Aspect of European history
Pan-Slavic postcard depictingSaints Cyril and Methodius , the "Apostles to the Slavs"TheSlavs wereChristianized in waves from the 7th to 12th century, though the process of replacingold Slavic religious practices began as early as the 6th century.[ 1] South Slavs adopted Christianity in the9th century , theEast Slavs in the10th , and theWest Slavs between the 9th and 12th century.Saints Cyril and Methodius (fl. 860–885) are attributed as "Apostles to the Slavs", having introduced theByzantine-Slavic rite ( Old Slavonic liturgy) andGlagolitic alphabet , the oldest known Slavic alphabet and basis for theEarly Cyrillic alphabet .[ 2]
The simultaneous missionary efforts to convert the Slavs by what would later become known as theCatholic Church ofRome and theEastern Orthodox Church ofConstantinople led to a 'second point of contention between Rome and Constantinople', especiallyin Bulgaria (9th–10th century).[ 3] East–West Schism of 1054 and led to the eventual split between theGreek East and Latin West .[ 3] Eastern Orthodoxy andRoman Catholicism . Closely connected to the competing missionary efforts of the Roman Church and the Byzantine Church was thespread of the Latin andCyrillic scripts in Eastern Europe.[ 4] [ 4] Grand Duchy of Lithuania , theCroatian Duchy and thePrincipality of Serbia , mixtures of languages, scripts and alphabets emerged, and the lines between Latin Catholic (Latinitas ) and Cyrillic Orthodox literacy (Slavia Orthodoxa ) were blurred.[ 4]
Seal of princeStrojimir ofSerbia , from the late 9th century - one of the oldest artifacts on the Christianization of the Slavs
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