他们是君士坦丁堡显赫且富有的人家。克塞诺芬同他妻子玛利亚的生活蒙主悦纳，并将所有的精力都用在教导孩子上，以使他们成为好的基督徒。当他们的孩子成年之后，他们打算将两个儿子送到贝鲁特学习。但是在行程中，暴风雨将船打翻，出于上帝的眷顾，约安和阿尔卡迪都得救了。他们被海水冲到了岸边，但是被冲到了两个不同的地方。因此，他们都认为对方已经溺水而死。他们出于对兄弟死亡的悲伤，两人都成了修士，进入了修道院。2年之后，悲伤的父母到耶路撒冷朝圣，在一位神父洞知的帮助下，先是两位兄弟重逢，而后父母也同孩子们团聚。出于对上帝的感谢，克塞诺芬和玛利亚将他们的全部财产都分给了穷人，两人双双进入修道院。这一家四口的故事是感人的，同时也表明了上帝引导那些信靠他的人的命运是多么地奇妙：上帝让人经受痛苦，使他们的信仰后来更加坚定，以便带领他们进入更大的欢乐。这一家人生活和离世的时间是公元5世纪。 
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- 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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