Ὁ Ὅσιος Κύριλλος, κατὰ κόσμον Κοσμᾶς, ἐγεννήθηκε, τὸ 1337, στὴ Μόσχα ἀπὸ εὐσεβὴ καὶ ἀριστοκρατικὴ οἰκογένεια. Ἀπὸ ἐνωρὶς ἀκολούθησε τὸ μοναχικὸ βίο καὶ ἐκάρη μοναχὸς στὴ μονὴ Σιμονὼφ τῆς ὁποίας, τὸ 1390, ἀναδείχθηκε ἡγούμενος. Πολυάριθμοι προσκυνητὲς ἐπισκέπτονταν τὴ μονή, γιὰ νὰ δοῦν τὸν Ὅσιο καὶ νὰ πάρουν τὴν εὐλογία καὶ τὶς πνευματικὲς συμβουλές του. Ὀ Ὅσιος, γιὰ νὰ ἀποφύγει τὴ δόξα τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἄρχισε νὰ ψάχνει γιὰ τὴν τέλεια ἐρημία καὶ ἡσυχία. Ἔτσι, μετὰ ἀπὸ τὴν καθοδήγηση τῆς Θεοτόκου, τῆς ὁποίας μιὰ νύχτα ἄκουσε τὴ φωνὴ μέσα σὲ οὐράνιο φῶς, ὁδήγησε τὰ βήματά του στὴν περιοχὴ τῆς Λευκῆς Λίμνης, στὴν περιοχὴ Βολογκόντσκαϊα, καὶ ἄρχισε νὰ ἀσκεῖται ὡς ἐρημίτης. Ἐκεῖ, τὸ 1397, ἄρχισε νὰ κτίζει ναὸ πρὸς τιμὴν τῆς Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου. Ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν μοναχῶν ἄρχισε νὰ αὐξάνει καὶ τὸ Τυπικὸ τῆς μονῆς, ποὺ ἔγραψε ὁ Ὅσιος γιὰ τὴν Ἀδελφότητα, προέβλεπε μὲ αὐστηροὺς κανόνες τὴν ἄσκηση καὶ τὴ σιωπή. Ὁ Ὅσιος Κύριλλος εἶχε ὁμιλήσει προσωπικὰ μὲ τὸν Ὅσιο Στέργιο τοῦ Ραντονὲζ († 5 Ἰουλίου) καὶ εἶχε λάβει ἀπὸ τὸν Θεὸ τὸ χάρισμα τῆς θαυματουργίας.
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- 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 ...
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