Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάρτυς Θεόπεμπτος ἦταν Ἐπίσκοπος κατὰ τὴν ἐποχὴ τοῦ αὐτοκράτορα Διοκλητιανοῦ (284 – 305 μ.Χ.). Ὅταν ὁ αὐτοκράτορας κίνησε διωγμὸ ἐναντίων τῶν Χριστιανῶν, ὁ Θεόπεμπτος, ἀφοῦ ὁμολόγησε μὲ παρρησία ὅτι ὁ Χριστὸς εἶναι ὁ Θεός, ἔλαβε τὸ στεφάνι τοῦ Μαρτυρίου. Τὸν συνέλαβαν καὶ τὸν ὁδήγησαν ἐνώπιον τοῦ αὐτοκράτορα. Ὁ Ἅγιος δεν δείλιασε καθόλου καὶ στηλίτευσε τὴν πλάνη τοῦ αὐτοκράτορα. Ἔτσι ἄρχισαν τὰ βασανιστήρια. Τὸν ἔριξαν σὲ πυρακτωμένο κλίβανο. Ὅμως βγῆκε ἀπὸ ἐκεῖ χωρὶς να πάθει τίποτε. Ἔπειτα τοῦ ἔδωσαν καὶ ἤπιε δηλητήριο. Ἐπειδὴ ὅμως τὸ δηλητήριο δεν τοῦ προξένησε κανένα κακό, προσείλκυσε στην χριστιανικὴ πιστὴ τὸν μάγο που τοῦ ἔδωσε να πιεῖ τὸ δηλητήριο καὶ ὁ ὁποῖος, ἐξαιτίας τοῦ γεγονότος αὐτοῦ, ὀνομάστηκε Θεωνᾶς. Στο τέλος, οἱ εἰδωλολάτρες ἀπέκοψαν τὴν τίμια κεφαλὴ τοῦ Ἁγίου Θεοπέμπτου.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...