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The '''Ss. SS Cyril and Methodius Cathedral''' in Prague, Czech Republic has a unique distinction is the principal church in modern day historythe Metropolitan Council of the Czech Republic. The [[cathedral]], then site of the seat of church is considered to be the ruling bishop site of a small church that was consecrated by St Methodius. The existing structure had its origins as a Roman Catholic church built in the [[Church of eighteenth century. It was leased to the Czech Lands and Slovakia|Orthodox Church of Czechoslovakia]]in the 1930s by the Czechoslovak government. In 1942, during World War II, the cathedral was the scene of the last stand of a number of Czech patriots who have assassinated Reinhard Heydrich, the SS Obergruppenfuhrer and General of Police and newly appointed Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia for the conquering Nazi regime. In retaliation The reprisals for this act had serious consequences for both the Nazis executed Bp. [[Gorazd (Pavlik) of Prague|Gorazd]], many of the staff of the cathedral, destroyed the village of Lidice, massacred hundreds of people, Czech populace and sent hundreds, perhaps thousands, more to forced labor camps. Today, the cathedral, in addition to being an active church, is the ''National Memorial to the Victims of the Heydrich Terror''.

According to an oral tradition, the site where SS Cyril and Methodius Cathedral stands was the site of a small church built by Duke Borivoj I and dedicated by St. Methodius himself. This link is based historically upon the history attached to early and continued continuous reference to the name ‘‘Na Zderaze’’ for the existing church building. In 1091, the Czech lord Zderad was killed during the siege of Brno and was buried in the earlier church that was near Prague. Zderad’s name was then immortalized in the name of the street “Na Zderaze