Ἡ Ἁγία Μάρτυς Εὐθαλία καταγόταν ἀπὸ τὴ Σικελία καὶ ζοῦσε στοὺς Λεοντίνους. Ἡ μητέρα της, ποὺ ὀνομαζόταν καὶ αὐτὴ Εὐθαλία, ἔπασχε ἀπὸ αἱμορραγία. Μία μέρα φάνηκαν στὸν ὕπνο της οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀλφειός, Φιλάδεφος καὶ Κυπρίνος († 10 Μαΐου) καὶ εἶπαν σὲ αὐτήν, ὅτι θὰ θεραπευθεῖ μόνο ἐὰν πιστέψει στὸν Χριστὸ καὶ βαπτισθεῖ. Ἡ γυναῖκα πραγματικὰ πίστεψε καὶ βαπτίσθηκε. Ὁ εἰδωλολάτρης υἱὸς αὐτῆς Σιρμιλιανός, ὅταν τὸ ἄκουσε αὐτό, ἐπιτέθηκε κατὰ τῆς μητέρας του γιὰ νὰ τὴν πνίξει. Ἐκείνη ὅμως διέφυγε μὲ τὴν βοήθεια τῆς δούλης της. Τότε ἡ Μάρτυς Εὐθαλία ἔλεγξε μὲ δριμύτητα τὸν ἀδελφό της γιὰ τὴν πράξη του αὐτή. Ἐκεῖνος, μόλις ἄκουσε ὅτι καὶ αὐτὴ ἦταν Χριστιανή, τὴν παρέδωσε σὲ ἕναν ὑπηρέτη, γιὰ ἀτιμία καὶ στὴν συνέχεια μὲ τὰ ἴδια του τὰ χέρια τὴν ἀποκεφάλισε.
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...
