Ὁ Ὅσιος Δανιήλ, ὁ ἀναχωρητής, συγγραφέας, ἱερομόναχος καὶ κατόπιν ἡγούμενος μοναστικοῦ κέντρου στὴ Σκήτη τῆς Αἰγύπτου, ἔζησε κατὰ τὸν 6ο αἰώνα μ.Χ. Ὁ Δανιὴλ ἀπὸ τὴν παιδική του ἡλικία περιεβλήθηκε τὸ μοναχικὸ σχῆμα καὶ ἀσκήτεψε στὰ μέρη τῆς Σκήτεως, ὅπου εὑρῆκαν καὶ αἰχμαλώτισαν αὐτὸν Βεδουΐνοι ληστὲς τρεῖς φορές. Ἀπὸ τὴν τελευταία αἰχμαλωσία ἐλευθερώθηκε ἀφοῦ ἐφόνευσε μὲ πέτρες τὸν φρουροῦντα αὐτόν. Τὸ γεγονὸς αὐτὸ αἰσθάνθηκε ὡς βαρύτατο ἁμάρτημα, γι’ αὐτὸ ἦλθε καὶ ἐξομολογήθηκε αὐτὸ πρῶτα μὲν στὸν Πατριάρχη Ἀλεξανδρείας Τιμόθεο Γ’ (520 – 536 μ.Χ.), ἀκολούθως δὲ στοὺς Πατριάρχες Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Ἐπιφάνιο (520 – 535 μ.Χ.), Ἀντιοχείας Εὐφράσιο (521 – 526 μ.Χ.) καὶ Ἱεροσολύμων Ἰωάννη Γ’ (516 – 524 μ.Χ.), ὡς καὶ στὸν Ἐπίσκοπο Ρώμης Ὀρμίσδα (514 – 523 μ.Χ.). Κανένας ὅμως ἀπὸ αὐτοὺς δὲν κατελόγισε στὸν Δανιὴλ τὴν πράξη. Ἀπογοητευμένος ἀπὸ τὴν ἀθώωσή του καὶ μὴ δυνάμενος ὁ ἴδιος νὰ συγχωρήσει τὸν ἑαυτό του, παραδόθηκε στὸν πραίτορα τῆς Ἀλεξάνδρεας, ὁ ὁποῖος, ἀφοῦ τὸν ἀνέκρινε καὶ ἐθαύμασε τὴ διάκρισή του, «ἀπέλυσεν αὐτὸν λέγων αὐτῷ: Ὕπαγε, εὖξαι ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ, ἀββᾶ. Εἴθε καὶ ἄλλους ἑπτὰ ἐφόνευσας ἐξ αὐτῶν».
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...
