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Church Slavonic Literature in Great Moravia

Church Slavonic Literature in Great Moravia ● 863 Constantine and Methodius from Byzantium to Moravia ● sent by Emperor Michael III, on the basis of request by Moravian Prince Rastislav

Church Slavonic Literature in Great Moravia ● used Slavonic dialect, spoken in the vicinity of Thessaloniki. ● Constantine created a new alphabet, from lower case Greek letters

Church Slavonic Literature in Great Moravia

Church Slavonic Literature in Great Moravia

Church Slavonic Literature in Great Moravia

Church Slavonic Literature in Great Moravia

Church Slavonic Literature in Great Moravia ● Background: Constantine the „Philosopher“: learned, gifted, protected by the court after coup d´etat in 856, the brothers joined a monastery 860: mission to the Khazars Methodius: abbot to the Polychron monastery

Church Slavonic Literature in Great Moravia ● Political difficulties in Moravia: Latin priests Passau bishopric

Church Slavonic Literature in Great Moravia ● 868 Pope Hadrianus II approved Slavonic liturgy ● Constantine: ill, stayed in Rome, entered a monastery, died 869 ● Methodius was to return to Pannonia, but arrested, two and a half years later returned to Moravia

Church Slavonic Literature in Great Moravia ● 880 – Methodius: new defence of Slavonic liturgy in Rome ● struggles with Wiching, bishop of Nitra ● Pope Stephen V. banned Slavonic liturgy after 885. ONLY TWO DECADES IN MORAVIA ● Methodius´s disciples to Croatia and Bulgaria

Church Slavonic Literature in Great Moravia LITERARY HERITAGE ● PROGLAS – Preface to the Gospels ● Life of Constantine; Life of Methodius

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Church Slavonic Literature in Great Moravia From Proglas: Stand in fear before the Lord? For how can a sense that does not perceive the smell of flowers understand the Divine Miracle? For the mouth that does not feel sweetness turns a man into a stone. More dead than a man from stone is a soul, every soul without letters. Brethren we have contemplated this all. We now give you impeccable advice that will free all, all of you

Church Slavonic Literature in Great Moravia From Proglas: From a beastly life and a sinful existence so that when your reason, your unreasonable reason hears the Word in a foreign tongue you will not hear the sound of the bell only, the bell made of copper. For St Paul our teacher said, After he first brought his plea to the Lord: I would rather speak just five words from my simple understanding that my brethren would understand than speak thousands of them incomprehensible.

Church Slavonic Liturgy in Bohemia ● after the destruction of Great Moravia by the Magyars ● second Prague Bishop Vojtěch (Adalbert) ● The times of St. Wenceslas: Kyiev Letters, the Kristián Legend; First, Second Legend of St Wenceslas ● 11 th Century: Abbot Prokopius, the Sázava monastery. Slavonic Liturgy supported under Prince Vratislav