Category:Saint Cyril

Saints Cyril and Methodius: Bishops and Confessors; Equals to the Apostles; Patrons of Europe; Apostles to the Slavs Born: 826 or 827 and 815 in Thessalonica, Byzantine Empire (present-day Greece) Died: 14 February 869 and 6 April 885 Honored in: Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion Lutheran Church Feast: 11 and 24 May[1] (Orthodox Church) 14 February (present Roman Catholic calendar); 5 July (Roman Catholic calendar 1880–1886); 7 July (Roman Catholic calendar 1887–1969) 5 July (Roman Catholic Czech Republic and Slovakia) Attributes: brothers depicted together; Eastern bishops holding up a church; Eastern bishops holding an icon of the Last Judgment. Often, Cyril is depicted wearing a monastic habit and Methodius vested as a bishop with omophorion. Patronage: Ecumenism for unity of the Orthodox with the Roman Catholic Church in its type before 1054, Bulgaria, Republic of Macedonia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Europe

Saint Cyril of Alexandria: The Pillar of Faith; Bishop, Confessor and Doctor of the Church Born: c. 376 Died: c. 444 Honored in: Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodox Church Anglicanism Lutheranism Feast: 18 January and 9 June (Orthodox Churches) 27 June (Coptic Church, Roman Catholic Church- but 9 February in Roman Calendar 1882-1939 - and Lutheran Church) Attributes: Vested as a Bishop with phelonion and omophorion, and usually with his head covered in the manner of Egyptian monastics (sometimes the head covering has a polystavrion pattern), he usually is depicted holding a Gospel Book or a scroll, with his right hand raised in blessing. Patronage: Alexandria

Saint Cyril of Jerusalem: Bishop, Confessor and Doctor of the Church Born: ca. 313 possibly near Caesarea Maritima, Syria Palaestina (Modern-day Israel) Died: 386 in Jerusalem, Syria Palaestina Honored in: Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Feast: March 18

Saint Cyril of Turaw Born: 1130 Died: 1182 Honored in: Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox church Feast: April 28