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strOutput += "<b>Cyril, monk, died 869; Methodius, bishop, died 885; missionaries to the Slavs</b><br>";
strOutput += "Sunday, February 14<br><div style=\"line-height:6px;\">&nbsp;</div>";
strOutput += "These two brothers from Thessalonika, Greece, were monks and were sent to bring Christianity to the Slavic people. In the course of their work they created a written language, inventing the Cyrillic alphabet for it, and translated the Bible and the liturgy.<br><br>";

strOutput += "<b>Martin Luther, renewer of the church, died 1546</b><br>";
strOutput += "Thursday, February 18<br><div style=\"line-height:6px;\">&nbsp;</div>";
strOutput += "Though he began his adult church life as a simple Augustinian monk, Luther challenged the abuses he saw in the church, and his work eventually led to the Protestant Reformation. Luther's accomplishments included liturgical reform, translation of the Bible, and creation of the Small and Large Catechisms.<br><br>";

strOutput += "<b>Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, martyr, died 156</b><br>";
strOutput += "Tuesday, February 23<br><div style=\"line-height:6px;\">&nbsp;</div>";
strOutput += "Because he is said to have been known by John, the author of Revelation, as well as the important early church fathers Irenaeus and Ignatius, Polycarp serves as a vital link in church history. He was burned at the stake at age 86 for refusing to renounce his faith.<br><br>";
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strOutput += "<!-- / FESTIVALS AND COMMEMORATIONS OF THE CHURCH -->";

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