The 3rd episode of the Slavic Epopea is entitled “Introduction of the Old Slavic Language”. Google gives this information:
Old Slavic language (or Old Slavic language) is The oldest known Slavic literary language, shaped in the 9th century for missionary purposes by the brothers Cyril and Methodius. It was based on Slavic dialects from the area of Thessaloniki and was written in 2 alphabets: Glagolitic and Cyrillic. It was a common liturgical and literary language of Orthodox Slavs until the 18th century, and its evolution led to the creation of modern Orthodox language.
I can imagine Cyril and Methods converting the Slavs. That's what they said:
“God caused the Virgin to become pregnant without sex with man and gave birth to the boy of God, who is besides God. Bad men tormented him, but thus was blotted out the first sin that all men had on their conscience. From now on, after death, good people go to the land of eternal happiness, or to the land of torture (no 1 has heard of purgatory yet).
The Slavs heard this and were baptized in a mass way due to the fact that they believed it was true. I can't imagine. I'd alternatively imagine Cyril and Methods went to the king of Moravia and said,
“If you introduce our religion, no 1 will endanger you, for there will be a large empire behind you. You will get quite a few money and your household will regulation forever.”
Returning to the image of the Fly, let each 1 interpret for his own use. I don't realize him. The building is not in Moravia, but somewhere around Byzantium. So this is not the very minute of the Slavic Christianity, but alternatively the minute of sending Byzantine agents to the lands inhabited by our ancestors. I'm not happy, I'm alternatively worried about the destiny of the agents - at least those flying on the left side seem to be. On the another hand, a king with a sword can be seen on the advanced right, and if he does, he will bring order.
My opponents will most likely accuse me of the large merit of Cyril and Methods in introducing Cyrillic writing in Slavic lands. The question is, didn't the Slavs have their own culture before? They most likely did, but Christians almost completely erased it.
Michał Leszczyński
