Posted on 05/25/2021 6:26:41 PM PDT by marshmallow
Moscow, May 24, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia spoke about the special historical vector given to Russia by Slavic educators Cyril and Methodius on the day of remembrance of these holy brothers equal to the apostles.
"We are praying, and we are especially asking them about all of historical Rus, which became the heir of Byzantium and not only preserved the legacy of St. Cyril and Methodius, equal to the apostles, but also increased that legacy, having gone through bloody persecution, the assaults of foreign tribes, and internal strife," the patriarch said on Monday after a holiday liturgy in the Church of Alexander Nevsky in a skete near Peredelkino, which has the same name.
The older brother, Methodius, later became a bishop, and the younger one, Cyril, was a gifted man and held a high position at the court of the Byzantine emperor, he said. "They were called to bring the light of Christian truth northward so that the Slavic people could turn to Christ," the patriarch said.
"We would be absolutely different if it hadn't been for the Orthodox faith, which came into the lives of the Slavic people, including the people who made up historical Rus, through St. Cyril and Methodius, equal to the apostles," the patriarch said.
So? The Czars believed they were the heirs to Constantinople. Nothing is radical about this, or even strange. Russia is the heir to the Eastern Roman Empire.
There is an old prophecy that the Rus will take Constantinople in the end days.
Ergodan is leaving?
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