Editing Christianization (section)

==== Language and literature ====
In the Christianization process of Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia territories, the two Byzantine missionary brothers [[Saints Cyril and Methodius|Saints Constantine-Cyril and Methodius]] played the key roles beginning in 863.{{sfn|Ivanič|2016|pp=126, 129}} They spent approximately 40 months in Great Moravia continuously translating texts and teaching students.{{sfn|Ivanič|2016|p=127}} [[Saints Cyril and Methodius|Cyril]] developed the [[Glagolitic alphabet|first Slavic alphabet]] and translated the gospel into the [[Old Church Slavonic]] language.{{sfn|Schaff|n.d.|pp=161–162}} Old Church Slavonic became the first literary language of the Slavs and, eventually, the educational foundation for all Slavic nations.{{sfn|Ivanič|2016|p=127}} In 869 Methodius was consecrated as (arch)bishop of Pannonia and the Great Moravia regions.{{sfn|Ivanič|2016|p=127}}