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Daybreak for February 14, 2026

Daybreak

* Saturday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time * Memorial of Saints Cyril and Methodius; Ninth Century monk and bishop, respectively; brothers who had appointments in the Byzantine civil service before embracing monastic life; they were sent as missionaries to Moravia, where they translated the liturgical books into the Slavonic language; Cyril died in Rome in 869; Methodius returned to Moravia, where he was later appointed archbishop; before his death in 884, Methodius had translated almost the entire Bible into Slavonic; Pope John Paul named them patrons of Europe, along with St. Benedict * Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/14/26 * Gospel: Mark 8:1-10