Re: Well wishes

--- In cybalist@..., "Mark Odegard" <markodegard@...> wrote:

> From my point of view (and I think, that of the the Slavicists on

this

> list), February 14 is best remembered as the feast day of Sts.

Cyril and

> Methodius.
>
> Cyril, a.k.a. Constantine, is said to be the creator of both the

Glagolithic

> and Cyrillic letters. Methodius is said to have translated the Old

Church

> Slavonic version of the Bible. In Catholic terms, they are co-

patron-saints

> of Europe and of Christian Unity. In purely secular terms, and in

explicity

> Indo-European terms, they stand at the head of Slavic literature

and Slavic

> philology.
>

Thank you, Mark.

Sergei