Icon of the Holy Apostles Cyril and Methodius The icon is hand painted on wood. Condition - good. It is no coincidence that the first surviving images of the holy apostles Cyril and Methodius appeared in the heart of Europe. It was in Rome that the Thessalonica brothers carried out their cultural revolution, destroying the myth of the sacred languages for preaching the new testament (Latin, Greek and Hebrew) and opening the way for Christian education - not only for the Slavs, but also for the entire medieval economic people. St. St. Cyril and Methodius were preachers of Christianity and founders of the language and culture of the Slavic people. St. St. Cyril and Methodius created the verb in the 9th century. Later the alphabet was called Cyrillic. The Thessalonica brothers, also known as the brothers Cyril and Methodius, are canonized as saints for the spread of Christianity among early medieval Slavic-speaking people. They are titled equal apostles and Slavic apostles.