Its prayers are addressed to the son. Originally, it was the Liturgy of St. Mark, but was recorded and perfected by St. Cyril the Great. This is why his name is associated with it. Its prayers are addressed to the Father. Now it is rarely used.
Some priests use parts of it in place of similar parts of other liturgies.
He was the brother of St. Gregory of Nyssa and St. Macrina. After being educated in the best culture and philosophy of his day, he forsook the world for monastic life. After a brief period in Syria and Egypt, he settled in 358 as a hermit in Neo-Caesarea, where his early friendship with St. Gregory of Nazianzus was renewed. In 364 he left for Caesarea in Cappadocia, when called by its bishop Eusebius, to defend orthodoxy against the Arian emperor, Valens. In 370 he was chosen to succeed Eusebius in the See of Caesarea.