Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Ss. Cyril and Methodius, February 14

"The Apostles of the Slavs"
CE; CE entry on Moravia


The two brothers developed the Glagolitic alphabet (or Glagolitsa) for translating the Bible into the Slavic languages.

Glagolitic alphabet and pronunciation
History and Development of the Cyrillic Alphabet
CE entry on Slavonic Language and Liturgy
website on Slovio, a fabricated simplified Slavic language




Milwaukee, WI (OCA)

Today is also Valentine's Day. Happy Valentine's!
CE entry on St. Valentine

source: All Saints in Brookline

Jacopo Bassano, St Valentine Baptizing St Lucilla

Kim Anderson Photography
The following are from Kim Anderson Arts:




1 comment:

Iosue Andreas Sartorius said...

The Glagolitic script looks a lot like that of Tamil, but of course the similarirty could only possibly be coincidental.

Also, thanks for the thoughts on Virginia.