Today is the Feast Day of Saints Cyril and Methodius, celebrated by the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. The two brothers lived in the ninth century and were the creators of the Cyrillic alphabet. Their work is of interest to PaleoJudaica because many Old Testament pseudepigrapha survive in Old Church Slavonic or Church Slavonic.
This is just the first round of celebration. The day is celebrated on 24 May in Bulgaria, Ukraine, Macedonia, and Russia, and on 5 July in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. It is celebrated on other days in other churches.
For many PaleoJudaica posts on Cyril and Methodius, their feast days, Slavonic pseudepigrapha, and Old Church Slavonic, start here and follow the links.
And yes, happy Valentine's Day too. I've collected some old posts on that here.
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