OLD-SLAVONIC EMPIRE - INFOMA

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GREAT MORAVIAN EMPIRE
– OLD-SLAVONIC EMPIRE
(805-905) - 9th century
“I mind the disregard for the culture that is
centuries older.”
Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.)
Danube
Labe
Roma
NITRA, MIKULČICE, DEVÍN -
centres, towns, castles
Rulers: Mojmír I. (830 -
846), Rastislav (846 - 870),
SVÄTOPLUK I. (870 - 9. 3.
894), Mojmír II. (894-907).
Territory of the empire:
Slovakia, Moravia, Pannonia,
Czechia
Slavic gods: Perun,
Triglav, Dazhbog – god of
the Sun, Radegast, Zhiva
(Siva) – goddess of life and
bioenergy; Slavic priests used
meditations and breathing
Vltava
Baltic Sea
SLOVAK REPUBLIC - GENERAL INFORMATION
ZÁKLADNÉ INFORMÁCIE O SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKE
Odra
Morava
Mikulcice
Váh
Drava
Sava
Váh
Wisla
GREAT MORAVIA EMPIRE
Praha
NITRA
Devín
(Bratislava)
Danube
Blatnohrad
yugoslavia
nations
Wisla
Danube
Sirmium
Tisa
Kiev
Russia
Bulgaria Empire
Bulgaria Empire
Solun
Byzantine Empire
exercises to accumulate and
balance energy;
863-885 Constantine-Cyril
and archbishop Methodius
with Rastislav and King
Svätopluk founded the
material, spiritual and culture
traditions of Slavonic people
and devised the alphabet;
866 They founded the
Great Moravian training
college – school, where 200
pupils fi nished their studies;
literature – writings, poems,
code of law;
869 The Old Slavonic
language became the fourth
liturgical language in the
world along with Greek,
Hebrew and Latin;
Methodius (815-6. 4. 885)
studied law; archbishop in
Great Moravia and Pannonia-
Sirmium - Srem. Mitrovica
Konstantinopol
Black Sea
Constantine the
Philosopher – Cyril
(827-14. 2. 869) devised
the alphabet and spelling,
and created words for
communication from Greek;
880 The pope issued the
bull Industriae tuae by which
he took under protection the
independent Great Moravian
Empire
Byzantine writing on
Slavonic people: “Slavic
tribes are accustomed
to freedom and will not
let themselves enslave.
They keep open house for
foreigners and accompany
them as their guests from
one place to another,
wherever the guests wish.
Their way of life is rough, but
they are note evil-minded.”
~ 889 – Czech lands
annexed to the Great
Moravian Empire;
~ 906 Magyars invaded
Great Moravia from the East,
subverted the Empire and
settled in Pannonia;
890 -1000
Dissemination of material
and spiritual culture From
Great Moravia to Bulgaria,
Czech lands (Bořivoj
I.- in 882 christened by
Archbishop Methodius), to
the Yugoslav nations and to
Kievan Rus.
Methodius´ followers
spreading culture and
literature: Climent in Ohrid,
Sava, Naum, Gorazd.
Centres of Slavic culture
after Great Moravia:
Prague, Kiev, Cracow,
Novgorod, Ohrid. In
Bulgaria, Methodius is
commemorated on 17 July;
the Methodius´ cult was laid
by the Czech king Charles IV.
9th century – Slovakia
and Moravia abounded
in spiritual Slavic culture
refl ecting the maturity of
the Byzantine and Western-
European letters; it was the
basis of the civilisation of
Central-European culture
(own state, own writing,
own church province,
accepted by the Frankish
Empire - 884, own books,
own liturgical language
– Old Slavonic, successful
foreign diplomatic policy).
Central-European civilization
area – Great Moravia, the
cradle of material and
spiritual culture; laid the
foundations of a new literary
language through which
the Slavs got involved in
the world cultural course of
events throughout Europe.
MIKULČICE: palace, 10
churches etc.