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The foundation of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church was laid by the communion of the Patriarch of Constantinople with the Popes in Rome throughout most of the first millennium (until 1054Events July 4 A supernova is recorded by the Chinese and possibly Native Americans near the star ζ Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula. Pope Leo IX and Michael Cerularius, Pa) and intermittent communion thereafter. Early inroads of the apostolic Catholic Church included the evangelism of 'first-called' apostle, St. Andrew to the region in the first century AD1st century BC 1st century 2nd century other centuries) The 1st century was that century which lasted from 1 to 99. Events Beginning of Christianity Spread of the Roman Empire Masoretes adds vowel pointings to the text of the Tanakh Pompeii and Herculaneu, and the presence of a representative of the region from the Greek colonies along the Black SeaNASA MODIS The Black Sea (also known as the Euxine Sea is an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor. It is connected to the Mediterranean Sea by the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara, and to the Sea of Azov by the Strait of Kerch. There is a at the first Ecumenical Council of NiceaThe First Council of Nicaea which took place during the reign of the emperor Constantine in 325, was the first ecumenical (from Greek oikumene "worldwide") conference of bishops of the Christian Church. The participating bishops were given free travel to in 325Events May 20 First Council of Nicaea first "Ecumenical Council" of the Christian Church: The Nicene Creed is formulated, the date of Easter is discussed. Gladiatorial combat is outlawed in the Roman Empire. The Church of the Nativity is built in Bethlehe. Some three hundred years later, Pope St. Martin of Rome was exiled to the territory of today's Ukraine by the Greek Emperor at Constantinople ( 654- 655 AD).
Two centuries later, the relics of Pope St. Martin were retrieved by the Greek/Slavonic brothers from Macedonia, Sts. Cyril and Methodius, while passing through today's Ukraine on their mission to the Khazars of today's Russia. Later, these brothers would lay the foundation of Christianity in today's heartland of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, Western Ukraine. Cyril and Methodius were sent from Constantinople at the request of the ruler of Great Moravia, an empire which included the westernmost portions of modern Ukraine. In Vel'ka Morava (Great Moravia) these brothers created a Slavonic alphabet (most likely Glagolitic) which enabled the local population to worship God in their native Slavic language. In response to local disputes with clerics of the Latin Church, Sts. Cyril and Methodius appealed in person to the Bishop of Rome in 867, bringing with them the relics of Pope St. Martin. Their labors and request were met with approval from the Bishop of Rome, and their continued efforts planted the Christian faith, at once both Greek and Catholic, into Western Ukraine. Later, their efforts, and those of their apostles, led to the development of the Cyrillic alphabet and the translation of the Christian Scriptures and service (liturgies) of the Greek Church into the " Old Church Slavonic" language (Old Macedonian) in the nation of Bulgaria.