Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐστράτιος καταγόταν ἀπὸ τὴν περιοχὴ τῆς Ταρσίας (Ταρσὸς Βιθυνίας στὴ Μικρὰ Ἀσία), ἡ ὁποία ἀνῆκε στὴ μεγάλη διοικητικὴ περιφέρεια τῶν Ὀπτημάτων καὶ συγκεκριμένα ἀπὸ τὴν κωμόπολη ποὺ ἔφερε τὸ ὄνομα Βιτζιανὴ καὶ ἔζησε τὸν 9ο αἰώνα μ.Χ. Οἱ γονεῖς του, Γεώργιος καὶ Μεγεθώ, ἦταν εὐσεβεῖς καὶ εὔποροι. Ὁ Ὅσιος Εὐστράτιος ἀνατράφηκε μὲ παιδεία καὶ νουθεσία Κυρίου καὶ οἱ γονεῖς του φρόντισαν καὶ γιὰ τὴν ἐκπαίδευσή του. Ὅταν συμπλήρωσε τὸ εἰκοστὸ ἔτος τῆς ἡλικίας του ἡ καρδιά του κυριεύθηκε ἀπὸ Θεῖο ἔρωτα. Τότε ἄφησε τοὺς γονεῖς του καὶ μετέβη στὸν Ὄλυμπο, στὸ Μοναστήρι τοῦ Αὐγάρου, στὸ ὁποῖο μόναζαν οἱ θεῖοι του, ἀπὸ τὴ μητέρα του, Γρηγόριος καὶ Βασίλειος. Ἐκεῖ λοιπόν, ἔγινε δεκτὸς ἀπὸ τοὺς θείους του καὶ ἀκολούθησε καὶ αὐτὸς τὴν ἐπίπονη καὶ σκληρὴ ζωὴ τοῦ μοναχοῦ.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...