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Memory of St. Cyril and Methodius, the first teachers of the Slavs By resolution of the Holy Synod on March 18, 1863, it was decided: “in memory of the completion of the millennium from the initial sanctification of our native language by the Gospel and the faith of Christ, to establish an annual church celebration for the Venerable Methodius and Cyril, starting this year 1863, on the 11th day of May.” – For information about them, see under the 6th of April. Holy Hieromartyr Mokiya Mokiy, the son of rich and noble parents, was a presbyter in the mountains. Amphipolis, in Macedonia. Being a zealous servant of the Church, he could not be indifferent to the error of the pagans who made sacrifices to idols; He diligently tried to admonish the pagans and managed to convert many of them to the true faith. Meanwhile, the persecution of Christians instituted by Diocletian was in full force at that time. The regional judge who arrived in Amphipolis on this occasion was informed about the disseminator of Christian teaching and Mokiy was summoned to the judge. All persuasion to force him to renounce Christ was in vain. The usual denouement of torture followed. The presbyter was tortured on the wheel and in fire. But the fire burned the judge himself to death. Another one arrived in place of the deceased. The torture of the confessor continued, but God miraculously preserved the unshakably devoted one. When they handed him over to be torn to pieces by beasts and the beasts did not touch him, the people shouted: “Release this righteous man, whom God protects and the beasts do not dare to touch!” Then the judge sent Mokius to Byzantium, where he died by beheading with a sword on May 11th. 295 years. At the site of the death of the holy martyr Mokios, a church was subsequently built by Constantine the Great in his name. The relics of St. were also placed here. martyr.