Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἐφραὶμ γεννήθηκε στὸ Κίεβο καὶ ἦταν οἰκονόμος τοῦ πρίγκιπα τοῦ Κιέβου Ἰζιασλάβου, υἱοῦ τοῦ Γιαροσλάβου (1054 – 1068). Ἔγινε μοναχὸς καὶ ἀσκήτεψε στὴ Μεγάλη Λαύρα τῶν Σπηλαίων τοῦ Κιέβου. Ἀλλὰ ὁ μισόκαλος διάβολος ἐφρύαξε βλέποντας νὰ πληθύνεται ἡ οἰκογένεια τῶν μοναχῶν. Ἔκανε, λοιπόν, τὸν ἡγεμόνα Ἰζιασλάβο νὰ ὀργισθεῖ καὶ νὰ προκαλέσει πολλὲς θλίψεις στοὺς Πατέρες τῶν Σπηλαίων. Ὅταν ἡ δοκιμασία πέρασε, ὁ Ὅσιος ἐπιδόθηκε μὲ ἱερὸ ζῆλο στὴν ἄσκηση καὶ τὴν προσευχή. Ἡ ἐπιθυμία του νὰ ἐπισκεφθεῖ ἁγίους τόπους ὁδήγησε τὰ βήματά του στὴν Κωνσταντινούπολη καὶ τὴν Παλαιστίνη. Ἤθελε νὰ προσκυνήσει τὰ μέρη ποὺ ἀγωνίσθηκαν καὶ ἔζησαν οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀπόστολοι, οἱ μεγάλοι Πατέρες καὶ Ἀσκητὲς τῆς ἐρήμου. Ἐπιστρέφοντας στὴν Λαύρα τοῦ Κιέβου ἔφερε τὸ μοναστικὸ τυπικὸ καὶ τὴν ἐκκλησιαστικὴ τάξη τῶν μοναχῶν τῆς μονῆς Στουδίου τῆς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως.
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...
