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3 abducted priests, religious released in Haiti

April 23, 2021

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Memorial of Sts. Cyril, Monk and Methodius, Bishop

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Today is the Memorial of Saints Cyril and Methodius. St. Cyril (827-869) was a priest and a philosopher and accompanied his brother St. Methodius (826-885) to Moravia to preach the Gospel. They both perfected a Slavonic alphabet which is now known as the Cyrillic alphabet and translated the…

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