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St. Michael the Archangel Orthodox Church 26355 West Chicago Road . Redford, MI 48239 Rectory (313)937-2120 . Cultural Center (313)937-0970 Established 1926 A Russian Orthodox Church under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus Welcome to St. Michael the Archangel Orthodox Church This page was last updated 07/10/00 12:49:27 PM by Alexia Estabrook. ...

In the year 863 two brothers, Cyril and Methodius, set out from Constantinople, one of the five centers of the Church, to preach the Gospel of Christ to the Slavic peoples. The Slavic language had not been written down until the two devised an alphabet and translated the Bible and Liturgy. As a result of their work churches began to spring up in Bulgaria, Serbia, and Russia.