![]() He was ordained a deacon in Constantinopole. In 843, he invited Constantine to Constantinople to continue his studies at the university there. As befitting their family's position, they were well educated.Īt a young age the brothers lost their father and they were raised under the protection of their uncle Theoctistos, who was a powerful official in the Byzantine government, responsible for postal services and the diplomatic relations of the empire. ![]() Being raised in an area with both Greek and Slavic speakers endowed the brothers with a good knowledge of the two languages. Their mother is believed to have been Slavic. Their father, Leon, was Drungarios of the Byzantine Roman Thema of Thessalonika, whose jurisdiction included the Slavs of Macedonia. Constantine, the elder of the two, may have been born in 826, while Methodius is believed to have been born in 827. Constantine (later Cyril) and Michael (later Methodius) were born early in the 9th century in Thessalonika into a senatorial family. ![]()
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