Кирило-Методиевската традиция и националната идентичност на славяните
Cyrillo-Methodian Tradition and National identity of the Slavs

Summary/Abstract: National identity topic is a dominant one in the field of humanities in the last decades. It is an important element of generating The ideologies of all Slavic nations have been using often the Cyrillo-Methodian tradition as a sign of its national identity. The article presents some medieval examples of this phenomenon, tracking the changes of the idea. Described by the Old Bulgarian writers (9th – 10th c.) and by the sources, related with the papal curia as an all-Slav achievement, the work of SS Cyril and Methodius obtains different "national“ characteristics in the course of time. An emphasis is put on the Greek Cyrillo-Methodian literary tradition, in which texts the figures of the two Slavic teachers are close interwoven with the idea of Bulgarian national virtue. Stressing strongly the Bulgarian pattern of the Cyrillo-Methodian work, the Greek archbishops of Achrida adduce arguments promoting the independence of their diocese (founded by emperor Vasilios II Bulgaroctonos as a archbishopric of the captured Bulgarian lands) from Constantinople. Analogs belonging to the West Slavs medieval historiography are also presented: such as the Granum of the Bishopric of Olomouc. The paper treats also the topic of Slavs Christianization and its patriotic interpretations, which present the saint brothers as Teachers and Confessors of different Slavic nations.

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