GENEZA SLOVJANSKOJI DUŠI: RECENCIJA KYRYLO-MEFODJIVSKOJI SPADŠČYNY V GALYČYNI XIX – XX ST.

The saints Cyril’s and Methodius heritage in the minds of the Galician’s became a conglomeration of different phenomena: writing, language, rite, etc. The Cyrillic as the Slavic writing system became a cultural marker in Galicia primarily of Ruthenian/Ukrainian and their faith (in the first time - Orthodoxy, and then - the Greek Catholicism). With regard to the Cyrillic have been three trends: the conservation, the modernization and the rejection of Cyrillic letters in favor of the Latin font. Another attribute of belonging to tradition of St. Cyril and Methodius in Galicia was Church Slavonic. During the of XIX – XX century attitude to it also has changed from sacralization of the Church Slavonic up to his gradual elimination from the liturgical life of the Galician Ruthenian/Ukrainian. Same time the Slavonic rite of the saint Cyril and Methodius in the minds of the Galician became associated primarily with the Eastern rite of local Greek Catholics and the Orthodox. After all, the same figure „Thessaloniki brothers“ became closely linked to the Christianization of Galicia as a „special“ region of Rus’/ Ukraina. At the same time the view of the problems associated with St. Cyril and Methodius tradition among Galician was formed not only empirical, but also by the reading of the text from different regions of the Europe: from Germany and France to the Russia. However, today all the elements of the Cyril and Methodius tradition for the residents of the region, (and for the Ukrainians in general) are a symbol of their unity with the rest of the Slavic world.