ST. CYRIL AND METHODIUS AS PROPONENTS OF SLAVIC CIVILIZATION, CULTURE AND LITERACY

In this paper, the scientific results are presented of original research processes that have contributed to the affirmation of Slavic civilization and culture, starting with the great migration of peoples in the second half of the sixth century until the development of St. Cyril and Methodius tradition, which affirmed the third Christian tradition in Europe, Slavic one (in addition to the Roman or Latin and Byzantine-Greek). The author pays particular attention to the phenomenon of Slavic civilization and culture created in the process of symbiosis with the native civilization and culture, from which Slavic cultural-historical collectivism and identity emerged. In this process, a key role was played by the missionary and enlightening activity of St. Constantine-Cyril and Methodius.