The Glagolitic alphabet is believed to have been created by Saints Cyril and Methodius, while the Cyrillic alphabet was invented by the Bulgarian scholar Clement of Ohrid, who was their disciple.

After the war, he played piano and guitar ( his first guitar was built by friend and author Sydney Hopkins, who wrote Mister God, This Is Anna ), and in 1949 joined Chris Barber's Jazz Band where he met blues harmonica player Cyril Davies.

It was used by Saints Cyril and Methodius and their disciples to translate the Bible and other liturgical literature from Greek into Slavic.

In 886 AD, the Bulgarian Empire introduced the Glagolitic alphabet which was devised by the Saints Cyril and Methodius in the 850s.

Writing in 1947, Cyril Garbett comments :" The House of Commons was within its constitutional rights in rejecting in a few hours the work of many anxious years.

Cyril Northcote Parkinson ( 30 July 1909 – 9 March 1993 ) was a British naval historian and author of some sixty books, the most famous of which was his bestseller Parkinson's Law, which led him to be also considered as an important scholar within the field of public administration.

* Cyril Leo Heraclius, Prince Toumanoff ( born Toumanishvili ) ( 1913 – 1997 ), Russian-born historian and genealogist who was a Professor Emeritus at Georgetown University

* Saint Cyril the Philosopher, whose original name was Constantine

The formal definition of ' two natures ' in Christ was understood by the critics of the council at the time, and is understood by many historians and theologians today, to side with western and Antiochene Christology and to diverge from the teaching of Cyril of Alexandria, who always stressed that Christ is ' one '.

" However, during the reading of Leo's Tome, three passages were challenged as being potentially Nestorian, and their orthodoxy was defended by using the writings of Cyril.

The committee unanimously decided in favor of the orthodoxy of Leo, determining that what he said was compatible with the teaching of Cyril.

A number of other bishops also entered statements to the effect that they believed that Leo's Tome was not in contradiction with the teaching of Cyril as well.

Cyril of Alexandria ( c. 376 – 444 ) was the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444.

Cyril wrote extensively and was a leading protagonist in the Christological controversies of the later 4th and 5th centuries.

His mother remained close to her brother and under his guidance, Cyril was well educated.

Theophilus died on 15 October 412, and Cyril was made Pope or Patriarch of Alexandria on 18 October 412, against the party favouring Archdeacon Timothy.

On one occasion, Cyril sent the grammaticus Hierax to secretly discover the content of an edict that Orestes was to promulgate on the mimes shows, which attracted great crowds.

When the Jews, with whom Cyril had clashed before, discovered the presence of Hierax, they rioted, complaining that Hierax's presence was aimed at provoking them.

This order had two aims: the first was to quell the riot, the other to mark Orestes ' authority over Cyril.

Orestes was powerless, but nonetheless rejected Cyril's gesture of offering him a Bible, which would mean that the religious authority of Cyril would require Orestes ' acquiescence in the bishop's policy.

However, the Christian population of Alexandria knew that Ammonius had been killed for his assault and not for his faith, and Cyril was obliged to remain silent about the events.

According to lexicographer William Smith, " She was accused of too much familiarity with Orestes, prefect of Alexandria, and the charge spread among the clergy, who took up the notion that she interrupted the friendship of Orestes with their archbishop, Cyril.

Cyril gained an opportunity to restore Alexandria's pre-eminence over both Antioch and Constantinople when an Antiochine priest who was in Constantinople at Nestorius ' behest began to preach against calling Mary the " Mother of God ".

His eighth son was Admiral Octavius Henry Cyril Harcourt whilst his youngest daughter, Georgiana, distinguished herself as a translator.

They had three daughters, the youngest of whom, Hester Margaret, married Cyril Alington, also headmaster of Eton, and Dean of Durham.

The couple had seven children: Bridget Amice Beaumont ( 1902 – 1948 ); Francis William Lionel Beaumont ( 1903 – 1941 ) ( father of John Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark ); Cyril John Astley Beaumont ( 1905 – 1973 ); Basil Ian Beaumont ( 1908 – 1909 ); Douce Alianore Daphne Beaumont ( 1910 – 1967 ); Richard Vyvyan Dudley Beaumont ( b. 1915 ); Jehanne Rosemary Ernestine Beaumont ( b. 1919 ).

During the previous seven years the popular taste had had turned toward the " service novel ", examples of which are Frank Mildmay ( 1829 ) by Frederick Marryat, Tom Cringle's Log ( 1895 ) by Michael Scott, The Subaltern ( 1825 ) by George Robert Gleig, Cyril Thornton ( 1827 ) by Thomas Hamilton, Stories of Waterloo ( 1833 ) by William Hamilton Maxwell, Ben Brace ( 1840 ) by Frederick Chamier and The Bivouac ( 1837 ), also by Maxwell.

Cyril earned seven caps for Wales during his career.

This year was unusual as only seven students went on the tour: Cyril, Dominique, Cynthia, Jean-Charles, Brice, Marina, and Ludovic.

The two monks later canonized as Saints Cyril and Methodius, the brothers from Thessaloniki, were sent to Great Moravia in 862 by the Byzantine emperor at the request of Knyaz ( Duke ) Rastislav, who wanted to weaken the dependence of his country on East Frankish priests.

It could be that the reason for the Czech preference of Mieszko was the existence in Bohemia of a mission which followed the precepts of the Byzantine Greek brothers and later saints Cyril and Methodius, who developed and performed the liturgy in the Slavic rite, more readily understood by Mieszko and his subjects.

Saints Cyril and Methodius (, Old Church Slavonic: ) were Byzantine Greek brothers born in Thessaloniki in the 9th century.

The two brothers were born in Thessaloniki – Cyril in 827 – 828 and Methodius in 815 – 820.

The two brothers lost their father when Cyril was only fourteen, and the powerful minister Theoktistos who was logothetes tou dromou, one of the chief ministers of the Empire, became their protector.

Saints Cyril and Methodius are the most celebrated saints in the Bulgarian Orthodox church, and icons of the two brothers can be found in every church.

St. Cyril Peak and St. Methodius Peak in the Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, in Antarctica are named for the brothers.

Four of his brothers also became actors: Arthur ( 1888 – 1972 ), an actor and sculptor, and Clifford ( 1892 – 1978 ), Cyril ( 1899 – 1987 ) and Kenneth ( circa 1901-1979 ).

Nil Desperandum has since been rebuilt in its original condition and design with the kitchen extension but not the enclosed side verandah that the two brothers John Douglas ( Doug ) & Cyril Leslie ( Ned ) both slept in.

When her boyfriend Rod ( Hart Bochner ) finds out, he and some of his fraternity brothers beat up Cyril, mistaking him for Dave.

The group notion started in 1976, when the four brothers of the Neville family, Art ( born 1937 ), Charles ( b. 1938 ), Aaron ( b. 1941 ), and Cyril ( b. 1948 ) got together to take part in the recording session of The Wild Tchoupitoulas, a Mardi Gras Indian group led by their uncle Big Chief Jolly.

All brothers except Charles, who lived in Massachusetts, had been living in New Orleans ; but following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 Cyril and Aaron moved out of the city.

The first three-wheeled, front-end loader was invented by brothers Cyril and Louis Keller ( manufacturer ) in Rothsay, Minnesota, in 1957.

The brothers Constantine ( Cyril ) and Methodius arrive in Great Moravia.

The founders of the Slavic education, brothers Kiril and Metodij ( Cyril and Methodius ), stayed in the valley from the year 845 to 855 and in the Bregalnica area ( Morodvis ) started to preach Christianity in Slavic language.

Michael III chose two well educated brothers, named Cyril and Methodius, who were fluent in the dialect of Slavic spoken in the environs of Thessaloniki ( Greece ).

Peter manages to assemble a rescue mission with the base's best climbers including brothers Cyril and Malcolm ( Le Marquand and Mendelsohn ), Monique Aubertine ( Izabella Scorupco ), Kareem Nazir ( Alexander Siddig ) and Skip Taylor ( Robert Taylor ).

Recovering at base camp Annie reconciles with Peter, who finally pays his respects at a memorial for those killed on K2, including Wick, Kareem, his cousin Ali, brothers Cyril and Malcom, guide Tom McLaren, and Wick's wife.

Upon his initiative two brothers, Cyril and Methodius sent by the Byzantine Emperor Michael III in 863, translated the most important Christian liturgical books into Slavonic in his realm.

It was named after the medieval brothers Cyril and Methodius, also known as the Apostles to the Slavs, enlighteners who developed the precursors to Cyrillic script used today in most Slavic languages.

He returns to his quarters to find two alien brothers, Krit ( Brad Greenquist ) and Nahsk ( Cyril O ' Reilly ).

Several priests and brothers who teach at the school live in the nearby Saint Cyril Priory, though most of the staff consists of lay teachers.