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title: "Sts. Cyril and Methodius: Feast Day February 14 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-cyril-and-methodius/
description: "Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Apostles to the Slavs. Feast day February 14. Read their life in Bless."
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Apostles to the Slavs · Feast day February 14

# Sts. Cyril and Methodius

The feast day of Sts. Cyril and Methodius is February 14, a memorial in the US Catholic calendar.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Feast day | [February 14](https://blessbible.app/saints/february/#14) |
| In the US calendar | Memorial |
| Title | Apostles to the Slavs |
| Died | c. 885 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Sunday, February 14, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-cyril-and-methodius/#calendar) |

## Life

Two brothers of Thessalonica, Constantine the philosopher and Michael the governor, who left careers in Byzantium to answer a Moravian prince’s plea for teachers. Taking the monastic names Cyril and Methodius, they invented an alphabet for the Slavs and translated the Scriptures and liturgy into their tongue.

Fighting all their lives for the people’s right to worship in their own language, they appealed to Rome and won. Cyril died there in 869; Methodius labored on as archbishop through prison and slander. They are co-patrons of Europe.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows Sts. Cyril and Methodius. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Sunday, February 14, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/02/14/) | First Sunday of Lent | Violet | Genesis 9:8-15 · Psalm 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 · 1 Peter 3:18-22 · Matthew 4:4b · Mark 1:12-15 |
| [Monday, February 14, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/02/14/) | Sts. Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, Bishop (Memorial) | White | James 1:1-11 · Psalm 119:67, 68, 71, 72, 75, 76 · John 14:6 · Mark 8:11-13 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[February 13 St. Catherine de' Ricci](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-de-ricci/) [February 15 St. Claude de la Colombière](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-claude-de-la-colombiere/)

[All the saints of February](https://blessbible.app/saints/february/) [Born on February 14?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#02-14) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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Sts. Cyril and Methodius

Feast day February 14

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-cyril-and-methodius/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-cyril-and-methodius/#calendar)

In the app

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