Ὁ Ὅσιος Νήφων ἐγεννήθηκε, τὸ 1315, στὸ χωριὸ Λούκοβο τῆς Χειμάρρας, γι’ αὐτὸ καὶ ὀνομάζεται καὶ Χειμαρριώτης. Ὁ πατέρας του ἦταν ἱερέας εὐλεβέστατος. Ἀπὸ μικρὸς μελετοῦσε τὴν Ἁγία Γραφὴ καὶ τοὺς βίους τῶν Ἁγίων καὶ ἔγινε πολυμαθέστατος. Ἐπειδὴ διψοῦσε νὰ μάθει περισσότερο τὰ τῆς μοναχικῆς πολιτείας, κατέφυγε στὴ μονὴ Γηρομερίου, ὅπου ἔγινε ὑποτακτικὸς σὲ ἕνα γέροντα Σιναΐτη ἀσκητή. Ἐκεῖ ἐδιδάχθηκε τοὺς κανόνες τοῦ ἡσυχασμοῦ καὶ τὴν τέχνη τῆς νοερᾶς προσευχῆς. Σὲ νεαρὴ ἡλικία εἰσῆλθε στὴ μονὴ τοῦ Μεσοποτάμου τοῦ Δελβίνου, ὅπου ἐκάρη μοναχὸς καὶ ἐχειροτονήθηκε πρεσβύτερος σὲ ἡλικία εἴκοσι ἐτῶν.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...