Birthdate: 0827 AD
Birthplace: Thessaloniki
Died: February 14, 0869
Saint Methodius, a Byzantine Christian theologian and missionary, is known for evangelizing the Slavs with his brother Cyril. Together, they created the Glagolitic alphabet, the first alphabet for Old Church Slavonic. Methodius continued their missionary efforts after Cyril’s passing, spreading Christianity among the Slavic peoples. His teachings and contributions to the Eastern Orthodox Church earned him the title of “equal-to-apostles” and sainthood. Pope Leo XIII established their feast in the Roman Catholic Church calendar, and Pope John Paul II declared them co-patron saints of Europe.
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