Kult sv. Cyrila a Metoděje a jeho nacionalizace v moderní době

• Authors: Jan Rychlík , Magdalena Rychlíková

Title variants

EN

The Cult of Sts. Cyril and Methodius and its Nationalisation in Modern Times

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The essay explains how the religious cult of Sts. Cyril and Methodius was changing during centuries. Both saints were - after the Great Schism in 1054 A. D. - considered saints mainly in the Eastern Orthodox Churches, while in the Catholic Church they were formally confirmed as saints only in 1880. Gradually, the cult obtained also national character. In the 19th century, Sts. Cyril and Methodius were considered mainly the Slavic saints because they brought Christianity to the Slavs, and according to the traditions, they were partly of the Slav blood. In addition, the particular Slavonic nations started considering them as national saints. Both brothers thus served as the factor forming the national identity of various Slavonic nations in the Balkans and Central Europe. The cult also led to disputes among the particular nations about the “nationality” of both brothers and mainly about the nationality of the Slavic people who they preached to. Because the place of birth of both holy brothers was in Macedonia, the Greeks, Bulgarians, and – in the second half of the 20th century - also the newly formed Macedonians began to claim Sts. Cyril and Methodius to become symbols of their national history and cultural heritage.

Keywords

EN

Sts. Cyril and Methodius; Great Moravia; cult; Bulgaria; Greece; Macedonia

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: The National Institute of Folk Culture
• Journal: Národopisná revue (Journal of Ethnology)
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 75 – 82

Contributors

author

Jan Rychlík

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Magdalena Rychlíková

• Národopisná revue, redakce, Národní ústav lidové kultury se sídlem ve Strážnici, Zámek 672, 696 62 Strážnice, Czech Republic