Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος καταγόταν ἀπὸ εὔπορη καὶ ἀριστοκρατικὴ οἰκογένεια τῆς Κάτω Ἰταλίας καὶ ἤκμασε περὶ τὸ τέλος τοῦ 9ου καὶ πρῶτο ἥμισυ τοῦ 10ου αἰῶνος μ.Χ. Σὲ νεαρὴ σχετικὰ ἡλικία ἔλαβε τὸ ἀξίωμα τοῦ συγκλητικοῦ καὶ χρημάτισε σύμβουλος ἐξ ἀπορρήτων τοῦ αὐτοκράτορος Λέοντος ΣΤ’ τοῦ Σοφοῦ. Γι’ αὐτὸ καὶ ἐπονομάσθηκε καὶ «Μυστικός». Ὅμως ὁ Νικόλαος, ἀπὸ ἀγάπη πρὸς τὸν μοναχικὸ βίο, ἔγινε μοναχὸς στὴ μονὴ τῶν Γαλακρηνῶν καὶ ἀργότερα, γιὰ τὶς πολλὲς ἀρετὲς καὶ τὴ μόρφωσή του, ἐξελέγη Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως καὶ χειροτονήθηκε τὴν Κυριακὴ τῆς Ὀρθοδοξίας τοῦ 895 μ.Χ., διαδεχόμενος τὸν ἀποθανόντα Πατριάρχη Ἀντώνιο Β’ τὸν Καυλέα.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...