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Church History

Tue 12/8/2020 7:45 AM

I have been overlooking the historical aspects of MyCousins. The investigation into the origins of St. Cyril Cemetery will put me on track to fix this.

Saints Cyril and Methodius

Cyril and Methodius were two brothers and Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries. For their work evangelizing the Slavs, they are known as the “Apostles to the Slavs.” They are credited with devising the Glagolitic alphabet, the first alphabet used to transcribe Old Church Slavonic. Wikipedia

Born826 or 827 and 815; ThessalonicaByzantine Empire (present-day Greece)
Died14 February 869 and 6 April 885; Rome and VelehradMoravia
John, IV
P.S. I have not given up on contacting the Cemetery who according to research, it has “1-4 employees.” I am confused as to why the (207) 353-2792 phone number for the Cemetery didn’t work.  Pam thinks there was a big snowstorm in Lisbon so we will try again. It should be a current number as it is posted across many websites and listed in the Business Directory of the Town Center for Lisbon as the Holy Trinity Rectory number. I believe they have inherited ownership. See https://www.lisbonme.org/business-directory/holy-trinity-catholic-church
Tue 12/8/2020 9:29 PM
John, IV,

You aren’t going to believe this, BUT Holy Trinity church is across the street from us.  They have a long driveway, and you can’t see the church from our house.  They combined Holy Family, St. Cyril, and the Catholic church in Lisbon several years ago and built on land across the street from us given to the church.  We walk over there every day as long as weather permits. 

There’s someone in the office some days, and I’ll walk over there and ask them if they have records of people buried in St. Cyril and Calvary cemeteries.  It’s worth a try, at least.  
 
I’ll see what I can do,
 
Beth
Wed 12/9/2020 12:43 AM
Beth,
Lol. It is a VERY small world. I look forward to learning more.
John, IV
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