This day in Russian history — Today we commemorate the memory of Saint Cyril, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia, and also remember the hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, General N.N. Raevsky.translated

Saint Cyril, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Russia, by origin a Bulgarian, labored on Mount Athos. By his pious life and education, he attracted the attention of the Constantinopolitan Patriarch Philotheus, who ordained him Metropolitan of All Russia in 1375.

In Moscow, Saint Cyril...