Clemente in Rome. The chapel holds a Madonna by Sassoferrato. The Basilica of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Danville, Pennsylvania, (the only Roman Catholic basilica dedicated to SS. Cyril and Methodius in the world) is the motherhouse chapel of the Sisters of SS. Cyril and Methodius, a Roman Catholic women's religious community of pontifical right dedicated to apostolic works of ecumenism, education, evangelization, and elder care. The Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius, originally founded in 1909, is part of the national award system of Bulgaria. In 2021, a research vessel newly acquired by the Bulgarian Navy was re-christened Ss. Cyril and Methodius after the saints, with actress Maria Bakalova as the sponsor. Gallery Names in other relevant languages (Kýrillos kaí Methódios) Old Church Slavonic (Old Bulgarian): Кѷриллъ и Меѳодїи (Kiryła i Miafodzij) or (Kiryła i Miatoda) (Kiril i Metodiy) (Kiril i Metodij) New Church Slavonic: Кѷрі́ллъ и҆ Меѳо́дїй (Kỳrill" i Methodij) (Kirill i Mefodij), pre-1918 spelling: (Kirill" i Methodij) / (Kyrylo i Mefodij'') See also Cyrillo-Methodian studies Brotherhood of Saints Cyril and Methodius Byzantine Empire Glagolitic alphabet SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary SS. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library in Sofia St. Cyril and Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo Saints Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology, Palacký University of Olomouc References Citations Sources Further reading External links Slavorum Apostoli by Pope John Paul II Cyril and Methodius – Encyclical letter (Epistola Enciclica), 31 December 1980 by Pope John Paul II "Equal to Apostles SS. Cyril and Methodius Teachers of Slavs", by Prof. Nicolai D. Talberg Pope Leo XIII, "Grande munus: on Saints Cyril and Methodius Cyril and Methodius at orthodoxwiki Bulgarian Official Holidays, National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria: in English, in Bulgarian Bank holidays in the Czech Republic, Czech National Bank: in English, in Czech 24 May – The Day Of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture 815 births 827 births 869 deaths 885 deaths Byzantine Thessalonians Saints of medieval Macedonia Saints of medieval Greece Greek translators Translators of the Bible into Church Slavonic Byzantine theologians Cyrillic script Saints duos Great Moravia Public holidays in Russia Creators of writing systems Greek Christian missionaries Medieval Bulgarian saints Old Church Slavonic writers 9th-century Byzantine people 9th-century Christian saints Burials at San Clemente al Laterano Groups of Roman Catholic saints Groups of Eastern Orthodox saints 9th-century Christian theologians 9th-century Byzantine writers Anglican saints Missionary