[[Skeda:Cyril_and_Methodius.jpg|djathtas|parapamje|Kirili dhe Metodi]]
'''Kirili''' ose '''Çirili''' ''(ilindur njohur edhe si KonstantiniKonstandin)'' (826 - 869) dhe '''Metodi''' (815 - 885), ''({{lang-el|Κύριλλος καὶ Μεθόδιος}}; [[Kisha e vjetër sllave|Gjuha e vjetër sllave]]: Кѷриллъ и Меѳодїи),'' dy vëllezër me origjinë nga Greqia. Ata janë njerëzit e parë të cilët hartuan alfabetin e parë të gjuhëve sllave.<ref>''Cyril and Methodius'', [[Encyclopedia Britannica]] 2005</ref> <ref>''Vita Constantini slavica'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=RIdFAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA246 Cap. 18: Denkschriften der kaiserl. Akademie der Wissenschaften 19, Wien 1870, p. 246]</ref> <ref>Chapter 18 of the Slavonic [http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/fcurta/Cyril.html ''Life of Constantine''], an English translation</ref> <ref>English Translation of the 18th Chapter of the ''Vita Constantini'' [[Liturgy of the Hours]], Proper of Saints, 14 February</ref> <ref>http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/spirit/cyril.htm</ref> <ref>
* 1. Philip Lief Group. ''Saintly Support: A Prayer For Every Problem''. Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2003. p. 37. ISBN 9780740733369
.. Cyril was born of Greek nobility connected with the senat of Thessalonica, although his mother may have been of Slavic descent ...
