to promote those good deeds you take pleasure in.” — If only through the mediation of the Patrons of Europe, we could be the faithful missionaries of Christ...!