El a fost de neam slav, din cetatea Dracha (Dyrrachium). El de foarte tînăr a fost luat la şcoala de muzică de la Constantinopol, unde s-a făcut cel mai iubit cîntăreţ al curţii imperiale. Dar temîndu-se de linguşirile şi laudele oamenilor, loan a fugit la Sfîntul Munte Athos şi s-a ascuns la Marea Lavră, ca păstor umil de oi. El a dus viaţă de mari şi neobişnuite nevoinţe. Maica lui Dumnezeu i s-a arătat lui în două rînduri. El s-a săvîrşit către Domnul în veacul al doisprezecelea. 
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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 ...
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