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Konstantin Preslavski was one of the most prolific and important writers in Old Bulgarian (the Bulgarian version/redaction of Old Church Slavonic). His most significant literary work was Учително евангелие (The Didactic Gospel), usually dated to the first years of the reign of Bulgarian tsar Simeon I, 893Events Simeon I succeeds Vladimir as king of Bulgaria. Galindo II Aznarez succeeds Aznar II Galindez as Count of Aragon. Nicholas Mysticus becomes Patriarch of Constantinople (first of two periods). Asser writes Life of King Alfred''. Births Louis the Chi – 894Births Deaths Events Northumbrians and East Angles swear allegiance to Alfred the Great. And promptly break their truce by attacking the south-west of England. Graeco-Hungarian alliance forces Bulgar invaders to agree peace settlement. The Greeks then bro. The work represents a compilation of lectures about a number of church holidays and is the first systematic work treating sermons in Slavic literature. The compilation also features the poetic preface Азбучна молитва (Alphabet Prayer), the first original poetry in Old Church Slavonic.
In 894Births Deaths Events Northumbrians and East Angles swear allegiance to Alfred the Great. And promptly break their truce by attacking the south-west of England. Graeco-Hungarian alliance forces Bulgar invaders to agree peace settlement. The Greeks then bro Konstantin Preslavski wrote the historical work Историкии (Histories), the first historical chronicle in Slavic literature. In 906Events Births Deaths 906., by commission from Simeon I, the author translated Четири слова против арианите (Four Epistles against the Arians) by St. Atanassius of Alexandria, as a response to the beginning of the spread of heresies in medieval Bulgaria. Konstantin Preslavski is also the alleged author of Служба на Методия (Service for Methodius), showing the struggle of Saint Methodius for the recognition of Old Church Slavonic, as well as of Проглас към евангелието (Proclamation of the Holy Gospels) where he rejects and castigates the admiration of the foreign language (mean. Greek) and champions Old Bulgarian as the foremost means for the development and elevation of Bulgarian culture.
None of the original works of Konstantin Preslavski has survived the burning of Preslav by Byzantine Emperor John Tzimisces in 972 and the period of Ottoman rule ( 1396 – 1878). All of his works are known from copies, the earliest of which date back to the 12th and the 13th century.