© Maged Habib (CC BY-NC)
© Maged Habib (CC BY-NC)
Medal - Charitable society Personality Saints Cyril and Methodius ND
1990 year| - | 60.90 g | 50 mm |
| Location | Soviet Union (Russia) |
|---|---|
| Type | › Tokens |
| Year | 1990 |
| Weight | 60.90 g |
| Diameter | 50 mm |
| Thickness | 3 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Updated | 2024-11-14 |
| Numista | N#190536 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 95% |
Reverse
Lettering:
МЕЖДУНАРОДНАЯ КУЛЬТУРНАЯ МИССИЯ
• ИСТОКИ •
• ЛИЧНОСТЬ •
БЛАГОТВОРИТЕЛЬНОЕ ОБЩЕСТВО
Translation:
International cultural mission
Origins
Personality
Charitable society
Edge
Plain
Comment
Cyril (born Constantine, 826–869) and Methodius (815–885) were two brothers and Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries. For their work evangelizing the Slavs, they are known as the "Apostles to the Slavs".
They are credited with devising the Glagolitic alphabet, the first alphabet used to transcribe Old Church Slavonic. After their deaths, their pupils continued their missionary work among other Slavs. Both brothers are venerated in the Orthodox Church as saints with the title of "equal-to-apostles". In 1880, Pope Leo XIII introduced their feast into the calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1980, Pope John Paul II declared them co-patron saints of Europe, together with Benedict of Nursia.
