VLADISLAV SINENKI
HUSITSKÁ TEOLOGICKÁ FAKULTA UNIVERZITY KARLOVY
HUSSITE THEOLOGICAL FACULTY OF CHARLES UNIVERSITY
THE SEARCH FOR THE REMAINS OF CONSTANTINE/CYRIL, WHICH WERE DONATED IN THE XIX
CENTURY FROM PRAGUE TO MOSCOW
Abstract: The study deals with a lesser known fact of Church history from the second half of the
nineteenth century, namely the transfer of a part of St. Cyril‘s relics from Prague to Moscow. It
further follows their subsequent fate during the anti-Christian Bolshevik terror in Russia and offers a
view of the events which may have been among the triggers of a renewed interest in the veneration
of St. Cyril and St. Methodius in Russia. The study contains a comparative analysis of selected
Czech and Russian sources dealing with the circumstances of this event. Based on the contemporary
research in Russian archives and Church institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church, it proposes
a summary of the actual situation, as well as identifies possible directions for further academic
research.
Keywords: St.Cyril‘s relics; Veneration of St. Cyril and St.Methodius; Church history studies
THEOLOGICAL REVIEW, Vol. 93, 2022, No. 2, Number of Article 4, p. 189 – 207.
DOI: 10.14712/12117617.93.2.4