Ὁ Ὅσιος Ξενοφῶν κατοικοῦσε στὴν Κωνσταντινούπολη κατὰ τοὺς χρόνους τῶν αὐτοκρατόρων Ἰουστίνου Α’ (518 – 527 μ.Χ.) καὶ Ἰουστινιανοῦ (527 – 565 μ.Χ.). Ἦταν πλούσιος συγκλητικὸς καὶ διακρινόταν γιὰ τὴν βαθιὰ εὐσέβειά του πρὸς τὸν Θεό. Εἶχε δύο παιδιά, τὸν Ἀρκάδιο καὶ τὸν Ἰωάννη. Μόλις αὐτὰ τελείωσαν τὰ ἐγκύκλια γράμματα, τὰ ἔστειλε στὴ Βηρυττὸ τῆς Φοινίκης, γιὰ νὰ μελετήσουν καὶ νὰ σπουδάσουν τὴ νομικὴ ἐπιστήμη. Καθ’ ὁδὸν τὸ πλοῖο μὲ τὸ ὁποῖο ταξίδευαν ναυάγησε. Διασώθηκαν ὅμως καὶ μετέβησαν στὰ Ἱεροσόλυμα ὅπου ἔγιναν μοναχοί. Οἱ γονεῖς τους, Ξενοφῶν καὶ Μαρία, τοὺς ἀναζήτησαν καὶ πληροφορήθηκαν ὅτι διάγουν στὴν ἔρημο ἀσκητικὸ βίο, δόξασαν τὸν Θεὸ καὶ ἀποταξάμενοι τὸν κόσμο, ἀκολούθησαν καὶ αὐτοὶ τὸ μοναχικὸ βίο. Ὁ Ξενοφῶν, ἡ γυναίκα του καὶ τὰ παιδιά τους πρόκοψαν τόσο πολὺ στὴν ἀρετὴ καὶ στὴ φιλανθρωπία, ὥστε τοὺς ἀξίωσε ὁ Θεὸς νὰ ἐπιτελοῦν καὶ θαύματα.If you like our project and you are satisfied with our work and effort, please consider making a donation that would help us to survive on the Internet and in further development of the project.
Our goals are:
- At least for the next ten years to ensure the survival on the Internet by reserving quality servers,
- To rent one domain in every language in which the project has been translated,
- To translate the calendar in Italian, Polish and Armenian language, as soon as possible
- To work towards the further development of the project, adapting it for mobile devices and modern technologies
- To do the annual calendar, display showing the liturgical readings per week
- To supplement existing content
- To do a completely new approach with banners and a small calendars for other sites,
- To do good application for desktop computers ...
There are many other ways to help...