Missionaries from the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire
cyrillic ... The two monks were two brothers from Thessaloniki, Cyril and Methodius, missionaries for the Orthodox Church, later canonized and given the epithet isapostolos (iso-apostole :equal to the apostoles).
Christianity, according to the Eastern Orthodox tradition.
russia was influenced by culture diffusion
The Cyrillic Alphabet
Orthodox follow halacha; Reform don't.
No,In The Orthodox Church cant be married with different Reiligions.
Reform, Recostructionist, Conservative, Orthodox, Ultra Orthodox
There are several 'orthodox' churches. Each may have a different yiew
Yes, they use a completely different alphabet called "Cyrillic". It is a mixture of Greek and Hebrew letters. Russians spell (for the most part) phonetically because writing was introduced to them by Greek Orthodox missionaries long after their language had formed. If you Google 'Cyrillic alphabet', Google images will show you a pretty decent chart of the alphabet. :) Russians use more letters than English does. (English uses the Latin alphabet, by the way.) Russians use Arabic numerals, just like English speakers.
The two different churches simply chose different dates to honor the saint: Catholics on October 28 and the Orthodox on June 19.
Orthodox Jewish teenagers eat the same things all Orthodox Jews eat; kosher foods of all different kinds.