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Kiev and the Rise of Russia

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  • Death of Methodius

    Death of Methodius

  • Death of Rurik of Novgorod

    Death of Rurik of Novgorod

  • Death of St. Cyril

    Death of St. Cyril

  • Death of Princess Olga of Kiev

    Death of Princess Olga of Kiev

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    St. Cyril

    Cyril & Methodius were known as “the apostles of the Slavs.”
    Professor of philosophy at the patriarchal school in Constantinople.
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    St. Methodius

    Both were outstanding scholars, theologians, and linguists.
    invented a Slavic alphabet based on Greek characters that in its final Cyrillic form is still in use as the alphabet for modern Russian and a number of other Slavic languages.
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    Princess Olga of Kiev

    Founder, with her grandson Vladimir, of Russian Christianity.
    She is considered the first saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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    Rurik of Novgorod

    Rurik was a Viking, or Varangian, prince.
    Rurik came from the Scandinavian peninsula or from Jutland (now in Denmark) and seized the town of Ladoga.
    Rurik is widely regarded as the founding father of Russia.